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:

Lindsay Harris
Chief Purpose Officer, Tombras

Shama Rahman
Senior Director of Brand & Growth Marketing, New York Magazine

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

Erika Lovegreen
SVP, Marketing, ICUC.social

Gregory Littley
Creative Director, Freelance/ Contractor

Dmitrii Osipovskii
Interactive Creative Director, PPK

Will Cady
Global Brand Ambassador, Reddit

Chrissie Hanson
CEO, OMD USA

Liana Ogden
Senior Creative Strategist, Demonstrate x DDW

Amina Ahmad
Senior Manager -- Social & Synergy Partnership Marketing, The Walt Disney Company

Kathy Zucker
Zucker Productions LLC, Owner and CEO

Jude Ambrosio
Group Strategy Director, Ayzenberg Group

Jotham Ndugga-Kabuye
Senior Director of Marketing, Twitch

Madison Li
Senior Marketing Manager, AT&T


Director of Community, Demand.io/SimplyCodes

Emily Furtado
Vice President, Client Services, Media Experts

Taylor Guthrie
Group Director, Strategy, Media Experts

Sam Reichman
Executive Creative Director, Snowday

Carolyn Rooke
Group Director, Social Strategy, VML

Hannah Gulla
Senior Brand Strategist, DoorDash

Mars Milisic
Creative Director, The Savvy One

Bolong Li
VP, Head of Global Acquisition, Amazon, Audible

Gemini Babla
Director, Marketing, Google

Michelle Wong
CMO, Sprinkles

Val Vacante
VP, Solutions Innovation, dentsu

Rick Song
President, Brand Innovators Strategy Group

Katy Hornaday
Chief Creative Officer, Barkley

Marcus Hartung
Creative Director, Ogilvy

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

Albert Thompson
Managing Director, Digital Innovation, Walton Isaacson

Soo Young Kim
Global Brand & Ads Product Marketing, Google

Adam Morgan
Senior Director of Brand and Creative, Splunk

Sarah Harnisch Amatuzio
International Creative Director, Freelance/Independent

Meg Riley
SVP, Head of Social, MullenLowe

Natasha Wellesley
Executive Producer, Ventureland

Karen Chong
Vice President of Audience Strategy, Age Inclusion, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, AARP

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

Humphrey Ho
CEO, Hylink Group

Kara Hendrick
Associate Director, Employer Branding & Employee Engagement, Chewy, Inc.

Liam Tjoa
CEO, GoSpooky

Zeena Koda
2K Games, Head of Digital Community Marketing

Camila Romero
Managing Director, The Electric Factory


Creative Director, TBWA\Central Asia & Caucasus

Kate Wolff
Founder & CEO, Lupine Creative

Luca Jacchia
Creative Director, DOOM Entertainment

Rachel Theberge
Creative Director, Reach Agency

Pete Johnson
Founder, Chief Creative Officer, LOVE + RESPECT

Pam Fujimoto
Executive Creative Director, Golin

Rosswell Saunders
Group Creative Director, Freelance

Erica Kraus
Producer, I Am Rollerskating LLC

Todd Feitlin
Executive Creative Director, 305 Worldwide

Roddy Hyduk
Co-Founder, Snowday

Nickie Thongton
Creative Director, Ogilvy

Laura Mignott
Global Chief Experiential Officer, VML Commerce

Maggie Perlich
Senior Vice President, Burns Entertainment

Heather Hatlo Porter
CCO, Chegg Inc.

Mike Proulx
VP, Research Director, Forrester

Richard Haire
Business Development Manager / Digital Marketing Instructor, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Kat Saoyen
VP, Creative Director, McCann

Jared Kozel
EVP, Executive Creative Director, VML

Yank Barry
Philanthropist/Producer/Musician, Global Village Champions Foundation

Dave Rosner
CMO, Audigent

Leslie Hall
CEO, Iced Media

Lauren Gallo-Rodriguez
Senior Director, Marketing Brand Creative, Nike

Ashley Owen
Head of Strategy, Self Employed

Annie Granatstein
VP Content Marketing, Marriott International

Aaron Francois
Associate Strategy Director | Founder, Laundry Service | Black Visionaries

Luke McDade
Creative Director & Strategy Executive, Netflix

Carolina Valencia
Director of Partnerships and Communications, Epicenter-NYC

Peter Bray
Founder / ECD, Bray & Co.

