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:
Nishant Mendiratta
Roku Inc., Sr. Software Engineer(Mobile)
Brian Jones
Senior Director, Brand Creative, Mint Mobile
Bing Chen
CEO & Founder, AU Holdings & Gold House
Simone Deaderick
Global Creative Excellence Leader, MRM McCann New York
Henry Donahue
Executive Director, Save The Music
Rachel Theberge
Creative Director, Reach Agency
Waymon Hudson
Frontier, Director of Customer Communications
Nadja Bellan-White
Global Chief Marketing Officer, VICE Media Group
Rick Song
President, Brand Innovators Strategy Group
Takae Takahashi
VP Creative Director, BBDO NY
Roddy Hyduk
Co-Founder, Snowday
Gregory Littley
Creative Director, Freelance/ Contractor
Morgan Wynne
Copywriter, Kalderos
Leonardo Arcoverde
VP, Creative Director, McCann Health NY
Ashley Rudder
Chief Creator Officer, Whalar
Andrew Borin Cresswell
Creative Director, Freelance
Anthony Coleman
Creative Director, Brand Creative, Nike
Albert Thompson
Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson
Taylor Guthrie
Group Director, Strategy, Media Experts
Sascha Piltz
SVP, Group Creative Director, MRM McCann New York
Dionna Dorsey
CEO & Co-founder, The Creative Ladder
Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, LBY Media
Lindsay Harris
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras
Tatiana Holifield
Sirius XM & Pandora, VP, Social Content & Growth Marketing
Ken Lowery
Creative Director, Social Media, Cheil Dallas
Pierre Babineau
Vice President, Growth & Creative Services, Mediabrands Content Studio
Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu
Kiran C K
Director of User Interface, The Brink Agency
Erica Kraus
Executive Producer, APM Studios
Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach
Catherine Manzanares
Social Lead, Drama, Amazon Studios
Fahad Khawaja
Founder & CEO, Hue
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
David Matt
Chief Creative Officer, VP, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith
Emily Furtado
Vice President, Client Services, Media Experts
Michelle Underwood
Group Creative Director, Havas
Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising
Luca Jacchia
Creative Director, DOOM Entertainment
James Gregson
Creative Director, LEGO
Michael Porter
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Development, Telescope Inc.
Rachael Datz
Managing Director of Social, VMLY&R
Angel Van Der Biest
Title Social Lead, Netflix
Jenny Park
Senior Manager 2, Brand Partnerships, LinkedIn
Sergio Spaccavento
Executive Creative Director and Brand Leader, H48
Rosswell Saunders
Group Creative Director, Freelance
Sophie Yan
Director, Cultural & Entertainment Advocacy, Everytown for Gun Safety
Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK
Renee Van den Oetelaar
Boomerang FT., Head Of Boomerang FT.
Stephanie Horton
Senior Director, Global Marketing, Commerce, Google
Preeti Nadgar
Chief Strategy Officer, US, Essence Mediacom
Kainaz Karmakar
Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy India
Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy
Victoria Taylor
Director of Community, Stealth Mode Startup
Mars Milisic
Creative Director, The Savvy One
Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA
Christopher O'Keeffe
Co-founder and Head of Narrative, Executive Producer, Podcation & JAR Audio
Liam Tjoa
CEO, GoSpooky
Amy Carvajal
Chief Creative Officer, Code & Theory
Burak Canpolat
Senior Art Director & UI / UX Designer, FCB Health Reaktor
Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Social Strategy, VMLY&R
Alex Ruiz
Group Digital Director, Disney Yellow Shoes Creative Group, The Walt Disney Company
Bharat Kumar
Executive Creative Director, Havas
Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director, Golin
Sean DallasKidd
Partner & CCO, Demonstrate
Filip Williander
VP, Head of Technology & Innovation, The Community
Sophie (Xiuning) Ho (He)
Global Head of Brand for WhatsApp, Meta
Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director of Marketing, Twitch
