WHO WILL BE JUDGING MY WORK?

Each season, the Shorty Impact Awards carefully curates a panel of Real Time Academy members to judge the competition. This year, as we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re proud to present a jury whose expertise expands across fields such as marketing, design, communications, strategy and more:

Matt Prince
KFC

Alex Athanasiou
COLLINS

Jessie Macneil-Brown
Ben & Jerry's

Chantal Rochelle
Warner Bros. Pictures

Aidan Kohn-Murphy
Gen-Z for Change

Kim Chackal
Equifruit

Ran Wei
Microsoft for Startups Microsoft

RJ Larese
Creator Economy Leader (Formerly Paramount, Disney, PopSugar)

Chidera Ufondu
Netflix

Jenny Quigley-Jones
Digital Voices

Adam Robinson
Paramount Global

Byron Stewart
Team Epiphany

Edward Anassah
Humble Beginning Stories, Canada

Anthony Cain
Liquid Media

Ashley Yang
Shopify

Aidan Brannigan
No Boring Brands

Trovon Williams
NAACP

Maria Vorovich
GoodQues

Eric Jacks
Collab

Jessalin Lam
Publicis Groupe

Enoma Edevbaro
SEK part of Grey

Dave Rosner
Audigent

Justin Baum
Lenovo

Dakota Lowe
Edelman

Rudi Anggono
The LEGO Group

Adele Mulford
The Cultivate Company

Danielle Brigida
World Wildlife Fund

Elizabeth Pigg
That's it.

Yrbenka Arthus
LinkedIn

Jaclyn Osterloh
Coca-Cola

Katie Bisbee
DonorsChoose

Nandini Nandakumar
Diageo

Ashley Frohnert
PETA

Kat Saoyen
McCann

Karina Kogan
Napster

Krystal Hauserman
NOYZ

Melissa Anderson
Public Good

Nicole Loher
Climate Communications Collective

Adam Rubins
The Arc

Lewis Williams
Williams Creative Group Chicago

Sam Kimmel
Hello Sunshine

Lisa Bull
Yobo Spirit House

Justin Ayars
equalityMD

R. John Fidelino
The Development

Flavien Rousé
NKFR (No Kidding For Real)

