Ella is a white woman who has been photographed performing on stage in front of a mic. She wears her brown hair loose to her shoulders and has on a top with very 90s sleeping sun symbols. She is looking entranced into the lights to the left of shot

Ella Watts

“From Sarah Koenig to Renay Richardson, women in podcasting are repeatedly at the bleeding edge of the medium's most exciting and innovative successes. In a world where they are expect to work twice as hard to get half the acclaim of their male peers, women are repeatedly pushed to go above and beyond in this medium - breaking barriers and bringing podcasts to an ever-larger global audience.”

Ella Watts

Ella has been Head of Production for Six to Start since November 2023, the same year she was recognised as one of The Radio Academy's 30 Under 30.

In her current position, she is responsible for commissioning, casting and recording all material for the audio drama and fitness apps Marvel Move - in collaboration with Marvel Comics, and Zombies, Run! In addition to these, Ella works as a freelance casting and voice director for podcasts and games. Her recent works includes the Creative Scotland funded project she wrote and directed, Camlann - An Audio Drama, and Crowd Network's award-winning Eliza: A Robot Story, which Ella directed and produced.

Ella is a queer, disabled woman who has built a reputation in the industry as a champion of both audio fiction and diversity in front of and behind the mic. She was once jokingly referred to by Miranda Sawyer in The Guardian as the "queen of audio fiction."

Ella is speaking on the Audio Drama and Storytelling Panel alongside Jess Hamilton and Aleya Kassam.

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