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 16th 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 16th Annual Shorty Awards judges:
Ryan Coan
Founder & CEO, Creative Riff
Marissa Kraines
Vice President, Social & Content Marketing, Salesforce
Carolina Valencia
Director of Partnerships and Communications, Epicenter-NYC
Jayson Oertel
Head of YouTube, Adobe
Mark Durney
Senior VP, Porter Novelli
Lauren Brenner
Head of Global Content Strategy, Spotify
Meg Riley
SVP, Head of Social, MullenLowe
Ashley Tolusic Einhorn
President & Sales Consultant, TALOOP
Normurod Khasanov
CEO and Founder, ACIM Marketer, Senior Graphic Designer, ADMIRE
Brendan Davis
Director of Digital Communications, GLAAD
Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles
Marianna Ruiz
EVP, Executive Creative Director, Edelman
Sauptik Dhar
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Eluvio
Kathy Zucker
Zucker Productions LLC, Owner and CEO
Jen Dorman
Executive Creative Director and Brand Leader, Critical Mass
Saurabh Bhutyani
Principal GenAI/Analytics Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Josh Paialii
Head of Creative, The Many
Gregory Littley
Creative Director, Freelance/ Contractor
Michael Graham
Creative Director, Media Monks
Michelle Waring
Steward for Sustainability and Everyday Good, Tom's of Maine
Abby Ho
VP Marketing & Social, Disney Branded Television
Ravi Sunnak
EVP, Porter Novelli
Michael Campos
CEO, Head of Strategy, Neue Lane
Robyn Nissim
Fractional VP of Social Media and Influencer Marketing, Social Proof Agency
Tulani André
Vice President, Social Media, National Geographic
Amanda N. Hammar
Social Content Director- Developer Marketing, Cisco
Melissa Chen
Senior Manager - Brand, Campaigns, & Experiential, Dell Technologies
Michael Colella
SVP, Executive Producer, Creative Studio, Infillion
Adele Mulford
CEO + Chief Creative Cultivator, The Cultivate Company
Ariel Sims
SVP, Head of Paid Social, Digitas North America
Humphrey Ho
CEO, Hylink Group
Jared Kozel
EVP, Executive Creative Director, VML
Roddy Hyduk
Co-Founder, Snowday
Susannah Rubin
Associate Creative Director, Publicis
Katy Hornaday
Chief Creative Officer, Barkley
Tricia Clarke-Stone
Founder & CEO, SHIFT
Jeannine Feyen
Director of Communications, Talkspace
Carrie Shade
Creator & Social Media Manager, Against Suicide Movement
Kate Winick
Previously: Peloton, Currently: Consulting, Senior Director, Social Media
Luca Jacchia
Creative Director, DOOM Entertainment
Leslie Smith
Senior Manager of Marketing & Audience Strategy, Bumble
Hannah Gulla
Senior Brand Strategist, DoorDash
Kirill Lazariev
CEO and Founder, Lazarev.agency
Gabe Gordon
CEO, Reach Agency
Jennifer Frommer
SVP, Partnerships, Sony Music
David Skerrett
Group Strategy Director, Critical Mass
Annie Heckenberger
SVP Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness
Hung Lang
Senior Connections Strategist, Digitas
Vilmar Fernandes
UX/UI, Strategy and Innovation, Google
Felix Lundqvist
Art Director, Critical Mass
Sophie Yan
Director, Cultural & Entertainment Advocacy, Everytown for Gun Safety
Macarena Elissamburu Moreno
Creative Director, VML Argentina
Richard Haire
Business Development Manager / Digital Marketing Instructor, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Kinney Edwards
Global Head of Creative Lab, TikTok
Tatiana Holifield
Sirius XM & Pandora, VP, Social Content & Growth Marketing
Erika Bradbury
Consultant, Consultant
Laura Mignott
Global Chief Experiential Officer, VML Commerce
Ben Yabsley
Group Creative Director, Dentsu Creative
Kjetil Njoten
Global Head of Creative, IMAX
Luke McDade
Creative Director & Strategy Executive, Netflix
Jenn Bader
Founder & CEO, Bader
Maggie Perlich
Senior Vice President, Burns Entertainment
Victoria Keichinger
Vice President, Brand Marketing, Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Sarah Harnisch Amatuzio
International Creative Director, Freelance/Independent
Jason Li
Global EVP, Strategy, Whalar
Mariana Ramos
Client Strategy Lead, Freelance
Gemini Babla
Director, Marketing, Google
Stephanie Perez
Founder, YeahFoodBeer
Theresa Helmer
VP, Brand & Editorial, The Walt Disney Company
Madeleine Nischan
Head of Post Production, COLOR Creative
Joy Moh
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), Head of Communications & Marketing
Dèja Mays
Art Director, Freelance
Jason Chung
Director, Esports and Gaming Initiative, Clinical Assistant Professor | Head, Esports, Gaming and Media, NYU, Zuber Lawler LLP
Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach
Ziad Ahmed
CEO/Founder, JUV Consulting
Tristan Pineiro
VP Marketing and Communications, Grindr
Nic Alum
CEO, Cultureland
Will Cady
Global Brand Ambassador, Reddit