Stevie Morris
VP Social & Content Marketing Strategy, Razorfish

Amanda N. Hammar
Social Content Director- Developer Marketing, Cisco

Hital Pandya
Global Group Creative Director, Leo Burnett Chicago

Dan Moth
Creative Director, VML Aotearoa

Felix Lundqvist
Art Director, Critical Mass

Shrenik Gandhi
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, White Rivers Media

Alexander Rea
Freelance ECD, Aux Works

Eduardo Longa Nose
Associate Creative Director, AKQA LA

Tunisia Wilson
Creative Director, FX/Disney

Jordan Makow
VP, Production, SPCSHP

João Inácio
Creative Director, DEPT Agency

Rebecca Armstrong
CEO, North

Jason Mitchell
CEO, Movement Strategy

Edward Hiraldo
Copywriter, Social, TBWA/Chiat/Day

Lauren Garcimonde-Fisher
Vice President, Brand and Culture, Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Jacquie Henderson
Head of Marketing, Midnight Oil

Alex Schmider
Director, Transgender Representation, GLAAD

Michelle Waring
Steward for Sustainability and Everyday Good, Tom's of Maine

Hira Mohibullah Amin
Executive Creative Director, VML Kansas City

Gabe Gordon
CEO, Reach Agency

Michael Tennant
Founder and CEO, Curiosity Lab

Julie Bloomfield
Head of Strategy & Social, Buddha Jones

Kenny Gold
Managing Director, Deloitte Digital

Marianna Ruiz
EVP, Executive Creative Director, Edelman

Lauren Jones
Director, Social & Influencer Marketing, Mattel

Damian Galvin
Senior Creative, VML

Pilar Franco Borrell
Head of Art, Felicidad Collective

Tricia Clarke-Stone
Founder & CEO, SHIFT

Jenny Huang
Director, B2B Brand Marketing, Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK

John Sabine
Director of Social, Merriam-Webster

Sami Lambert
Director of Social, Adweek

Kate Winick
Previously: Peloton, Currently: Consulting, Senior Director, Social Media

Mauricio Dias
Associate Creative Director, AKQA

Lizzy Hale
Head of Global Podcast Editorial, Spotify

Jason Li
Global EVP, Strategy, Whalar

Ashley Tolusic Einhorn
President & Sales Consultant, TALOOP

Brendan Davis
Director of Digital Communications, GLAAD

Brittany Rice
Director, Social and Content, FX Networks/Disney

Jennifer Blanco
Global Director of Social Media, Indeed

Kirsty Marrins
Digital Communications Consultant, Kirsty Marrins Ltd/ CharityComms Trustee

Sarah Gardner
Director, Social Media, National Geographic

Melissa Eccles
Former Head of West Coast, Group Creative Strategy Director TikTok Creative Lab, TikTok

Sonika Patel
SVP, Head of Marketing, Ticketmaster

Mikki Bennett
Senior Manager, HBO + Max Originals Creative Marketing, Warner Brothers Discovery

Yuriy Mikhalevskiy
Creative Director Copywriter, Six Plus One

Julia Fedor
Director, Global Advertising and Social Media Operations, United Airlines

Victoria Keichinger
Vice President, Brand Marketing, Coldwell Banker Real Estate

Lauren Brenner
Head of Global Content Strategy, Spotify

Emma Kieckhafer
Global Head of Social Media, Babbel

Jessica Rudis
Group Digital Strategy Director, The Walt Disney Company

Stephanie Ocampo
Senior Director, Social Media, MasterClass

Amy Luca
EVP, Global Head of Social, Media Monks

Mehul Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO, SoCheers

Tania Rahman
Social Media Director, Fast Company

Kinney Edwards
Global Head of Creative Lab, TikTok

Srishti Alette
UX Design Lead (Senior UX Designer), Google

Sarah Minerella
Head of Social & Mobile, Ralph

Julie Thorne
Group Account Director, Media Experts

Kjetil Njoten
Global Head of Creative, IMAX

Marissa Kraines
Vice President, Social, Content, & Influencer Marketing, Salesforce

Kristin Gallucci
Consultant/ Fractional CMO, Modern Marketer, Cognizant

Samara Mackereth
Chief Content Officer, NowThis

Josefina Rodriguez
Social Impact Partnerships, Industry Relations, Google

Tulani André
Vice President, Social Media, National Geographic

Greg Harrison
Chief Creative Officer, MOCEAN

Adam Ledbury
Global Creative Director APAC, Uber

Beth Carroll
Head of Social Media, VML

Jennifer Winberg
Senior Director, Social, Ogilvy

Jayson Oertel
Head of YouTube, Adobe

Janis McGavin
Director of Marketing and Social Media, Los Angeles Center of Photography

AJ Rivvers
Creative Partner, Creativeish Inc.

