WHO WILL BE JUDGING MY WORK?

Each season the Shorty Awards carefully curates a group of Real Time Academy members to judge the current competition. Here are the confirmed 15th Annual Shorty Awards judges:

Featured Judges

Adu Adu
Global Head of Social Media, Logitech

Gemini Babla
Director, Global Brand Marketing, Google (YouTube)

Nadja Bellan-White
Global Chief Marketing Officer, VICE Media Group

Katie Bisbee
CRO/CMO, Donorschoose

Andrew Borin Cresswell
Director of Originals, Hulu/Disneystreaming

Bernice Chao
Head of Integrated Creative and Co-Founder, Zambezi and Asians in Advertising

Ali Cheikhali
Creative Strategy Lead, Google Creative Works MENA, TR, SSA, Google

Bing Chen
CEO & Founder, AU Holdings & Gold House

Anthony Coleman
Creative Director, Brand Creative, Nike

Sean DallasKidd
Partner & CCO, Demonstrate

Rachael Datz
Managing Director of Social, VMLY&R

Simone Deaderick
Global Creative Excellence Leader, MRM McCann New York

Mike DiGiacomo
SVP and Art Director, BerlinRosen

Henry Donahue
Executive Director, Save The Music

Dionna Dorsey Calloway
CEO & Co-founder, The Creative Ladder

Gabriel Durán
Creative Director, Crunchyroll

José Eslinger
Creative Director, BBDO LA

Bari Finkel
Head of Operations, Pineapple Street Studios

James Gregson
Creative Director, LEGO

Clare Hart
Managing Director, Europe & Asia, Critical Mass

Jabari Hearn
Managing Partner, Los Angeles, AKQA

Humphrey Ho
Managing Partner, Hylink Digital

Sophie (Xiuning) Ho (He)
Global Head of Brand for WhatsApp, Meta

Tatiana Holifield
Sirius XM + Pandora, VP, Digital Content & Audience Engagement

Stephanie Horton
Senior Director, Global Marketing, Commerce, Google

Luca Jacchia
Omnichannel Creative Director, Digitouch Marketing

Justin Jackson
Digital Marketing Manager, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (OSCARS)

Ro Kalonaros
Global Director, Content & Culture, Omnicom Group

Kainaz Karmakar
Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India

Fahad Khawaja
Founder & CEO, Hue

Banoo Klein
Senior Director, Business Development & Strategy, Maximum Effort

Zeena Koda
2K Games, Head of Digital Community Marketing

Bharat Kumar
Executive Creative Director, Havas

Scott Lamb
VP, Content, Medium

Michelle Lawrence
Creative Director, Laundry Service

Liz Levy
VP, Branded Entertainment, Hulu

Bolong Li
VP, Head of Growth Marketing, Amazon - Audible

Ken Lowery
Creative Director, Social Media, Cheil Dallas

Dmytro Lynnyk
Creative Director and Inspirer, Linnikov Agency

Catherine Manzanares
Social Lead, Drama, Amazon Studios

Paul Marvucic
Head of Global Responsibility & Creator Product Marketing, TikTok

Alix McAlpine
Senior Director, Creative Strategy, Giphy

Nishant Mendiratta
Roku Inc., Sr. Software Engineer(Mobile)

Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director, Head of Global Social Media, Twitch

Jay Norman
Global Head of Music Marketing, Spotify

Jenny Park
Senior Manager 2, Brand Partnerships, LinkedIn

Shama Rahman
Brand Director, New York Magazine

Camila Romero
Managing Director, The Electric Factory

Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Connections Strategy, VMLY&R

Ashley Rudder
Chief Creator Officer, Whalar

Alex Ruiz
Group Digital Director, Disney Yellow Shoes Creative Group, The Walt Disney Company

Win Sakdinan
Senior Director, North America Business Marketing, Snap (Snapchat)

Alberto Santiago Deida
Creative Director, JSD Agency (Puerto Rico)

Ahmet Hüsrev Sefer
Creative Director, récreative

Lindsay Stein
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras

Takae Takahashi
VP Creative Director, BBDO NY

Victoria Taylor
Senior Community Editor, LinkedIn

Albert Thompson
Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson

Michelle Underwood
Group Creative Director, Havas

Angel Van Der Biest
Title Social Lead, Netflix

Eva Wallmark
Art Director and Partner, Åkestam Holst NoA (Sweden)

Nick Walsh
Director, Social Media, Hulu

Lewis Williams
EVP Head of Brand Impact, Weber Shandwick

Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles

MEET MORE 15th ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS JUDGES

Learn more about the 15th Annual Shorty Awards judging panel. A group of leaders in the ever-changing digital space. The judges' expertise expands across different fields such as marketing, design, communications, strategy and more!

