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

Ashley Rudder
Chief Creator Officer, Whalar

Andrew Borin Cresswell
Creative Director, Freelance

Anthony Coleman
Creative Director, Brand Creative, Nike

Morgan Wynne
Copywriter, Kalderos

Rachel Theberge
Creative Director, Reach Agency

Dionna Dorsey
CEO & Co-founder, The Creative Ladder

Roddy Hyduk
Co-Founder, Snowday

Tatiana Holifield
Sirius XM & Pandora, VP, Social Content & Growth Marketing

Lindsay Harris
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras

Albert Thompson
Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson

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

Taylor Guthrie
Group Director, Strategy, Media Experts

Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu

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

Kiran C K
Director of User Interface, The Brink Agency

Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach

Leonardo Arcoverde
VP, Creative Director, McCann Health NY

Ken Lowery
Creative Director, Social Media, Cheil Dallas

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

Katy Hornaday
Chief Creative Officer, Barkley

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

Catherine Manzanares
Social Lead, Drama, Amazon Studios

Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, LBY Media

Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising

Erica Kraus
Executive Producer, APM Studios

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

James Gregson
Creative Director, LEGO

David Matt
Chief Creative Officer, VP, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith

Michelle Underwood
Group Creative Director, Havas

Emily Furtado
Vice President, Client Services, Media Experts

Angel Van Der Biest
Title Social Lead, Netflix

Sergio Spaccavento
Executive Creative Director and Brand Leader, H48

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

Fahad Khawaja
Founder & CEO, Hue

Rachael Datz
Managing Director of Social, VMLY&R

Jenny Park
Senior Manager 2, Brand Partnerships, LinkedIn

Stephanie Horton
Senior Director, Global Marketing, Commerce, Google

Preeti Nadgar
Chief Strategy Officer, US, Essence Mediacom

Kainaz Karmakar
Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India

Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK

Luca Jacchia
Creative Director, DOOM Entertainment

Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA

Rosswell Saunders
Group Creative Director, Freelance

Liam Tjoa
CEO, GoSpooky

Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy

Mars Milisic
Creative Director, The Savvy One

Victoria Taylor
Director of Community, Stealth Mode Startup

Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Social Strategy, VMLY&R

Bharat Kumar
Executive Creative Director, Havas

Amy Carvajal
Chief Creative Officer, Code & Theory

Sean DallasKidd
Partner & CCO, Demonstrate

Renee Van den Oetelaar
Boomerang FT., Head Of Boomerang FT.

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

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

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

Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director of Marketing, Twitch

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

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

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

Jan Harling
CEO, Virtus Asia Consulting

Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director, Golin

Justin Baum
Creative Director, Lenovo

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

Hannah Gulla
Senior Brand Strategist, DoorDash

Gabriel Durán
Creative Director, Crunchyroll

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

Phillip Dietz
Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi

Anthony Allen Ramos
Vice President of Communications and Talent, GLAAD

Zeena Koda
2K Games, Head of Digital Community Marketing

Paul Kontonis
CMO, Revry

Adam Morgan
Senior Director of Brand and Creative, Splunk

Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles

Daniela Bontorim
Celebrity Partnerships, Talent Partnership Advisors

Jorge Richardson
Founder, HOPE Hydration

José Eslinger
Creative Director, BBDO LA

Kate Wolff
Founder & CEO, Lupine Creative

Morgan Thomas
Associate Creative Director, Cheil

Pete Johnson
Founder, Chief Creative Officer, LOVE + RESPECT

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

Nick Walsh
Director, Social Media, Hulu

Michelle Lawrence
Creative Director, Laundry Service

Mike DiGiacomo
SVP and Art Director, BerlinRosen

Bing Chen
CEO & Founder, AU Holdings & Gold House

Henry Donahue
Executive Director, Save The Music

Zeyi Yang
Tech Reporter, MIT Technology Review

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

Waymon Hudson
Frontier, Director of Customer Communications

Brian Jones
Senior Director, Brand Creative, Mint Mobile

Simone Deaderick
Global Creative Excellence Leader, MRM McCann New York

Rick Song
President, Brand Innovators Strategy Group

Takae Takahashi
VP Creative Director, BBDO NY

Gregory Littley
Creative Director, Freelance/ Contractor

Juan Pablo Valencia
Creative Director, TBWA\Central Asia & Caucasus

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

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!

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

Jennifer Ahdoot
Digital Director, iHeartRadio

Rafael Gonzaga
SVP Executive Creative Director, BBDO LA

Mitu Yima
Digital Director, Born This Way Foundation

Josh Mizrachi
Group Creative Director, Havas

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

Reonna Johnson
VP / Director of Growth Strategy, Deutsch LA

Mélissa Charland
Creative Director, Publicis (Montréal)

Jeffrey Cannata
Group Comms Planning Director, David & Goliath

Steve Spurgat
Managing Partner, Big Human

Shawn Ahmed
Non-Profit Digital Communications Specialist, Freelance

Shawna Klein
Creative Director

David Berkowitz
Serial Marketers, Founder

Dani Calogera
Vice President, Brand & Digital Marketing, SHOWTIME

Kasumi Mihori
SVP Brand Creative, Self-Employed

Chris Sojka
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, Madwell

Jim Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Social Media

Harrie Bakst
Partner & Cofounder, WCPG

Carter Hansen
Head of Marketing, Step

Noor Keim
Director, Social Strategy, INNOCEAN USA

Wesley Kim
Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Belkin

Erica Rupp
Head of Community, Content, Snap Inc.

James Maclean
Creative Director, Maclean Creative

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

Mariana Peluffo
Global Creative Director, Publicis One Touch

Marcelo Ramirez
Executive Creative Director, Havas

Jennifer Walters
VP Campaign Director, The AdCouncil

Jodi Patkin
SVP of Brand Marketing and Communications, theSkimm

Nichole Geddes
Principal Creative Director, Riot Games

David Mesfin
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

Jeff Barrett
Global Influence and Communications Consultant, Adbove

Dora Pruzincova
Chief Creative Officer , DDB Prague

Amy Lin
Head of Corporate Brand & Digital Marketing, Zoetis

Paul Marvucic
Director, Product Marketing, Patreon

Marty Hoefkes
Creative Director, FCB Canada

Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy New York

Carolina Saraiva
Global Creative Director, The Walt Disney Company

Lori Martin
VP, Group Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

Patricia Gray
Vice-President, Digital Media, Media Experts

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

Lauren Ferreira
Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Adam Harris
Global Head, Brand Partnership Studio, Twitch

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.

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/Originality/Innovation

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!