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:

Caitlyn Kumi
Miss EmpowHer

Mica gallino
Nike

Arielle Berlinsky
Movement Strategy

Michael Holz
Airbnb

Kat Richards
Digitas North America

Julia Fedor
United Airlines

Damian Galvin
VML

Xiaobi Iris Pan
HMW Design Studio

Tristan Pineiro
Grindr

Jared Carneson
Adobe

Megha Goel
Suave & ChapStick

Poppy Shen
Nasdaq

Shani Syphrett
Pinterest

samantha wu
eventbrite

Ziad Ahmed
United Talent Agency

Shelley Zalis
The Female Quotient

Alex Lewis
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Soo Young Kim
Google

RJ Larese
Sixteenth

Ran Wei
Microsoft for Startups Microsoft

Anthony Cain
Liquid Media

Thom Woodley
Unprecious Studios

Armando Sanchez-Monsivais
Discord

Michael Rivo
WordPress VIP

Lisa Mazurkewich
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Janet Yungwirth
Marriott International

Courtney-Grace Richardson
Droga5

Gabriel Sands
Reddit

Noel Cottrell
Murder Hornet

Kimberly Bryant
Black Innovation Lab

Scott Swartz
Target

Daniel Head
YETI

Rick Song
RAD Intel

Ashley Frohnert
PETA

Maggie Winters
This January

Adam Gloo
Barbarian

Sophie Wood
Fohr

Erica Tappin
New Balance

Hardik Jagda
Proximity Works

Kay Hsu
Spotify

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

Vidya Manmohan
V4GOOD

Tessa Banks
GALE

John Attanasio
Toonstar

Lori Martin
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Joanna Cohen
Publicis Groupe

Francisco Vial
Rompecabeza

Abhinit Agarwal
TBWA Singapore

Ekaterina Frolova
BIGO

Eric Wallace
Glo Navy

Gemma Craven
Scribd, Inc.

Hung Lang
Digitas

Jan Harling
Virtus Asia Consulting

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

Samira Rafi
Boomerang Communication

Simon Dolsten
Dolsten & Co.

Fahad Khawaja
Hue

Kiran C K
Exemplifi

Erika Bradbury
Morning Brew Inc.

Greg Swan
FINN Partners

Ashton Rose
72ANDSUNNY

Fatou Barry
PR Girl Manifesto

Andrew Roth
dcdx

Ben Karson
Multiform Content

Rob Alley
Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab

Brittany Hershkowitz
IRCODE

Angel Iskrev
proof.

Andrea Rodriguez
SAMY

Susan Chang
N/A

Jordan Moran

Emma Baines
Tony's Chocolonely

Josie Otton
Bloomberg Media Studios

Erica Hughes

Imelda Suriato
PubMatic

Priyanka Pruthi
UNFPA

Brittany Hennessy
Sprout Social, Inc.

Harun Zankel
Publicis

Anne Love Feild
BarkleyOKRP

Steph Mangalindan
Dentsu Creative Philippines

Amanda N. Hammar
Sisense

Jessea Hankins
Duncan Channon

Nolan Ether
Vimeo

Monica Khan
Creator Revolution

Kyle Pavia
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Dylan Huey
REACH

Enrique Camacho

Ansel Araujo
Waltz Creative

Jason Ve
PAPER

Shawn Ahmed
Freelance

Kymberlie Adams
Soroptimist International

Annie Heckenberger
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness

Katherine Auguston
Code and Theory

David Clarke
AKQA

Yadira Harrison
Verb

Mitu Yilma
Born This Way Foundation

Adu Adu
Grammarly

Shefik Macauley
Shefik Presents Invocation

Carlos Altamirano
Digitas Peru

Gaby Surkin
Bader Media Group

Karen Freberg
University of Louisville

Jhon Jaimes
Dentsu Creative

Steve Kerry
Monks

Samer Zeidan
VML CHILE

Jennifer Rosenberg
Perform Properties

Jessica Williams
Shopify

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!