Carolyn Thacher
Head of Social Media, Coinbase
Josefina Rodriguez
Social Impact Partnerships, Industry Relations, Google
Stevie Morris
VP Social & Content Marketing Strategy, Razorfish
Diogo Felippelli
VP, Social Media, FOX Entertainment
Naz Nazli
Creative Director, Creative X, Meta
Jones Krahl
US Head of Creative, Deloitte Digital
Rob Alley
Head of Entertainment, Media and Telecom, Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab
Kat Saoyen
VP, Creative Director, McCann
Todd Feitlin
Executive Creative Director, 305 Worldwide
Christian Varsava
Global Social Media & Community Manager, Logitech
Bernice Chao
Asians in Advertising, Co-Founder
Pilar Franco Borrell
Head of Art, Felicidad Collective
Katherine Auguston
Creative Director, Code and Theory
Caitlin Horrigan
Senior Director, Global Advocacy, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Deidre Osei
Independent Social Impact Consultant, Avidli
Zaina Madain
Social Media Lead, Films, Peacock
Kate Wolff
Founder & CEO, Lupine Creative
Kevin Green
Executive Creative Director, Moroch
Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Social Strategy, VML
Taylor Guthrie
Group Director, Strategy, Media Experts
Howie Kleinberg
President, Glow
Jacques Spitzer
CEO, Raindrop
Tim Leake
Founder/CEO, Let's Lightbulb
Stephanie Lager
Co-founder, Head of Creative & Strategy, Mango Creative Co.
Pancho González
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Inbrax (Chile)
Dan Moth
Creative Director, VML Aotearoa
Shama Rahman
Senior Director of Brand & Growth Marketing, New York Magazine
Sergio Rio León
Creative Director, Grey Argentina
Stephen Leps
Brand and Content Strategy Director, IBM
Tania Rahman
Social Media Director, Fast Company
Cary Smith
Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass
Leslie Hall
CEO, Iced Media
Shefik Macauley
Executive Producer and Host, Shefik Presents Invocation
Melissa Eccles
Former Head of West Coast, Group Creative Strategy Director TikTok Creative Lab, TikTok
Ranjana Choudhry
VP Advertising & Social Media, Wakefern Food Corp.
Aaron Francois
Associate Strategy Director | Founder, Laundry Service | Black Visionaries
Jennifer Winberg
Senior Director, Social, Ogilvy
Armani Barron
Senior Art Director, IMC
Julia Fedor
Director, Global Advertising and Social Media Operations, United Airlines
Jerry Hizon
Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Philippines & Dentsu Creative Manila
Kaleesha Rajamantri
Head of Worldwide Shopping Events, Amazon Ads
Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director, Golin
Katie Soo
Senior Director, Brand Marketing Creative, DICE
Kenny Gold
Managing Director, Deloitte Digital
Julie Steinhagen
Co-Founder, Creative Director, Ugly Wolf
Dominic Riley
Digital Publicity & Partnerships, Netflix
Lauren Garcimonde-Fisher
Vice President, Brand and Culture, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Firrdaus Yusoff
Head of Creative, Forsman & Bodenfors
Florence Achado Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Vee69
Greg Swan
Chief Creative and Strategy Officer, The Social Lights
Gerard Caputo
Group Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, New York
Julie Thorne
Group Account Director, Media Experts
Atiya Zaidi
CEO/CCO, BBDO Pakistan
Jordan Makow
VP, Production, SPCSHP
Alix McAlpine
VP of Creative Strategy, Giphy
Victor Mattoni
Art Director, BBDO Group Germany
Samara Mackereth
Chief Content Officer, NowThis
Peter Bray
Founder / ECD, Bray & Co.
Maya Dukes
Managing Director, Creative (ECD), Delta Air Lines
Heather Hatlo Porter
CCO, Chegg Inc.
Stephanie Ocampo
Senior Director, Social Media, MasterClass
Sera Holland
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Global Markets, Ketchum
Erica Kraus
Executive Producer, APM Studios
Nkululeko Vilakazi
Creative Director, _Machine
Preeti Nadgar
Chief Strategy Officer, US, Essence Mediacom
Danielle Brigida
Senior Director of Communications, World Wildlife Fund
Mary Corigliano
SVP Brand & Marketing, Comic Relief US
Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director of Marketing, Twitch
Alex Schmider
Director, Transgender Representation, GLAAD
Ahmet Hüsrev Sefer
Creative Director, Bilyoner
Jessie Mash
Partner + Chief Business Officer, SonderCo
Jason Perelson
Partner, creativeXpeople at Synergy Group
Emily Furtado
Vice President, Client Services, Media Experts
Jason Morros
VP, Head of Integrated Marketing, Edison Properties
Nicole Weiss-Calamar
Marketing Consultant, Freelance
Jason Mitchell
CEO, Movement Strategy
Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising
Rodrigo Melgar
Creative Director, Grey Group México
Jason Dailey
Director, Head of Agency, Meta
Anthony Roberts Jr.
