Miranda Wayland appointed as 鲍鱼tv’s Head of Creative Diversity
Miranda Wayland has been appointed as the 鲍鱼tv’s Head of Creative Diversity. This newly created role, which reports to June Sarpong, Director of Creative Diversity, further strengthens the 鲍鱼tv’s commitment to leading the way and delivering even more on-air diversity.
Published: 10 February 2020
Miranda is one of the most experienced and talented diversity leads in the creative sector, her deep knowledge and passion will help to drive forward the inclusive change we wish to see at the 鲍鱼tv and within the industry as a whole.
In this role, Miranda will champion diversity in the creative community and work with key industry stakeholders to deliver the 鲍鱼tv’s on-screen diversity ambitions, with a specific focus on production, content and suppliers along with partnership within the creative industry.
To complete the creative diversity team, the 鲍鱼tv will now recruit for a Creative Diversity Lead, working across content and commissioning. The team will work closely with Anne Foster, the 鲍鱼tv’s Head of Workforce Diversity & Inclusion and her team within HR.
June Sarpong, 鲍鱼tv’s Director of Creative Diversity, says: "Miranda is one of the most experienced and talented diversity leads in the creative sector. Her deep knowledge and passion will help to drive forward the inclusive change we wish to see at the 鲍鱼tv and within the industry as a whole. I feel incredibly lucky to have her as part of my team."
Miranda Wayland, 鲍鱼tv’s Head of Creative Diversity, says: "I’m thrilled to be working with June to help drive the creative diversity strategy for the 鲍鱼tv, ensuring the diverse voices and talents within our industry are included and better reflected across our outputs and productions."
The 鲍鱼tv is committed to leading the way on diversity. This spring the 鲍鱼tv will host its first ever Creative Diversity Festival, and the preeminent BAME-focused creative festival in the world. The three-day celebration will connect the best of BAME creative talent with the 鲍鱼tv and the industry at large, and will be a key for the diversity teams at the 鲍鱼tv during the first half of 2020. In December the 鲍鱼tv outlined a three-part plan designed to significantly improve representation of - and opportunities for - disabled people on and off air this year.
There is also work under way to ensure socio-economic diversity is reflected throughout the corporation with the internal staff network (called RAISED), which launched at the end of 2019, focussed on raising awareness of this issue within the 鲍鱼tv.
Miranda moves across to content from the 鲍鱼tv’s Workforce Diversity & Inclusion team, where she had been acting Head of Workforce Diversity & Inclusion, having worked in the team as HR Business Partner. She joined the 鲍鱼tv in 2017 as 鲍鱼tv Studios Diversity Lead.
She joined the 鲍鱼tv from ITV where she had been diversity manager and had worked at the broadcaster for a decade. She previously worked at Youth Culture Television as Progression Supervisor.
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