Maya Dukes
Managing Director, Creative (ECD), Delta Air Lines

Rae Votta
Head of Podcasts, Netflix

Caroline McKenzie
Global Creative Marketing Lead - Franchise, Prime Video & Amazon Studios

Sergio Rio León
Creative Director, Grey Argentina

Macarena Elissamburu Moreno
Creative Director, VML Argentina

Sara Badr
Creative Director, Ward6 Singapore

Celia Ryan
Creative Director, Open Road

Gerard Caputo
Group Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy, New York

Ziad Ahmed
CEO/Founder, JUV Consulting

Jordan Schultz
VP, Head of Social & Digital Creative, Known

Carolyn Thacher
Head of Social Media, Coinbase

Robyn Nissim
Fractional VP of Social Media and Influencer Marketing, Social Proof Agency

Felipe Galiano
Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Germany

Rodrigo Melgar
Creative Director, Grey Group México

Vilmar Fernandes
UX/UI, Strategy and Innovation, Google

Brandie June
Author & Marketing Director, Self & Shout! Studios

Diana Dixon
Founder/Chief Executive Creative Officer, DixonCo

Firrdaus Yusoff
Head of Creative, Forsman & Bodenfors

Dèja Mays
Art Director, Freelance

Saurabh Bhutyani
Principal GenAI/Analytics Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Toph Clarke
Executive Creative Director, Intuit

Atiya Zaidi
CEO/CCO, BBDO Pakistan

Tristan Pineiro
VP Marketing and Communications, Grindr

Abby Ho
VP Marketing & Social, Disney Branded Television

Morgan Selzer
Chief Content & Studios Officer, Headspace

Ana Paola Noriega
Chief Creative Officer, FCB México

Nicole Weiss-Calamar
Marketing Consultant, Freelance

Jacques Spitzer
CEO, Raindrop

Jennifer Frommer
SVP, Partnerships, Sony Music

Gino Morrow
VP of Design, Hypergiant

Julian Gamboa-Ramos
Senior Social Media Director, Maximum Effort

Tom Chirico
Senior Director, Head of Brand Engagement, Verizon

Julie Steinhagen
Co-Founder, Creative Director, Ugly Wolf

Theresa Helmer
VP, Brand & Editorial, The Walt Disney Company

Sebastian Saldarriaga Rodriguez
VP Creative and Social Media, Sugarbear Pro

Mike Wente
VP, Head of Creative Marketing & Brand Design, Verizon

Mary Corigliano
SVP Brand & Marketing, Comic Relief US

Jeannine Feyen
Director of Communications, Talkspace

Oren Greenberg
Fractional CMO, Kurve

Kevin Green
Executive Creative Director, Moroch

Leslie Smith
Senior Manager of Marketing & Audience Strategy, Bumble

Naz Nazli
Creative Director, Creative X, Meta

Lewis Williams
EVP Head of Brand Impact, Weber Shandwick

Dominic Riley
Digital Publicity & Partnerships, Netflix

Erica Henderson
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA

Jason Rowland
Social Media Strategist, Google

Emeka Obia
Integrated Strategy Director, Publicis West Africa

Kaleesha Rajamantri
Head of Worldwide Shopping Events, Amazon Ads

Diogo Felippelli
VP, Social Media, FOX Entertainment

Karen Levy
Former Head of eCommerce Marketing, Tropicana

Keith Pape
CEO and Chief Consultant, YellowPike Media

Alix McAlpine
VP of Revenue, GIPHY

Anthony Roberts Jr.
Associate Manager, Media Content and Partnerships, KFC

Deidre Osei
Senior Account Director, Rocket Social Impact

Hung Lang
Senior Connections Strategist, Digitas

Michael Colella
SVP, Executive Producer, Creative Studio, Infillion

Josh Zimmerman
Founder, CEO, Creator Coach

Susannah Rubin
Creative Director, Publicis

Scott Terry
Director of Business Affairs, Forsman & Bodenfors

Valerie Carlson
Chief Creative Officer, Critical Mass

Jones Krahl
US Head of Creative, Deloitte Digital

Pancho González
Co-Founder & CCO, Inbrax

Josh Paialii
Head of Creative, The Many

Stephanie Perez
Founder, YeahFoodBeer

Ravi Sunnak
EVP, Porter Novelli

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

Michael Campos
CEO, Head of Strategy, Neue Lane

Jamie Cordwell
Global Executive Creative Director, Edelman

Preeti Nadgar
Chief Strategy Officer, US, Essence Mediacom

Jeff Semones
Managing Partner, Head of Social, EssenceMediacom

Lisa Gruber
Associate Director of Communications, VML

Justin Baum
Creative Director, Lenovo

Michael Graham
Creative Director, Media Monks

Sascha Piltz
Executive Creative Director, MRM New York

Carla Marshall
Content Marketing Consultant, Sorbet Digital

Carmen San Segundo
Global Communications Director, CSR and ESG, IBM

David Skerrett
Group Strategy Director, Critical Mass

Victoria Taylor

Kirill Lazariev
CEO and Founder, Lazarev.agency

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

Jason Dailey
Director, Head of Agency, Meta

Silas Nogueira
Sr. Art Director, Leo Burnett

Rob Engelsman
Cofounder & Strategy Partner, Quick Study

Jason Chung
Clinical Assistant Professor | Director, Esports and Gaming Initiative, NYU, Zuber Lawler LLP