Associate Manager, Media Content and Partnerships, KFC
Silas Nogueira
Senior Art Director, Leo Burnett
Carmen San Segundo
Global Marketing and Communications Director for ESG and CSR, IBM
Mehul Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO, SoCheers
Liam Tjoa
CEO, GoSpooky
Mitu Yilma
Director of Content + Brand, Born This Way Foundation
Nickie Thongton
Creative Director, Ogilvy
Miriam Malta
Creative Director, BBDO LA
David Matt
Chief Creative Officer, VP, Foundry 360 @ Dotdash Meredith
Sami Lambert
Director of Social, Adweek
Beth Carroll
Head of Social Media, VML
Carla Marshall
Content Marketing Consultant, (Independent Consultant)
Yuriy Mikhalevskiy
Creative Director Copywriter, Six Plus One
Adam Morgan
Senior Director of Brand and Creative, Splunk
Lizzy Hale
Head of Global Podcast Editorial, Spotify
Pete Johnson
Founder, Chief Creative Officer, LOVE + RESPECT
Bolong Li
VP, Head of Global Acquisition, Amazon, Audible
Rob Engelsman
Co-Founder & Strategy Partner, Quick Study
Tom Chirico
Senior Director, Head of Brand Engagement, Verizon
Amina Ahmad
Senior Manager -- Social & Synergy Partnership Marketing, The Walt Disney Company
Steve Howze
Copywriter, Forsman & Bodenfors
Diana Dixon
Founder/Chief Executive Creative Officer, DixonCo
Eduardo Longa Nose
Associate Creative Director, AKQA LA
Dmytro Lynnyk
Creative Director and Inspirer, Linnikov Agency
Jeff Semones
Managing Partner, Head of Social, EssenceMediacom
Jamie Cordwell
Global Executive Creative Director, Edelman
Renee Van den Oetelaar
Boomerang FT., Head Of Boomerang FT.
Annie Granatstein
VP Content Marketing, Marriott International
Tunisia Wilson
Creative Director, FX/Disney
Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK
Jordan Schultz
VP, Head of Social & Digital Creative, Known
Kristin Gallucci
Consultant/ Fractional CMO, Modern Marketer, Cognizant
Andrew Levine
Marketing, NA
AJ Rivvers
Creative Partner, Creativeish Inc.
John Attanasio
CEO & Co-Founder, Toonstar
Jessica Rudis
Group Digital Strategy Director, The Walt Disney Company
Karen Chong
Vice President of Audience Strategy, Age Inclusion, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, AARP
Andrew Caravella
Founder, AC3 Ventures
Jennifer Blanco
Global Director of Social Media, Indeed
Rick Song
President, Brand Innovators Strategy Group
Damian Galvin
Senior Creative, VML
Mike Wente
VP, Head of Creative Marketing & Brand Design, Verizon
Jude Ambrosio
Group Strategy Director, Ayzenberg Group
Jacquie Henderson
Head of Marketing, Midnight Oil
Toph Clarke
Executive Creative Director, Intuit
Oren Greenberg
Fractional CMO, Kurve
Eric Sandler
VP, Marketing, Pushkin Industries
Director of Community, Demand.io/SimplyCodes
Emeka Obia
Integrated Strategy Director, Publicis West Africa
Ana Paola Noriega
Chief Creative Officer, FCB México
Rebecca Armstrong
CEO, North
Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA
Abhinit Agarwal
Senior Strategy Director, TBWA Singapore
Hital Pandya
Global Group Creative Director, Leo Burnett Chicago
Lewis Williams
EVP Head of Brand Impact, Weber Shandwick
Caroline McKenzie
Global Creative Marketing Lead - Franchise, Prime Video & Amazon Studios
Halley Knigge
Director of Co-op Communications, REI Co-op
Karen Levy
Previously: Head of eCommerce Digital Marketing, Tropicana
Justin Baum
Creative Director, Lenovo
Dave Rosner
CMO, Audigent
Adina Smith
SVP, Marketing & Communications, Kroll
Sarah Gardner
Director, Social Media, National Geographic
Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy
John Sabine
Director of Social, Merriam-Webster
Creative Director, TBWA\Central Asia & Caucasus
Adam Ledbury
Global Creative Director APAC, Uber
Yadira Harrison
Co-Founder, Verb
Mikki Bennett
Senior Manager, HBO + Max Originals Creative Marketing, Warner Brothers Discovery
Soo Young Kim
Global Brand & Ads Product Marketing, Google
Mauricio Dias
Associate Creative Director, AKQA
Rachel Theberge
Creative Director, Reach Agency
Sascha Piltz
SVP, Group Creative Director, MRM McCann New York
Julie Bloomfield
