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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Media and Entertainment space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Katie Roberts
Software Engineering Manager of BBC
Katie is the Software Engineering Manager for Content Discovery at the BBC. In this role she manages the development teams who are responsible for the BBC Homepage and Search and Navigation across the whole of the BBC’s digital online presence. She has over 15 years of Software Development experience, working in diverse sectors from games development to advertising. During her last 7 years at the BBC she has worked on projects including the Connected TV Sport App for the 2012 Olympics, BBC Food, the Bitesize App and BBC Bitesize. She loves solving problems and is passionate about working collaboratively, which has led to her becoming interested in InnerSource and how it can help with software development.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
David Buckhurst
Software Engineering Manager of BBC
David Buckhurst is the Software Engineering Manager at BBC.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Stephanie May
Executive Product Manager of BBC
Stephanie is a product management expert who was included in Product Management Festival’s 50 Women in Product in Europe List in 2018. Having gained an MEng from the University of Cambridge, she spent the next two years volunteering as a Biomedical Engineer on the MV Africa Mercy, the world’s largest charity hospital ship, before moving into software development. She’s passionate about collaboration and design thinking and has a range of product management experience across FinTech, B2B and consumer products. Stephanie now leads the Content Discovery product team at the BBC, looking at the strategy and delivery of products such as the BBC Homepage, Discovery Engine and Search.
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About BBC: BBC is a large-scale broadcasting corporation that offers content to inform, educate, and entertain people.
Mariele Runacre Temple
Casting and Production Manager of Audible
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About Audible, Wireless Theatre: Audible is an internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming.
Natalie Bolton
Production Manager of ITV
Natalie has been working in Production Management now for over 18 years, working at Broadcasters and Independents in London and Manchester including Discovery, Endemol, Zig Zag Productions, ITV and BBC. Natalie joined BBC Children’s in 2012 and whilst looking after the CBeebies development team one of the first projects to develop was the Sesame Workshop Co-Production The Furchester Hotel which Natalie took through the development and production as Line Producer. Natalie was instrumental in shaping the series and achieving the high ambition of the show, she has also Line Produced a new CBBC Comedy Drama – Class Dismissed and The Cbeebies Ugly Duckling annual ballet in conjunction with the Northern Ballet.
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About ITV: ITV is an integrated producer broadcaster, operating the largest commercial family of channels in the UK.
Xavier Collins
Co-Founder & Business Development Manager of Nexus Notes
Xavier Collins is a Co-Founder and Business Development Manager at Nexus Notes.
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About Nexus Notes, Turo: Nexus Notes operates as an online marketplace for university students to buy and sell their course notes.
Carly Schwartz
Partner Strategy Manager of Corus Entertainment
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About Corus Entertainment: Corus Entertainment is one of Canada’s most successful integrated media and entertainment companies.
Rupert Lane
Finance Manager of Hybrid
Rupert Lane is a finance manager at Hybrid.
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About Hybrid: Hybrid is a media company that creates content for brands across digital platforms.
Laura Trythall
Social Media Manager of BFBS
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About BFBS: FBS is a military charity and broadcaster that informs, entertains, connects, and champions the armed forces.
Craig Pugh
Strategic Account Manager of DRP UK Ltd.
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About DRP UK Ltd.: DRP UK Ltd. operates as an integrated creative communications agency.
Alvin Kibalama
Digital Marketing Manager of Coolabi
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About Coolabi: Coolabi Group is specialized in the creation, development and brand management of children’s and family intellectual property rights.
Joe Lovelace
Senior Public Relations Manager of BLAST Premier
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About BLAST Premier: BLAST Premier is an esports entertainment company.
Johnny Carr
Group Event Cinema Manager of Vue Entertainment
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About Vue Entertainment: Vue Entertainment is a cinema developer and operator of multiplex cinemas in the UK.
Kathryn Warrden
Project Manager of Team Dignitas
Kathryn Warrden is team dignitas project manager, love eSports, tech, gadgets and design and spread that love with a smile.
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About Team Dignitas: Team Dignitas offers e-sports organizations.
Sophie Young
Business Development Manager of Glocal Media
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About Glocal Media: Glocal Media provides translation, subtitling, and various language services to clients.
Jo Crossley-Anderson
Marketing Manager of The Creative Engagement Group
Jo Crossley-Anderson serves as a Marketing Manager at The Creative Engagement Group.
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About The Creative Engagement Group: The Creative Engagement Group is creates and delivers live experiences, communications, interactive and immersive content.
