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 18th Annual Shorty Awards judges whose expertise expands across fields such as marketing, design, communications, strategy and more:

Raul Lima
Gut

Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova
Condé Nast

Angela Hanks
Bobbie

Brian Carley
Razorfish

Asma Humayun
Shiny Toy Guns

Julia Ruuskanen
SEK

Oksana Kravchenko
Manychat

Tosin Balogun
WPP Media (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Hannah Gulla
DoorDash

Fattah Kacihi
Boomerang Communication

Aidaly Sosa Walker
Tony's Chocolonely

Matt Gardea
Wildtype Health

Pam Fujimoto
Golin

Brittany Rice
FX Networks/Disney

Ly Nguyen
Movement Strategy

Brian Austin
Kettle

Felipe Mendez
United Talent Agency

Sara Rezaee
Edelman

Mark Schroffner
The Media Image

Sindhura Polasanapalli
Keurig Dr Pepper

Adam Harris
Gaggl

Matt Cook

Gradwell Sears
Superside

Shannon Donnelly
Open Influence

Erica Kraus
I Am Rollerskating LLC

Haye Anderson
Ubisoft

Joy Osinloye
CreatorIQ

Peter Bray
Bray & Co.

Liz Levy

Keum Roling
PVH Corp.

Kara Hendrick
Chewy, Inc.

Shelley Zalis
The Female Quotient

Alex Lewis
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Gabriel Sands
Reddit

Scott Swartz
Target

Daniel Head
YETI

Caitlyn Kumi
Miss EmpowHer

Mica gallino
Nike

Michael Holz
Airbnb

Katy Hornaday
Barkley

Jenny Quigley-Jones
Digital Voices

Armando Sanchez-Monsivais
Discord

Shani Syphrett
Pinterest

samantha wu
eventbrite

Erica Tappin
New Balance

Michael Rivo
WordPress VIP

Lisa Mazurkewich
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Janet Yungwirth
Marriott International

Kay Hsu
Spotify

Courtney-Grace Richardson
Droga5

Ziad Ahmed
United Talent Agency

Soo Young Kim
Google

Noel Cottrell
Murder Hornet

Kimberly Bryant
Black Innovation Lab

RJ Larese
Sixteenth

Ran Wei
Microsoft for Startups Microsoft

Rick Song
RAD Intel

Lisa Bull
Yobo Spirit House

Jaclyn Osterloh
Coca-Cola

Dakota Lowe
Nordstrom

Justin Baum
Lenovo

Elizabeth Pigg
That's it.

Melissa Anderson
Search.com, a division of Public Good

Karina Kogan
Napster

Maggie Winters
This January

Thom Woodley
Unprecious Studios

Sophie Wood
Fohr

Hardik Jagda
Proximity Works

Aaron Keller
Capsule

Justin Ayars
EqualityMD

Kimberly Coleman
Pinterest

Sam Kimmel
NowThis

Rudi Anggono
Snap Inc

Lewis Williams
Williams Creative Group Chicago

Aniket Mishra
Born21 Media

Nandini Nandakumar
Diageo

Danielle Hughes
BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition

Shrenik Gandhi
White Rivers Media

Kate MacKenzie
TikTok

Karen Chong
AARP

Alexandre Faure
FaureMidable

Ronnie Stewart
OH HEY COACH

Sunny Vachher
SUNNY

Josh Zimmerman
Creator Coach

Daniel Li
Intuit Mailchimp

Natasha Mulla
natashamulla.com

Jordan Randall
TikTok

Chris Duffey
Adobe

R. John Fidelino
The Development

Asha Shivaji
SeeMe Index

Matthew Walker
We Are Social

Charles Haynes
Ziggurat XYZ

Bita Jedo
The Walt Disney Company

Sherilyn Shackell
The Marketing Academy

Maya Shaff
Hatch

Jeffrey L. Bowman
Reframe

Kindra Meyer
VERB

Christina Lu
Crossmedia

Courtney Betley
INNOCEAN USA

Sharon Romang
Front Row

Christine Goos
Croud

Lizzy Bilasano
Whalar

Adam Gloo
Barbarian

Vidya Manmohan
V4GOOD

Tessa Banks
GALE

John Attanasio
Toonstar

Lori Martin
.

Joanna Cohen
Publicis Groupe

Francisco Vial
Rompecabeza

Arielle Berlinsky
Movement Strategy

Abhinit Agarwal
TBWA Singapore

Ekaterina Frolova
BIGO

Eric Wallace
Glo Navy

Gemma Craven
Scribd, Inc.

Hung Lang
Digitas

Jan Harling
Virtus Asia Consulting

Jessica Williams
Shopify

Kai Deveraux Lawson
Valerie

Svetlana Stotskaya
Independent Consultant

Maz Farrelly
MazSpeaksGlobal.com

Nick Bilodeau
Quantum

Paolo Deleon
Dentsu Creative Philippines

Stephanie Hind
Patreon

Troy Scarlott
Independent

Tamás Ádám-Iszlai
VML

Jesse Spencer
The Coca-Cola Company

Ashley Frohnert
PETA

Samira Rafi
Boomerang Communication

Anthony Cain
Liquid Media

Ashley Yang
Apple 

Marcela Angeles
MullenLowe Mexico

Adam Rubins
The Arc

Kristin Maverick
Verizon

JD Rico
Qualititave Intelligence

Chantal Rochelle
N/A

Leandro Barral
Ninch Company

Shruti Dang
DANG World

Steve Rock
Good Kids Creative

Mauricio Meza
The Big Ideas Co.

