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:
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:
Adu Adu
Global Head of Social Media, Logitech
Rob Alley
Head of Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications, Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab
Gemini Babla
Director, Global Brand Marketing, Google (YouTube)
Nadja Bellan-White
Global Chief Marketing Officer, VICE Media Group
Andrew Borin Cresswell
Director of Originals, Hulu/Disneystreaming
Ali Cheikhali
Creative Strategy Lead, Google Creative Works MENA, TR, SSA, Google
Bing Chen
CEO & Founder, AU Holdings & Gold House
Ranjana Choudhry
VP Advertising & Social Media , Wakefern Food Corp.
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
Michael 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
Jose Eslinger
Creative Director, BBDO LA
Lauren Ferreira
Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Michael Graham
Creative Director, Media.Monks
James Gregson
Creative Director, LEGO
Hannah Gulla
Brand Strategy Lead, DoorDash
Adam Harris
Global Head, Brand Partnership Studio, Twitch
Jabari Hearn
Managing Partner, Los Angeles, AKQA
Jerry Hizon
Chief Creative Officer , Dentsu Creative Philippines & Dentsu Creative Manila
Sophie (Xiuning) Ho (He)
Global Head of Brand for WhatsApp, Meta
Stephanie Horton
Senior Director, Global Marketing, Commerce, Google
Kainaz Karmakar
Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India
Wesley Kim
Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Belkin
Banoo Klein
Senior Director, Business Development & Strategy, Maximum Effort
Bharat Kumar
Executive Creative Director, Havas
Michelle Lawrence
Creative Director, Laundry Service
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
David Matt
Chief Creative Officer, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith
Alix McAlpine
Senior Director, Creative Strategy, Giphy
Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director, Head of Global Social Media, Twitch
Jenny Park
Senior Manager 2, Brand Partnerships, LinkedIn
Shama Rahman
Brand Director, New York Magazine
Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Connections Strategy, VMLY&R
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)
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
Filip Williander
VP, Head of Technology & Innovation, The Community
Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles
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
Jennifer Ahdoot
Digital Director, iHeartRadio
Amina Ahmad
Senior Social Manager, Freeform
Shawn Ahmed
Non-Profit Digital Communications Specialist, Freelance
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
Pierre Babineau
Vice President, Growth & Creative Services, Mediabrands Content Studio
Harrie Bakst
Partner & Cofounder, WCPG
Jeff Barrett
Global Influence and Communications Consultant, Adbove
David Berkowitz
Serial Marketers, Founder
Nick Bianchi
AVP Brand Marketing Management, DIRECTV
Katie Bisbee
CRO/CMO, Donorschoose
Chrissy Bogusz
Senior Motion Graphics Artist, Beachbody
Daniela Bontorim
Celebrity Partnerships, Talent Partnership Advisors
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
Mishy Cass
Executive Creative Director, DNA Advertising
Rachel Chan
Brand Media Strategy & Activation, Verizon
Bernice Chao
Head of Integrated Creative and Co-Founder, Zambezi and Asians in Advertising
Mélissa Charland
Creative Director, Publicis (Montréal)
Melissa Chen
Senior Manager - Brand, Campaigns, & Experiential, Dell
Karen Chong
VP, Audience Strategy, Age Inclusion, Office Diversity, AARP
Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy New York
Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising
Philipp Dietz
Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
Tyler Dmytrow
Senior Director, Head of Social & Strategy Solutions, Reprise Canada
Renee Eugster
Founder, ECD, Agentur am Flughafen
Maz Farrelly
Boss Lady, Maz Speaks - Absolutely Farrelly
Emily Furtado
Managing Director, Performance, Media Experts
Nichole Geddes
Principal Creative Director, Riot Games
Marcus Gilmore
Associate Brand Account Director, The Narrative Group
Rafael Gonzaga
SVP Executive Creative Director, BBDO LA
Patricia Gray
Vice-President, Digital Media, Media Experts
Taylor Guthrie
Managing Director, Social Media, Media Experts
Carter Hansen
Head of Marketing, Step
Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA
Jan Harling
Director, Brand Media and Performance, foodpanda
Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy
Annie Heckenberger
SVP Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Erica Henderson
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA
Monica Herman
VP Group Creative Director, Giant Spoon
Mark Hickman
Digital Strategy Director, ONE Sotheby's International Realty
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
Sarah-Leith Izzard
Regional Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy (Hong Kong)
Reonna Johnson
VP / Director of Growth Strategy, Deutsch LA
Brian Jones
Senior Director, Brand Creative, Mint Mobile
Ro Kalonaros
Global Director, Content & Culture, Omnicom Group
Noor Keim
Director, Social Strategy, INNOCEAN USA
Soo Young Kim
Head of Product Marketing, YouTube Ads, YouTube
Shawna Klein
Creative Director
Linda Knight
CCO, Observatory Agency
Paul Kontonis
CMO Advisor, Elle Media LLC
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
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 Mesfin
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA
Kasumi Mihori
SVP Brand Creative, Self-Employed
Marisa Milisic
Creative Director, Deutsch LA
Seema Miller
Chief Security Officer, Constellation - Stagwell
Josh Mizrachi
Group Creative Director, Havas
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
Liana Ogden
Senior Creative Strategist, Demonstrate
Karin Onsager-Birch
Ex- VP of Creative, Lyft
Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK
Hital Pandya
Global Group Creative Director, Ogilvy Chicago
Jodi Patkin
SVP of Brand Marketing and Communications, theSkimm
Mariana Peluffo
Global Creative Director, Publicis One Touch
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
Dora Pruzincova
Chief Creative Officer , DDB Prague
Marcelo Ramirez
Executive Creative Director, Havas
Sam Reichman
Associate Creative Director, Snowday
Jorge Richardson
Founder, HOPE Hydration
Dominic Riley
Senior Director, Social Media, Hello Sunshine
Meg Riley
SVP, Head of Social Strategy, MullenLowe
Anthony Roberts Jr.
Senior Marketing Manager, Shoe Carnival
Erica Rupp
Head of Community, Content, Snap Inc.
Eric Sandler
VP, Marketing, Pushkin Industries
Carolina Saraiva
Global Creative Director, The Walt Disney Company
Carrie Shade
Creator & Social Media Manager, Against Suicide Movement
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, TBA
Sergio Spaccavento
CCO, Conversion E3
Steve Spurgat
Managing Partner, Big Human
Lindsay Stein
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras
Greg Swan
Chief Creative and Strategy Officer, The Social Lights
Scott Terry
Director of Business Affairs, Forsman & Bodenfors
Morgan Thomas
Associate Creative Director , Cheil
Ronnie Ting
Head of Design and Experiences, MRM//McCann
Jim Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Social Media
Mary Toves
Group Creative Strategy Director, Disney
Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu
Jon Wagner
Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy New York
Jenn Walters
VP Campaign Director, The AdCouncil
Natasha Wellesley
Executive Producer, Ventureland
Morgan Wynne
Copywriter
Sophie Yan
Director, Cultural & Entertainment Advocacy, Everytown for Gun Safety
Mitu Yima
Digital Director, Born This Way Foundation
Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach
Kathy Zucker
Zucker Productions LLC, Owner and CEO
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.
