Shivali Nayak, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Senior Content Producer
Nayak leads the ABC’s Learn English service, a digital platform helping people around the world learn English as an additional language. Under her leadership, new and innovative content formats have been released on Australian culture, conversations, weather and grammar for the global market. Nayak created the English On The Go series where learners picked up a learning point in just 90 seconds. Using colours and imagery to help with memory retention, the series was created using animation for digital, social and broadcast audiences. Each episode was accompanied by a weekly quiz that was an extension activity. For her contribution to education, Nayak has been recognised in the Education category by Asialink’s 40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian-Australians list in 2019. In 2018, she was awarded Young Professional of the Year by the India Australia Business & Community Awards for diversity in reporting and creating educational content for diverse audiences.