Grace Kwak
Background Noise

Natasha Mulla
natashamulla.com

Lizzy Bilasano
Whalar

Christine Goos
Croud

Brandon Smithwrick
Content to Commas

Sharon Romang
Front Row

Rodrigo Martinez
Cappuccino

Luminitza Lopez Lozano
TikTok

Eric Rojas
Six+One

Alexandre Faure
FaureMidable

Alix McAlpine
GIPHY

Asha Cowell
DENTSU

Bolong Li
Amazon, Audible

Jeffrey L. Bowman
Reframe

Rebecca Armstrong
Rebecca M. Armstrong llc

John McAdorey
Omnicom Production

Ronnie Stewart
OH HEY COACH

Scott Terry
Forsman & Bodenfors NY

Sunny Vachher
SUNNY

Kindra Meyer
VERB

Matthew Walker
We Are Social

Joy Ekuta
Stealth

Kasumi Mihori
Duo

Tudor Feraru
1000heads

Charles Haynes
Ziggurat XYZ

Dan Trimarchi
VML New York

Minho Yi
KRAFTON

Sherilyn Shackell
The Marketing Academy

Josh Zimmerman
Creator Coach

Chris Duffey
Adobe

Brittany Cabriales
GoFundMe

Jordan Randall
TikTok

Christina Lu
Crossmedia

Daniel Li
Intuit Mailchimp

Courtney Betley
INNOCEAN USA

Aaron Keller
Capsule

Aniket Mishra
Born21 Media

Jared Kozel
Super Nice

Bita Jedo
Bumble

Asha Shivaji
SeeMe Index

Ariel Sims
Digitas North America

Karen Chong
AARP

Maya Shaff
Hatch

Danielle Hughes
BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition

Ranjana choudhry
Inmar Intelligence

JD Rico
Qualititave Intelligence

Lisa Balser
New & Improved

Megan Gilbert
Fortune Media

Christian Stewart
Logitech

Ashley Tolusic Einhorn
TALOOP

Christine Whitemarsh
La-Z-Boy Incorporated

Francisco Vial
Rompecabeza

Jaime Padilla
Prado & Padilla

Jiri Bures
Imagination

Joanne Tombrakos
New York University

Sean DallasKidd
Demonstrate x DDW

Zanade Mann
Zanade Enterprises LLC

Jones Krahl

Troy Scarlott
Independent

Zaina Madain
OKPerfect

Abhinit Agarwal
TBWA Singapore

Aihui Dong
Producer and Creative Advisor

Amy Starnes
Best Friends Animal Society

Augustina(Ao) Liu
Toast, Inc.

Cici Ghattas
Eventbrite

Craig Markou
Candybox

Deidre Osei
Talawah Impact

Eric Wallace
Glo Navy

Florence Achado
Vee69

Gemma Craven
Scribd, Inc.

Hardik Dharmesh Ruparel
Nutanix

Jan Harling
Virtus Asia Consulting

Jarrod Corbett
Look Squirrel

Jason Perelson
Daring Waters

Jenn Bader
BADER

Jennifer Blanco
Indeed

Maria Lee
Anomaly

Nick Bilodeau
Quantum

John Attanasio
Toonstar

Joanna Cohen
Publicis Groupe

Kai Deveraux Lawson
Valerie

Satenik Ghazaryan
Armenia Digital Awards

Svetlana Stotskaya
Independent Consultant

Jonathan Unger
Unger Media

Leandro Barral
WILD FI

Maggie Khoury
Grammarly

Marcela Angeles
MullenLowe Mexico

Hung Lang
Digitas

Mauricio Meza
The Big Ideas Co.

Carmen Boon
Food Bank for New York City

Carla Marshall
Sorbet Digital

Ekaterina Frolova
BIGO

Galina Shubik
Affect Group

Kristen Connell
Scholastic

Lori Martin
...

Normurod Khasanov
ADMIRE

Shruti Dang
DANG World

Katie Hartranft
The Martin Agency

Nikko Borromeo
Dentsu Creative Manila

Alexandra Cameron
iHeartMedia

Paolo Deleon
Dentsu Creative Philippines

Maz Farrelly
MazSpeaksGlobal.com

Kristin Maverick
Verizon

Naeem Ghafari
WEST BOOD

Brian Jones
Mint Mobile

Reema Mitra
Digitas

Jenny Rooney
Adweek

Brian Schopfel
Ordinary Everything

Steve Rock
Good Kids Creative

Madeleine Nischan
COLOR Creative

Gigi Harville
The Paul Harville Group

Shivika Sinha
Love Wellness

Tamas Ádám-Iszlai
VML

Carol Dunn
Barking Owl

Samira Rafi
Boomerang Communication

Vilmar Fernandes
Freelance

Tessa Banks
GALE

Stephanie Lager
Mango Creative Co.

Liana Ogden
Demonstrate x DDW

Anthony Allen Ramos
GLAAD

Sherri Solinger
The Atlas Creative CollectiVe, LLC

Brett Peters
TikTok

Jesse Spencer
The Coca-Cola Company

Greg Swan
FINN Partners

Kiran C K
Independent Designer

Anthony Roberts Jr.
University of Utah Dining Services

Michelle Primrose
KINESSO

Erika Bradbury
Morning Brew Inc.

