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 8th Annual Shorty Impact Awards judges whose expertise expands across fields such as marketing, design, communications, strategy and more:

Liz Levy
Hulu

Carol Dunn
Barking Owl

Monique Ruff-Bell
TED

YuJung Kim
The Dodo and SB Nation

Elizabeth Pigg
That's It

Denise Vitola
Bayer

Brian Jones
Mint Mobile

Brooke Havlik
Communications Strategist and Consultant, Climate + Human Rights

Singleton Beato
McCann Worldgroup

Brittany Hennessy
The Influence Suite

Indy Selvarajah
Ketchum, London

Cassandra Douglas
Southern Poverty Law Center

Christine Whitemarsh
True Value Company

Melinda Lee
Stage TEN

Brian Anthony Hernandez
Bustle

Dylan Abruscato
Capital

Maz Nadjm
Tata Consultancy Services

Nicole Hockley
Sandy Hook Promise

Maryam Al-Khawaja
Al-Khawaja Consulting

Alex Dalman
VCCP

Alex Ruiz
Disney Yellow Shoes Creative Group, The Walt Disney Company

Jorge Richardson
HOPE Hydration

Daniela Bontorim
Talent Partnership Advisors

Tiffany Edwards
Droga5

Georgii Speakman
OUT.LI.ER

Aaron Francois
Laundry Service/Wasserman | Black Visionaries

Jenny Mak
DDB

Joshua Weaver
Josh Weaver Group

Victoria Gates-Fleming
Day One Agency

Sarah Evans
Sevans PR

Kevin Williams
lanned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)

Whit Hiler
Cornett

Morgan Thomas
Cheil

Filip Williander
The Community

Miles Ludwig
Sesame Workshop

Pierre Babineau
Mediabrands Content Studio

Marcus Benigno
ACLU

Tynesha Williams
3AM

Paul Armstrong
TBD Group

Erica Myers
Starz

Ananela Chirinos
Yellow Studio Inc

Denise Melanson
Wasserman

Shadille Estepan
Born This Way Foundation

DeNora Getachew
DoSomething

Lauren McCracken
OMD USA

Michael Porter
Telescope Inc.

Isak Hultström
Forsman&Bodenfors

Cristina Gnecco
Hope Hydration

Harun Zankel
Publicis

Aaron Keller
Capsule

Lindsey Gamble
Lindsey Gamble Media LLC

Daniel Nunez
Laundry Service

Joel Nomdarkham
Amplify Studios

Sherri Solinger
Revolve Agency

Christena Pyle
Dentsu

Madison Cameron
David & Goliath

Rajesh Janakiraman
Google Inc.

Dennis Williams
Warner Bros Discovery

Chuck Rachford
Current Global

Dave Hohman
McKinney

Alice Nathoo
Headspace

Anthony Yell
Razorfish

Dupe O. Ajayi
AirBnB

Hannah Strashun
The Advertising Council

Andy Cantu
McKinney

Amy Smith
TOMS

Carys Afoko
Mozilla

Fahad Khawaja
Hue

Chandra Guinn
McKinney

Leonardo Arcoverde
McCann Health NY

Anthony Allen Ramos
GLAAD

Waymon Hudson
Director of Customer Communications

Paul Kontonis
Revry

Christopher O'Keeffe
Podcation & JAR Audio

Win Sakdinan
Snap (Snapchat)

Matt Bravmann
Paramount+

Nick Walsh
Hulu

Phillip Dietz
Saatchi & Saatchi

Mary Toves
Disney

Genevieve Taft-Vazquez
The Coca-Cola Company

Qianna Smith Bruneteau
American Influencer Council

Lucy Marcus
Marcus Venture Consulting

Kiran C K
NetBramha - Global UI/UX Design Company

Burak Canpolat

Raquelle Zuzarte
Equity Project For All

Shawn Ahmed
Freelance

Meredith Goldberg-Morse
Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios (Paramount)

James Gregson
OLIPOP PBC

Amy Carvajal
Amy x Co

Taylor Carter Erin
Instacart

Jake Katz
Waiting In The Sky

Carmen Boon
Food Bank for New York City

Peter Minnium
M+ Consulting

Tiffany Rivers
Media Cause

Tim Leake
Let's Lightbulb

Amy Starnes
Best Friends Animal Society

Kinal Shah
Bloomberg Media

Lola Bakare
[email protected]

John Osborn
Ad Net Zero

Sergio Spaccavento
Micidial

Katherine Sharp
All State

Dani Calogera
SHOWTIME

JUDGING CRITERIA

The Shorty Awards recognize excellence in digital and social media.

All entries will be scored by judges on these major criteria:

Purpose/Impact: Demonstrate that the work and cause had importance and made a positive difference in society.

Impact & Engagement: Entries should demonstrate that their work had a positive impact on the cause they represent and/or successfully engaged their communities in a positive manner.

Creativity: Memorable and/or inspiring for its well-executed, “out of the box” originality and innovation.

Strategy & Execution: Clearly defined and effective communications plan that is key to a brand, agency or organization meeting their objectives.

Engagement: Positive interaction with the target audience and/or measurements of success.

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!