Pivot With Power: Reinventing Your Career in Broadcast Technology

13 May 2026
Broadcast Technology Theatre
Broadcast Technology

Career pivots are never easy — but in the fast-evolving world of broadcast technology, they can feel especially daunting. From sales and operations to engineering and marketing, women across the sector are navigating restructures, shifting skill demands, AI disruption, and changing business models.

Sponsored by Rise and hosted on stage at Media Production & Technology Show, this empowering and practical session brings together women who have successfully pivoted within — and beyond — traditional broadcast tech roles.

How do you reposition yourself when the market shifts? What skills are genuinely transferable? How do you stay visible, confident and commercially relevant in uncertain times? And how can community and mentorship accelerate change

This session will deliver honest insights, practical strategies, and actionable advice for anyone looking to future-proof their career and pivot with purpose — not panic.

Chairperson
Deborah Cross
Deborah Cross, Director of Operations - Rise
Speakers
Melissa Carr
Melissa Carr, Principal Consultant - Consulting Cube
Laurissa Yeung Shea
Laurissa Yeung Shea, Resource Bookings Application Manager - Warner Bros. Discovery
Lorna Garrett
Lorna Garrett, Founder and Managing Director - Zest Technologies
Jesse Milverton
Jesse Milverton, Broadcast Media Manager - Channel 4

Sponsored by:

 

Rise