Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is excited to announce the pairing up of mentees and mentors for its fifth annual mentoring scheme in the UK, its third in Singapore, its second in North America and the introduction of its first mentoring schemes in North and Central Europe and ANZ.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is pleased to announce its sponsors for 2022/2023, and also the launch of this year’s mentoring schemes. 

Building on the success of last year, 2022 sees the continuous expansion and growth of Rises’ education arm ‘Rise Up Academy’, as well as its fifth annual mentoring scheme in the UK, its third in Singapore, its second in North America and the introduction of its first mentoring scheme in North and Central Europe and ANZ. 

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology announces today its newly appointed Head of Americas and Head of Sponsorship for the North American chapter, which was formed in 2020. Rise welcomes Hilary Roschke as Chair of Board and Jill Porubovic as Head of Sponsorship and former Co-Chairs Serena Harris and Meghan Ross will stay on the Board.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the media technology sector, is thrilled to announce the winners for the 2021 Rise Awards.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the media technology sector, announced two recipients of the Woman of the Year award for this year’s Rise Awards, taking place next week. Inga Ruehl of Sky Sports and Borika Vucinic of Bell Media will receive their awards, sponsored by Zixi, during the ceremony, which will be held on Thursday 18 November from 17:00 GMT as part of the DPP Leaders’ Briefing event at 155 Bishopsgate in London. The Rise Awards 2021 will also be streamed globally by Red Bee Media

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is pleased to announce today the launch of The Rise Women in Leadership Report 2021 in partnership with KTN, the UK’s innovation network agency, connecting ideas, people and communities to respond to the national and global challenges and drive positive change through innovation.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the media technology sector, is excited to announce the launch of its first of a kind international Rise Job Board for the industry.

In partnership with MOOV, a leading virtual studio, sport and events graphics company, this new Rise Job Board is aiming to encourage more diverse applications for engineering, technical, operations, sales, business and marketing roles across the sector. The Rise Job Board is a valuable resource providing a library of international job postings and will also develop to add tools for CV and interview advice for women seeking more opportunities within our industry.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, is thrilled to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Rise Awards.

The judges saw an outstanding selection of global nominations from women in a variety of roles across the industry in several categories including: Business, Marketer/PR, Product Innovation, Production Support Engineer, R&D Engineer, Rising Star, Sales, Technical Operations, Woman of the Year, and this year’s three new categories, Company Award For Investment in Women, Influencer and Student.

The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 18 November from 17:00 BST as part of the DPP Leaders’ Briefing event in London and streamed globally, courtesy of Red Bee Media. The winners will be announced during the live ceremony with attendees in person and virtually.

Details on attendance will be announced shortly.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, is excited to announce the launch of its second UK mentoring programme in 2021, the ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme for women working across the sector, after securing funding from ScreenSkills.