Qianna Smith Bruneteau
American Influencer Council

Michael Graham
.Monks

Andrew Canter
BCMA

Emily Kortlang
Yerba Madre

Chelsea Jenkins
Kellanova

Brianna Cayo Cotter
Paramount

Blair Pfander
Bobbie

Dupe O. Ajayi
The Ajayi Effect

Ayesha Martin
adidas

Kirsten Ludwig
IN GOOD CO

Tristan Harvin
Expedia Group

Matthew Tsang
AndHumanity

Soo Young Kim
Google

Steven Wakabayashi
Stranger Creative

Austin Null
We Get It

Mel Gray
Duncan Channon

Dimitar Gougov
Mādin

Anna Andreis
MSL Group

Nate Koch
State Farm

Marcelo Ramirez
Freelance

Gem Garcin
Open Influence

Dannii Ceniceros
Hilton

Alexander Lazarou
Getty Images

Agatha Danglapin
Macy's

Alex Prezenszki
Mediator Group

Alex Schmider
GLAAD

Gabriel Reilich
Upworthy

Nicola Eliot
BBC Studios

Josie Otton
Bloomberg Media Studios

Imelda Suriato
PubMatic

Brittany Hennessy
Sprout Social, Inc.

Nicole Hockley
Sandy Hook Promise

Anne Love Feild
BarkleyOKRP

Pancho González
Inbrax

Amanda N. Hammar
Sisense

Chams Abdelhafidh
Meta

Ashley Sullivan
WE ACT for Environment Justice

Ciro Sarmiento
First Rodeo

Chris Noble
Matchfire

Pei Cheng
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Kyle Pavia
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Angela Matusik
A.M. Stories

Stephanie Latham
Roblox

Anuj Chhabra
Pernod Ricard USA

Aman Singh
Kenvue

Dylan Huey
REACH

Simge Weinling-Dogrular
pladis

Rob Drury
Cartwheel & Co. Marketing

Samuel Lau
Human Rights Campaign

Alex Miranda
KNOCK, inc.

Marina Filippelli
ORCI

Stephen Mariani
The New York Times

Marissa Rosen
Climate Social

Evan Horowitz
Movers+Shakers

Jordan Rost
Roku

Ruchi Sharma
HumanSense

Corey Armend
Billboard

Hannah Stabler
The Hive

Steven Ruhl
Decathlon

Kate Kelley
Shine Global

Ryan Berger
Havas

Eduardo Balloussier
Independent

Marc d'Avignon
Saatchi & Saatchi

Gisela 'GiGi' Gutiérrez
Planta

Alice Roche-Naude
Futerra

Enrique Camacho

Ansel Araujo
Waltz Creative

Jason Ve
PAPER

Jackie Murphy
The Lede Company

Raquelle Zuzarte
Equity Project For All

Cindy Kynard
United Way of New York City

Shawn Ahmed
Freelance

Lotte Jones
The News Movement

Brent Baldwin
MediaLink

Ashlyn Remillard
Salesforce

Colin Parajon
Netflix

Brian Lefkowitz
Digitas Health

Meredith Goldberg-Morse
Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios (Paramount)

Stav ozdoba
Rubber Sole Creative

camilo ruano
Ogilvy

Kim Einan
OMD US

Zerlina Jackson
New York Life

Madan Thangavelu
Uber

Nicole Weiss-Calamar

Melissa Chen
Dell Technologies

Kymberlie Adams
Soroptimist International

Annie Heckenberger
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

Bernice Chao
TDW+Co

Nic Allum
Cultureland

Caitlin Horrigan
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Tiffany Rivers
Media Cause

Adu Adu
Grammarly

Shefik Macauley
Shefik Presents Invocation

Gaby Surkin
Bader Media Group

Mijal Tenenbaum
Small Girls PR

Yan Liu
Microsoft

Jhon Jaimes
Dentsu Creative

Joy Moh
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)

Jennifer Rosenberg
Perform Properties

JUDGING CRITERIA

The Shorty Impact Awards recognize excellence in digital and social media.

All entries will be scored by judges on these major criteria:

Creativity & Innovation

Demonstrate a well-executed strategy along with originality and innovation, resulting in a memorable and “out of the box” outcome.

Strategy & Execution

Clearly defined and effective strategic plan that is key to a brand, agency or organization meeting their objectives. The plan should be aligned with the objectives.

Impact

Demonstrate the performance, outcome and positive impact that meet or exceed the objectives of the work submitted. Results can be quantitative and/or qualitative.

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!