Brett Peters
TikTok

Gigi Harville
The Paul Harville Group

Stephanie Lager
Mango Creative Co.

Sherri Solinger
The Atlas Creative CollectiVe, LLC

Florence Achado
Vee69

Jonathan Unger
Unger Media

Alexandra Cameron
iHeartMedia

Christian Stewart
Logitech

Zanade Mann
Zanade Enterprises LLC

Galina Shubik
Affect Group

Simon Dolsten
Dolsten & Co.

Fahad Khawaja
Hue

Kat Richards
Digitas North America

Kiran C K
Exemplifi

Erika Bradbury
Morning Brew Inc.

Greg Swan
FINN Partners

Emily Kortlang
Yerba Madre

Michael Graham
.Monks

Ashton Rose
72ANDSUNNY

Julia Fedor
United Airlines

Damian Galvin
VML

Fatou Barry
PR Girl Manifesto

Xiaobi Iris Pan
HMW Design Studio

Blair Pfander
Bobbie

Tristan Pineiro
Grindr

Emeka Obia
Publicis West Africa

Andrew Roth
dcdx

Jared Carneson
Adobe

Megha Goel
Suave & ChapStick

Kirsten Ludwig
IN GOOD CO

Poppy Shen
Nasdaq

Ben Karson
Multiform Content

Sarah Whittle
Unicorn Social @rudeunicons

Rob Alley
Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab

Erica Myers
Omnicom Media Group

Brittany Hershkowitz
IRCODE

Tom Evans
Kraft Heinz

Steven Wakabayashi
Stranger Creative

Erica Henderson
INNOCEAN USA

Robyn Nissim
Social Proof Agency

Austin Null
We Get It

Angel Iskrev
proof.

Alanah Joseph
HubSpot Media

Andrea Rodriguez
SAMY

Dimitar Gougov
Mādin

Luke McDade
Netflix

Alexander Rea
Aux Works

Susan Chang
N/A

David Melançon

Gem Garcin
Open Influence

Alessandro Bogliari
The Influencer Marketing Factory

Jacques Keyser
VidCon

Alexander Lazarou
Getty Images

Nick Skotidas
Zillow

Agatha Danglapin
Macy's

Alex Prezenszki
Mediator Group

Brad Zeifman
SHADOW

Drew Mitchell
Edelman

Finola Austin
Linqia

Jordan Moran
ex: Universal Music Group, Primary Wave Entertainment

Joe Cahill
Unqork

Jacob Wallach
Social4TheWin

Emma Baines
Tony's Chocolonely

Josie Otton
Bloomberg Media Studios

Josh Peters
Bombora

Erica Hughes

Imelda Suriato
PubMatic

Priyanka Pruthi
United Nations

Brittany Hennessy
Sprout Social, Inc.

Valerie Carlson
Critical Mass

Harun Zankel
Publicis

Nicole Hockley
Sandy Hook Promise

Anne Love Feild
BarkleyOKRP

Steph Mangalindan
Dentsu Creative Philippines

Amanda N. Hammar
Sisense

Jessea Hankins
Duncan Channon

Chams Abdelhafidh
Meta

Nolan Ether
Vimeo

Monica Khan
Creator Revolution

Kyle Pavia
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Anuj Chhabra
Pernod Ricard USA

Aman Singh
Kenvue

Dylan Huey
REACH

Simge Weinling-Dogrular
pladis

Stephen Mariani
The New York Times

Evan Horowitz
Movers+Shakers

Ruchi Sharma
HumanSense

Corey Armend
Billboard

Hannah Stabler
The Hive

Kate Kelley
Shine Global

Ryan Berger
Havas

Enrique Camacho

Ansel Araujo
Waltz Creative

Jason Ve
PAPER

Jackie Murphy
The Lede Company

Shawn Ahmed
Freelance

Lotte Jones
Caliber

Ashlyn Remillard
Salesforce

Kim Einan
OMD US

Nicole Weiss-Calamar

Miriam Malta
BBDO LA

Armani Barron Elder
Empire Entertainment

Kymberlie Adams
Soroptimist International

Annie Heckenberger
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

Katherine Auguston
Code and Theory

Christian Varsava
Pilot

Stephen Leps
IBM

David Clarke
AKQA

Yadira Harrison
Verb

Mitu Yilma
Born This Way Foundation

Adina Smith
Pad

Adu Adu
Superhuman

Shefik Macauley
Shefik Presents Invocation

Carlos Altamirano
Digitas Peru

Gaby Surkin
Bader Media Group

Sarah McLeod
Media Experts

Karen Freberg
University of Louisville

Jhon Jaimes
Dentsu Creative

Cassidy Lashaway
The Refinery

Steve Kerry
Monks

Dafne Vallejo
GUT México

Samer Zeidan
VML CHILE

Jennifer Rosenberg
Perform Properties

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 strategic plan that was key to the organization meeting their objectives.

Creativity/Originality/Innovation

Entries should demonstrate how the 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!