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Rise Announces its 2023 Partners and Global Mentoring Schemes

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Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is thrilled to announce its partners for 2023/2024.

Building on the phenomenal success of the last two years, Rise is excited to see the continuous growth of its global reach and in 2023 is delivering its sixth annual mentoring scheme in the United Kingdom, its fourth in APAC, its third in North America and the second year for its mentoring schemes in Europe and ANZ.

Rise mentoring is a free, six-month program to support women working in, or aspiring to work in the broadcast media technology sector specifically within the areas of engineering, technical operations, sales, marketing, and business development. Applications are welcome from women who are working full-time, part-time, or freelance and of any age group above the age of 18. Applications for all schemes open today and close on 14 April 2023. All programs run for 6 months from May – November 2023.

These programs are only made possible thanks to the kind support of our industry partners, and Rise is delighted to announce its current industry partners and partnerships for 2023/24 as:

Lead Global Partner: Avid
Job Board Silver & Regional Rise Headline Partner: Sky
Job Board Silver, Global Silver & Annual Rise Retreat Bronze Partner: DAZN
Global Gold Partners: Deluxe | DPP | Gravity | Ross Video | SDVI | Sony
Global Silver Partners: Brightcove | Bubble Agency | Calrec | Clear-Com | Dalet |
Net Insight | NEP UK & IRELAND | Vubiquity
Regional Silver Partner: Moov
Global Bronze Partner: Cinedeck
Regional Bronze Partners: EMS | ENVY | IMES | NewsBridge | Pixelogic

The 2023 mentoring program sees a variety of experienced broadcast media technology sector industry representatives, at a diversity of levels of seniority, ready to offer tailored expertise, knowledge, and guidance to our mentees helping to achieve and identify their career goals.

Its mentees benefit from a range of multiple programs of work and support including one-to-one mentoring contact with their pairing, monthly mentee group meetings, peer-to-peer support from fellow mentees, and access to regular face-to-face industry networking events and training sessions.

Sadie Groom, the founder of Rise, said: “We are delighted to announce the 2023 mentoring program and to be delivering a significant amount of schemes globally again this year. We know that the support and significant investment provided through the program is needed to encourage and help women to boost their confidence, thrive and reach their potential and succeed in our industry.”

Groom added: “I would like to thank the incredible generosity of all of our partners, which enables us to bring our programs of work to women in the industry across six regions. Together we can collectively make a difference and reach our ambition of a gender-balanced and diverse workforce.”

To find out more about the Rise Mentoring Programme, visit: https://risewib.com/mentoring/

Mentee applications open from 08 March with the deadline of 14 April 2023 to submit applications.

Sponsorship for the mentoring schemes and Rise’s other activities are still available. To find out more and to discuss how you can get involved, please contact Carrie Wootten, Managing Director at Rise on carrie@risewib.com

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