Crystal Ackley
Senior Consultant, Social Strategy & Insights, Self-Employed

Tamika Adams-Furniss
Podcast Producer & Writer

Jennifer Ahdoot
Digital Director, iHeartRadio

Amina Ahmad
Senior Social Manager, Freeform

Shawn Ahmed
Non-Profit Digital Communications Specialist, Freelance

Rob Alley
Head of Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications, Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab

Sarah Harnisch Amatuzio
International Creative Director , Freelance/Independent

Jude Ambrosio
Strategy Director, Ayzenberg Group

Reema Amin
Head of Influencer Marketing and Strategy, Unilever - The Uncovery

Leonardo Arcoverde
VP, Creative Director, Area 23 | an IPG health company

Pierre Babineau
Vice President, Growth & Creative Services, Mediabrands Content Studio

Demetrius Bagley
Program Director & CoFounder, Black Pod Awards

Harrie Bakst
Partner & Cofounder, WCPG

Brynn Bardacke
Global Managing Director, Google

Jeff Barrett
Global Influence and Communications Consultant, Adbove

Justin Baum
Creative Director, Lenovo

Steve Beckman
Global Head, Creator Representation, YouTube

David Berkowitz
Serial Marketers, Founder

Nick Bianchi
AVP Brand Marketing Management, DIRECTV

Crissy Bogusz
Senior Motion Graphics Artist, Beachbody

Daniela Bontorim
Celebrity Partnerships, Talent Partnership Advisors

Steve Bowen
Associate Creative Director , PPK

Matt Bravmann
Senior Marketing Director, Awards Strategy, Paramount+

Kiran C K
Senior User Interface Designer, MediaMonks

Will Cady
Global Director, Reddit's KarmaLab

Dani Calogera
Vice President, Brand & Digital Marketing, SHOWTIME

Michael Campos
CEO, Head of Strategy, Neue Lane

Jeffrey Cannata
Group Comms Planning Director, David & Goliath

Burak Canpolat
Senior Art Director & UI / UX Designer, FCB Health Reaktor

Andrew Caravella
Founder, AC3 Ventures

Valerie Carlson
Critical Mass, Chief Creative Officer

Amy Carvajal
Chief Creative Officer, Code & Theory

Mishy Cass
Executive Creative Director, DNA Advertising

Rachel Chan
Brand Media Strategy & Activation, Verizon

Mélissa Charland
Creative Director, Publicis (Montréal)

Melissa Chen
Senior Manager - Brand, Campaigns, & Experiential, Dell

Karen Chong
Vice President of Audience Strategy, AARP

Ranjana Choudhry
VP Advertising & Social Media, Wakefern Food Corp.

Colin Chow
Global Managing Partner, Twenty First Century Brand

Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy New York

Chris Corley
Executive Creative Director, Dunn&Co.

Jeff Cucinell
SVP, Social Media Revenue Strategy, iHeartRadio

Rich Cumming
Senior Account Director, Coffee Labs

Isabelle Dacz
CEO, Wavemaker

Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising

Philipp Dietz
Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi

Tyler Dmytrow
Senior Director, Head of Social & Strategy Solutions, Reprise Canada

Ioana Enache
Social Media & Activation Creative Director, MRM Romania

Maximilian Eugster
Account Director and Head of Digital Advertising, Agentur am Flughafen AG

René Eugster
Founder, ECD, Agentur am Flughafen

Maz Farrelly
Boss Lady, Maz Speaks - Absolutely Farrelly

Todd Feitlin
Executive Creative Director, Wordsworth + Booth

Lauren Ferreira
Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director, Golin