Head of Strategy & Social, Buddha Jones
Julian Gamboa-Ramos
Senior Social Media Director, Maximum Effort
Liana Ogden
Senior Creative Strategist, Demonstrate x DDW
Edward Hiraldo
Copywriter, Social, TBWA/Chiat/Day
Amber Coleman-Mortley
Senior Director, Community and Culture, The Female Quotient
Alexander Rea
Freelance ECD, Aux Works
Scott Terry
Director of Business Affairs, Forsman & Bodenfors
Celia Ryan
Creative Director, Open Road
Samira Rafi
Creative Director, Boomerang Communication
Sarah Minerella
Head of Social & Mobile, Ralph
Valerie Carlson
Chief Creative Officer, Critical Mass
Ashley Owen
Head of Strategy, Self Employed
Allison Hobbs
Senior Director, Creative Services, Mediabrands Content Studio
Jason Rowland
Social Media Strategist, Google
Gemma Craven
Founder & CEO, Bosseur
Janis McGavin
Director of Marketing and Social Media, Los Angeles Center of Photography
Goldie Chan
Founder, Warm Robots
Emma Kieckhafer
Global Head of Social Media, Babbel
Natasha Wellesley
Executive Producer, Ventureland
Rosswell Saunders
Group Creative Director, Freelance
Brittany Rice
Director, Social and Content, FX Networks/Disney
Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu
Lauren Jones
Director, Social & Influencer Marketing, Mattel
Sebastian Saldarriaga Rodriguez
VP Creative and Social Media, Sugarbear Pro
Erica Henderson
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA
Gregg Weiss
SVP, Consumer Social Media, Citi
Joy Ekuta
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, Retrospect
Nickolas James
VP, Social Media, Sinclair Inc.
Lisa Gruber
Associate Director of Communications, VML
Crissy Bogusz
Motion Graphics Artist, Bravo
Madison Li
Senior Marketing Manager, AT&T
Hira Mohibullah Amin
Executive Creative Director, VML Kansas City
Morgan Selzer
Chief Content & Studios Officer, Headspace
João Inácio
Creative Director, DEPT Agency
Jan Harling
CEO, Virtus Asia Consulting
Felipe Galiano
Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Germany
Greg Harrison
Chief Creative Officer, MOCEAN
Adam Robinson
VP, Paramount Social Impact, Paramount
Lindsay Harris
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras
Rae Votta
Head of Podcasts, Netflix
Mike Proulx
VP, Research Director, Forrester
Amy Luca
EVP, Global Head of Social, Media Monks
Kara Hendrick
Associate Director, Employer Branding & Employee Engagement, Chewy, Inc.
Yank Barry
Philanthropist/Producer/Musician, Global Village Champions Foundation
Zeyi Yang
Tech Reporter, MIT Technology Review
Kirsty Marrins
Digital Communications Consultant, Kirsty Marrins Ltd/ CharityComms Trustee
Andrew Borin Cresswell
Creative Director, Freelance
Jenny Huang
Director, B2B Brand Marketing, Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK
Camila Romero
Managing Director, The Electric Factory
Paul David
CEO, Literal Humans
Sonika Patel
SVP, Head of Marketing, Ticketmaster
Albert Thompson
Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson
Mitesh Kothari
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, White Rivers Media
Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, LBY Media
Mars Milisic
Creative Director, The Savvy One
Sam Reichman
Executive Creative Director, Snowday
Michael Tennant
Founder and CEO, Curiosity Lab
Gino Morrow
VP of Design, Hypergiant
Maz Farrelly
Conference Speaker, MazSpeaks.com
Jaime Padilla
Founder, Principal, Prado & Padilla
Brandie June
Author & Marketing Director, Self & Shout! Studios
Shrenik Gandhi
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, White Rivers Media
Erika Lovegreen
SVP, Marketing, ICUC.social
Sara Badr
Creative Director, Ward6 Singapore
Bipasha Mookherjee
Creative Director, Episode Four
Srishti Alette
UX Design Lead (Senior UX Designer), Google
Zeena Koda
2K Games, Head of Digital Community Marketing
Lauren Gallo-Rodriguez
Senior Director, Marketing Brand Creative, Nike
Erin Acuff
VP of Client Strategy, Insight Creative Group (ICG)
Keith Pape
CEO and Chief Consultant, YellowPike Media
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.