WOMEN IN

VERTICAL MEDIA

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WHO WE ARE

Vertical Women in Media (VWIM) is a membership-based, women-only creative and professional alliance dedicated to elevating female storytellers, directors, actors, producers, crew, and executives within the rapidly growing global vertical microdrama industry.

We champion visibility, career advancement, safety, and economic empowerment for all women shaping the next major entertainment format.

OUR MISSION

To build an equitable, professional, creatively fearless vertical-first industry where women lead,
innovate, and thrive.

WHO IT’S FOR

WE WELCOME ALL WOMEN IN THIS SPACE

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NEW!

  • Women actors in vertical microdramas

  • Women directors, writers, producers, showrunners

  • Vertical-first cinematographers, editors, composers

  • Data/AI creatives working in vertical production

  • Women platform executives, distributors, agents

  • Female founders and investors in vertical entertainment

  • Emerging talent looking for guided pathways into the vertical industry

Note: “women” is defined as cisgender and transgender; as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of women.

OUR PILLARS

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1. Visibility & Career Elevation

  • Spotlight Series for emerging vertical creators

  • Annual Vertical Women Awards

  • Platform: “Top 50 Women in Vertical Media”

2. Safe, Ethical, Women-Centered Working Environments

  • Best-practice standards for vertical sets

  • Mentorship around on-set boundaries, intimacy, psychological safety

  • Preferred-partner list of women-led vertical studios, crews, platforms

3. Training & Professionalization

  • Director Labs (vertical-specific shot grammar + platform strategy)

  • Writer Rooms for 40–60 episode vertical arcs

  • Producing Clinics: budgets, schedules, casting, AI tools

  • AI & Likeness Mastery training (aligned with AGENCY-ID)

4. Business & Economic Empowerment

  • Investor matchmaking for women-led vertical IP

  • Deal-flow workshops: distribution, licensing, AVOD, residuals

  • Producer incubator for women building vertical studios

5. Community & Mentorship

  • Peer circles

  • Annual summit

  • Cross-border collaboration: Canada, U.S., Middle East, Asia

Elevating Women.
Expanding the Frame.

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