Crissy Bogusz
Motion Graphics Artist, Bravo

Cary Smith
Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass

Zaina Madain
Social Media Lead, Films, Peacock

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

Eric Sandler
VP, Marketing, Pushkin Industries

Abhinit Agarwal
Executive Strategy Director, TBWA Singapore

Jaime Padilla
Founder, Principal, Prado & Padilla

Allison Hobbs
Senior Director, Content and Growth, Mediabrands Content Studio

Greg Swan
Senior Partner, FINN Partners

Goldie Chan
Founder, Warm Robots

Jason Perelson
Partner, ThinkPlaceX at Synergy Group

John Attanasio
CEO & Co-Founder, Toonstar

Maz Farrelly
Conference Speaker, MazSpeaks.com

Miriam Malta
Creative Director, BBDO LA

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

Adele Mulford
CEO + Chief Creative Cultivator, The Cultivate Company

Armani Barron
Senior Art Director, IMC

Dmytro Lynnyk
Creative Director and Inspirer, Linnikov Agency

Mitesh Kothari
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, White Rivers Media

Nickolas James
VP, Social Media, Sinclair Inc.

Annie Heckenberger
SVP Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

Erika Bradbury
Consultant, Consultant

Jenn Bader
Founder & CEO, BADER

Katherine Auguston
Creative Director, Code and Theory

Gregg Weiss
SVP, Consumer Social Media, Citi

Christian Varsava
Global Social Media & Community Manager, Logitech

Stephen Leps
Brand and Content Strategy Director, IBM

Bernice Chao
Founder, Asians in Advertising

Adam Robinson
Vice President, Social Impact, Paramount Global

Andrew Borin Cresswell
Creative Director, Freelance

Erin Acuff
Vice President of Client Strategy, Insight Creative Group (ICG)

Joy Ekuta
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, Retrospect

Nic Alum
CEO, Cultureland

Sauptik Dhar
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Eluvio

Danielle Brigida
Sr. Director of Wildlife Communications and Strategy, World Wildlife Fund

Amber Coleman-Mortley
Senior Director, Community and Culture, The Female Quotient

Jan Harling
CEO, Virtus Asia Consulting

Jen Dorman
Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass

Jessie Mash
Partner + Chief Business Officer, SonderCo

Lara Daniel
Co-Founder & CEO, Pulse Advertising

Mark Durney
Executive Vice President, Porter Novelli

Nkululeko Vilakazi
Creative Director, Machine_

Victor Mattoni
Art Director, BBDO Group Germany

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

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

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

Yadira Harrison
Co-Founder, Verb

Howie Kleinberg
President, Glow

Mitu Yilma
Director of Content + Brand, Born This Way Foundation

Florence Achado
Chief Executive Officer, Vee69

Adina Smith
SVP, Marketing, Brand & Communications, Principal Consultant

Lowry Yankwich
Independent Podcast Producer, LBY Media

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

Steve Howze
Copywriter, Forsman & Bodenfors

Katie Soo
Chief Operating Officer, DICE

Zeyi Yang
Tech Reporter, MIT Technology Review

Tim Leake
Founder/CEO, Let's Lightbulb

Ahmet Hüsrev Sefer
Creative Director, Bilyoner

Samira Rafi
Creative Director, Boomerang Communication

Shefik Macauley
Executive Producer and Host, Shefik Presents Invocation

Paul David
CEO, Literal Humans

Ariel Sims
SVP, Head of Paid Social, Digitas North America

Jason Morros
VP, Head of Integrated Marketing, Edison Properties

Mariana Ramos
Client Strategy Lead, Freelance

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

Ben Yabsley
Group Creative Director, Dentsu Creative

Andrew Levine
Marketing, NA

Ryan Coan
Founder & CEO, Creative Riff

Bipasha Mookherjee
Creative Director, Episode Four

Andrew Caravella
Producer and Marketing Advisor

Halley Knigge
Divisional Vice President, Communications, Community & Inclusion, REI Co-op

Gemma Craven
Founder & CEO, Bosseur

Joy Moh
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), Head of Communications & Marketing

Madeleine Nischan
Head of Post Production, COLOR Creative

Carrie Shade
Creator & Social Media Manager, Against Suicide Movement

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!

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