Anthony Allen Ramos
Vice President of Communications and Talent, GLAAD
Win Sakdinan
Senior Director, North America Business Marketing, Snap (Snapchat)
Alberto Santiago Deida
Creative Director, JSD Agency (Puerto Rico)
Gabriel Durán
Creative Director, Crunchyroll
Hannah Gulla
Senior Brand Strategist, DoorDash
Jan Harling
CEO, Virtus Asia Consulting
Kate Wolff
Founder & CEO, Lupine Creative
Justin Baum
Creative Director, Lenovo
Zeena Koda
2K Games, Head of Digital Community Marketing
Adam Morgan
Senior Director of Brand and Creative, Splunk
Ali Cheikhali
Creative Strategy Lead, Google Creative Works MENA, TR, SSA, Google
Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles
Phillip Dietz
Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
Pete Johnson
Founder, Chief Creative Officer, LOVE + RESPECT
Paul Kontonis
CMO, Revry
Morgan Thomas
Associate Creative Director, Cheil
Daniela Bontorim
Celebrity Partnerships, Talent Partnership Advisors
Jorge Richardson
Founder, HOPE Hydration
Zeyi Yang
Tech Reporter, MIT Technology Review
José Eslinger
Creative Director, BBDO LA
Mike DiGiacomo
SVP and Art Director, BerlinRosen
Juan Pablo Valencia
Creative Director, TBWA\Central Asia & Caucasus
Kara Hendrick
Associate Director, Employer Branding, Chewy, Inc.
Nick Walsh
Director, Social Media, Hulu
Michelle Lawrence
Creative Director, Laundry Service
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!
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
Lauren Ferreira
Creative Director, TBWA\Media Arts Lab
Adam Harris
Global Head, Brand Partnership Studio, Twitch
Jennifer Ahdoot
Digital Director, iHeartRadio
Crystal Ackley
Senior Consultant, Social Strategy & Insights, Self-Employed
Tyler Dmytrow
Senior Director, Head of Social & Strategy Solutions, Reprise Canada
Josh Mizrachi
Group Creative Director, Havas
Rafael Gonzaga
SVP Executive Creative Director, BBDO LA
Mitu Yima
Digital Director, Born This Way Foundation
Kim Pick
Executive Creative Director, New Zealand, VMLY&R New Zealand
Mélissa Charland
Creative Director, Publicis (Montréal)
Jeffrey Cannata
Group Comms Planning Director, David & Goliath
Shawn Ahmed
Non-Profit Digital Communications Specialist, Freelance
Reonna Johnson
VP / Director of Growth Strategy, Deutsch LA
Steve Spurgat
Managing Partner, Big Human
Dani Calogera
Vice President, Brand & Digital Marketing, SHOWTIME
Shawna Klein
Creative Director
David Berkowitz
Serial Marketers, Founder
Kasumi Mihori
SVP Brand Creative, Self-Employed
Chris Sojka
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, Madwell
Jim Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, Ignite Social Media
Carter Hansen
Head of Marketing, Step
Harrie Bakst
Partner & Cofounder, WCPG
Wesley Kim
Vice President, Global Head of Marketing, Belkin
Noor Keim
Director, Social Strategy, INNOCEAN USA
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
Jodi Patkin
SVP of Brand Marketing and Communications, theSkimm
Jennifer Walters
VP Campaign Director, The AdCouncil
Nichole Geddes
Principal Creative Director, Riot Games
David Mesfin
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA
Jeff Barrett
Global Influence and Communications Consultant, Adbove
Amy Lin
Head of Corporate Brand & Digital Marketing, Zoetis
Paul Marvucic
Director, Product Marketing, Patreon
Marcus Collins
Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy New York
Dora Pruzincova
Chief Creative Officer , DDB Prague
Marty Hoefkes
Creative Director, FCB Canada
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 Shorty Awards recognize excellence in digital and social media.
ALL ENTRIES WILL BE SCORED BY JUDGES ON THESE MAJOR CRITERIA:
Entries should include a clearly defined and effective communications plan that is key to a brand, agency or organization meeting their objectives.
Entries should demonstrate how their work is memorable and/or inspiring for its well-executed, “out of the box” originality and innovation.
Entries should demonstrate how the work was key in successfully driving positive interaction with the target audience.