Emily Furtado
Managing Director, Performance, Media Experts

Nichole Geddes
Principal Creative Director, Riot Games

Marcus Gilmore
Associate Brand Account Director, The Narrative Group

Bella Gomez
Designer, Forsman and Bodenfors

Rafael Gonzaga
SVP Executive Creative Director, BBDO LA

Michael Graham
Creative Director, Media.Monks

Patricia Gray
Vice-President, Digital Media, Media Experts

Josh Grunberg
EVP, Business Operations, Whistle

Hannah Gulla
Brand Strategy Lead, DoorDash

Taylor Guthrie
Managing Director, Social Media, Media Experts

Carter Hansen
Head of Marketing, Step

Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA

Rachel Hanson
Podcast Producer, Rachel Hanson

Jan Harling
Director, Brand Media and Performance, foodpanda

Jake Harper
Freelance Podcast Producer, Freelance

Adam Harris
Global Head, Brand Partnership Studio, Twitch

Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy

Annie Heckenberger
SVP Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

Erica Henderson
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

Kara Hendrick
Associate Director, Employer Branding, Chewy, Inc.

Monica Herman
VP Group Creative Director, Giant Spoon

Mark Hickman
Digital Strategy Director, ONE Sotheby's International Realty

Jerry Hizon
Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Philippines & Dentsu Creative Manila

Marty Hoefkes
Creative Director, FCB Canada

Sera Holland
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Global Markets, Ketchum

Katy Hornaday
Chief Creative Officer, Barkley

Caitlin Horrigan
Senior Director, Global Advocacy, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Waymon Hudson
Frontier, Director of Customer Communications

Roddy Hyduk
Co-Founder, Snowday

Sarah-Leith Izzard
Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy (Hong Kong)

Catherine Jaffee
House of Pod, Podcast Producer/Director

Pete Johnson
Executive Creative Director, Self-Employed

Dustin Johnson
Creative Lead Digital and Social , MULLENLOWE

Reonna Johnson
VP / Director of Growth Strategy, Deutsch LA

Brian Jones
Senior Director, Brand Creative, Mint Mobile

Noor Keim
Director, Social Strategy, INNOCEAN USA

Merideth Kelly
Founder, Storitopia

Normurod Khasanov
CEO and Founder, ACIM Marketer, Senior Graphic Designer, ADMIRE

Alie Kilts
Podcast Producer, Freelance

Wesley Kim
Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Belkin

Soo Young Kim
Head of Product Marketing, YouTube Ads, YouTube

Shawna Klein
Creative Director

Philipp Klumpp
Head Of Strategy/Creative Performance, Beyond The Agency

Linda Knight
CCO, Observatory Agency

Paul Kontonis
CMO, Revry

Erica Kraus
Head of Development; Executive Producer, New Podcast Series, APM Studios, APMG

Laurie Kretchmar
Principal, Up With Social

Stephanie Lager
Co-founder, Head of Creative & Strategy, Mango Creative Co.

Kathrin Lausch
CEO, Studio Cadeaux- A Stagwell company

Kyrylo Lazariev
Founder, Lazarev.agency

Madison Li
Senior Marketing Manager, AT&T

Amy Lin
Head of Corporate Brand & Digital Marketing, Zoetis

Gregory Littley
Social Strategy & Content Production, Freelance

Katie Long
Executive Producer of Limited Series, Crooked Media

Erika Lovegreen
SVP, Marketing & Communications, ICUC

Ian Mackenzie
Chief Creative Officer, Performance Art

James Maclean
Creative Director, Maclean Creative

Lori Martin
VP, Group Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

David Matt
Chief Creative Officer, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith

David Mesfin
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

Kasumi Mihori
SVP Brand Creative, Self-Employed

Mars Milisic
Creative Director, Deutsch LA

Seema Miller
Chief Security Officer, Constellation - Stagwell

Josh Mizrachi
Group Creative Director, Havas

Louis Montemayor
Executive Creative Director/Founder, Bandolier Media

Ivellisse Morales
Founder & CEO, bombilla

Adam Morgan
Executive Creative Director and Brand Leader, Adobe

Gabi Mostert
Creative Director, Homeground (UK)

Preeti Nadgar
Head Of Strategy, Global Clients, Mediacom

Madeleine Nischan
Post Production Supervisor, COLOR

Christopher O'Keeffe
Co-founder and Head of Narrative, Executive Producer, Podcation & JAR Audio

