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