Trade Media’s Women in Gaming 2018 List Released
The Top 50 Women in Gaming list for 2018 has been revealed, and the quality of those on the list is again indisputable with a wide range of people, representing a diverse number of sectors of the gaming industry. The list, as voted upon by a panel of 10 senior industry members is as follows:
- Alice Clarke , Freelance , Journalist
- Ally McLean , 3RD Sense and The Working Lunch , Product Director/Director
- Amanda Yeo , Allure Media , Early Morning Sub-Editor
- Amy Potter , LetsPlay.Live , Social Media Manager, Community Manager & Host
- Anais Naysy Riley , Hipster Whale/Twitch , Marketing Producer/Streamer
- Angharad Yeo , Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Presenter
- Anna Brandberg , Firemonkeys , UI/UX Designer
- Anna Tito , Hipster Whale , Technical Project Lead
- Anna Zou , Defiant Development , Senior Designer
- Caitlin Cronin , ACMI – Australian Centre for the Moving Image , Coordinator, Public, Education and Industry Programs
- Cass Gray , Weta Workshop/Magic Leap, inc. , Assistant Producer
- Ceri John , Sony Interactive Entertainment New Zealand , Product & Services Manager
- Cheryl Vance , Prideful Sloth , Director
- Claire Barilla , Loveshack Entertainment , Producer
- Darcy Sandall , Samurai Punk , Lead Programmer
- Debra McGrath , EB Games , Marketing, Brand, Events and Engagement Director
- Deborah Konopnicki , JB Hi-Fi Planner – Gaming Hardware
- Dhayana Sena , Attack on Geek , Editor
- Eileen Bell , Esports Consultant and Chair AESA
- Emilie Poissenot , Somewhere New , Game Director
- Emily Mulgrue , Women + NB Studying Games , Founder
- Emma Koch , Defiant Development , Artist
- Eve Oorloff , Nintendo , Marketing Specialist
- Jenny Williams , ESL Australia , Partnerships Coordinator
- Jessica Zammit , Queerly Represent Me , Director
- Jody Toomey , Strange Band Audio , Producer
- Kamina Vincent , Mountains , Producer
- Kathleen ‘Loserfruit’ Belsten , Content creator
- Kelsey Gamble , Bethesda , Community Manager
- Kim Allom , Defiant Development , Studio Manager
- Leonie Yue , Mighty Games , Artist/Illustrator
- Lisa Blakie , Runaway Play , Narrative Designer + Community Manager
- Lucy O’Brien , IGN , Games & Entertainment Editor
- Mads Brown , Supa-Stellar/E-League , Manager/On-Air Tallent
- Maria Watson , Sony Interactive Entertaiment , Trade Marketing Executive
- Megan Summers , Screwtape Studios / Defiant Development , Producer / QA Lead
- Michelle Sandford , Microsoft , Community Advocate
- Natasha Brack , Microsoft , Senior Communications Manager
- Niamh Fitzgerald , Little Lost Fox , Game Designer
- Phoebe Shaw , Mighty Kingdom , Technical Artist
- Pritika Sachdev , Check Point , Community Manager
- Rae Johnston , Allure Media , Editor/Presenter
- Sarah ‘Artemis’ Pike , Content Creator
- Shelley Lowe , League of Geeks , UI programmer
- Stacia Grooby , Gfinity Australia , Social, Community & Marketing
- Stephanie Hex Bendixsen , Games presenter
- Susannah Emery , Curtin University , PhD Candidate/Lecturer
- Vee Pendergrast , Stirfire Studios , CEO
- Wren Brier , Independent , Game Artist
- Zoe Hobson , Runaway Play Managing Director
Honourable Mentions
Anna Irwin-Schutze, Caroline Carter, Ella Macintyre, Jordan Carlton, Kate Raynes Goldie, Megan Bowra-Dean, Michelle Alty and Nina Bennett.
On behalf of everyone at Player2, we extend our congratulations to all who have been acknowledged, and we look forward to seeing your continued contributions to the industry in the future