Liana Ogden
Senior Creative Strategist, Demonstrate

Karin Onsager-Birch
Ex- VP of Creative, Lyft

Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK

Katey Outka
Associate Director, The Drag Audio Production House

Hital Pandya
Global Group Creative Director, Ogilvy Chicago

Joon Park
Senior Consultant, sparks & honey

Jodi Patkin
SVP of Brand Marketing and Communications, theSkimm

Mariana Peluffo
Global Creative Director, Publicis One Touch

Áine Pennello
Documentary Producer, Freelance

Jason Perelson
Creative Director, creativeXpeople at Synergy Group

Kim Pick
Executive Creative Director, New Zealand, VMLY&R New Zealand

Sascha Piltz
SVP, Group Creative Director, MRM McCann New York

Michael Porter
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Development, Telescope Inc.

Dora Pruzincova
Chief Creative Officer , DDB Prague

Marcelo Ramirez
Executive Creative Director, Havas

Mariana Ramos
Client Strategy Lead, Freelance

Alexander Rea
Critical Mass, SVP, Global Director of Creative & Technology

Julijus Rebic
Executive Creative Director, Grabarz & Partner

Sam Reichman
Associate Creative Director, Snowday

Jorge Richardson
Founder, HOPE Hydration

Meg Riley
SVP, Head of Social Strategy, MullenLowe

Dominic Riley
Senior Director, Social Media, Hello Sunshine

Anthony Roberts Jr.
Senior Marketing Manager, Shoe Carnival

Eric Rojas
Chief Creative Officer , Six+One

Erica Rupp
Head of Community, Content, Snap Inc.

Tyree Rush
Producer, NBCUniversal

Eric Sandler
VP, Marketing, Pushkin Industries

Carolina Saraiva
Global Creative Director, The Walt Disney Company

Rosswell Saunders
Group Creative Director, Freelance

Chris Schmicker
Director, Brand Marketing Ops, Shopify

Carrie Shade
Creator & Social Media Manager, Against Suicide Movement

Cary Smith
Executive Content Director, Critical Mass

Chris Sojka
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, Madwell

Rick Song
Chair of the Board of the Directors, The Advertising Club of New York

Katie Soo
Chief Business Officer, DICE

Sergio Spaccavento
CCO, Conversion E3

Steve Spurgat
Managing Partner, Big Human

Greg Swan
Chief Creative and Strategy Officer, The Social Lights

Scott Terry
Director of Business Affairs, Forsman & Bodenfors

Rachel Theberge
Creative Director, Reach Agency

Clinton Thodos
Brand Social Producer, Hulu

Morgan Thomas
Associate Creative Director , Cheil

Ronnie Ting
Head of Design and Experiences, MRM//McCann

Liam Tjoa
Co-Founder and CEO, GoSpooky

Jim Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Social Media

Mary Toves
Group Creative Strategy Director, Disney

Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu

Juan Pablo Valencia
Regional Creative Advisor, FCB Artgroup

Renee Van den Oetelaar
Director, Boomerang Agency (Part of Publicis Groupe)

Jon Wagner
Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy New York

Jennifer Walters
VP Campaign Director, The AdCouncil

Matt Walton
Co-Chief Creative Officer, Laundry Service

Natasha Wellesley
Executive Producer, Ventureland

Hannah Williams
Executive Creative Director, Fitzco

Filip Williander
VP, Head of Technology & Innovation, The Community

Kate Wolff
Founder & CEO, Lupine Creative

Morgan Wynne
Copywriter, Kalderos

Sophie Yan
Director, Cultural & Entertainment Advocacy, Everytown for Gun Safety

Zeyi Yang
Tech Reporter, MIT Technology Review

Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, Lowry Yankwich Productions

Mitu Yima
Digital Director, Born This Way Foundation

Faye Yuan
Curator, Queens Memory Project

Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach

Kathy Zucker
Zucker Productions LLC, Owner and CEO

JUDGING CRITERIA

The Shorty Awards recognize excellence in digital and social media.

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

Strategy: Entries should include a clearly defined and effective communications plan that is key to a brand, agency or organization meeting their objectives.

Creativity: Entries should demonstrate how their work is memorable and/or inspiring for its well-executed, “out of the box” originality and innovation.

Engagement: Entries should demonstrate how the work was key in successfully driving positive interaction with the target audience.

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

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