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:
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
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
Tulani André
Vice President, Social Media, National Geographic
Greg Harrison
Chief Creative Officer, MOCEAN
Adam Ledbury
Global Creative Director APAC, Uber
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
Founder/Chief Creative Officer, Williams Creative Group Chicago
Diogo Felippelli
VP, Social Media, FOX Entertainment
Emeka Obia
Integrated Strategy Director, Publicis West Africa
Erica Henderson
Creative Director, INNOCEAN USA
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
Senior Community Manager, LinkedIn
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
Chief Creative Officer, TDW+Co
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)
Kaleesha Rajamantri
Head of Worldwide Shopping Events, Amazon Ads
Nic Allum
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
Keith Pape
CEO and Chief Consultant, YellowPike Media
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
Paul David
CEO, Literal Humans
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
Jason Rowland
Social Media Strategist, Google
Dominic Riley
Digital Publicity & Partnerships, Netflix
Erika Lovegreen
SVP, Marketing, ICUC.social
Josefina Rodriguez
Strategic Partnerships, Social Impact, Google
Karen Levy
Former Head of eCommerce Marketing, Tropicana
Beth Carroll
Head of Social & Influencer, VML
Joy Ekuta
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, Retrospect
Andrew Caravella
Producer and Marketing Advisor
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.