THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast NEW! Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 10th Annual Shorty Awards Best Art Direction

This award honors a social media campaign or overall social presence for exceptional art direction. Visuals used in posts, to enhance social profiles, and as part of integrated campaigns are eligible. Creative integrity, strategic integration, sharability and effectiveness will be considered.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Art Direction
winner
audience honor
The Gifted’s #MutantsUnite Comic Con Campaign
In the past 5 years, super-heroes have taken over television programming. What started as a small …

Finalists

Art Direction
finalist
NFL Social Media Creative Lab
The NFL's Social Lab was established at the beginning of 2017 with a goal of revitalizing the NFL's…
Art Direction
finalist
Spiderman Homecoming Social Media Content
VIEW CASE STUDYThis isn't just another Spider-Man movie — this is THE Spider-Man movie. Ignition se…
Art Direction
finalist
Trailblazers Podcast Episode GIFs Season 1
Trailblazers is a branded podcast that tells stories of industry disruption. With each GIF, we dist…
Art Direction
finalist
Welcome to Fillory
The Magicians, Based upon Lev Grossman's best-selling books centers on Brakebills University, a sec…
Art Direction
finalist
tulo - One Is Not a Choice
In recent years, the direct-to-consumer, "bed-in-a-box" category has exploded, disrupting traditio…

Nominees

Art Direction
"Younger" – :60 Live Portraits
Fans are obsessed with "Younger's" depiction of Liza Miller, a 40-year-old mom living a double li…
Art Direction
Absolut Vodka: Never gonna GIF you up!
This is the story of how we successfully injected the ABSOLUT brand into our fans' online conversat…
Art Direction
Bleach Like a Boss
Consumers are afraid of liquid bleach. And rightfully so. It splashes and damages, resulting in a c…
Art Direction
Feud: Bette and Joan Instagram
In FX's critically acclaimed new limited series, FEUD: Better and Joan, two Hollywood legends came …
Art Direction
GIRLS (Season 6) - HBO, GLOW
GIRLS became the voice of a generation by relating to the everyday life of its fans. For its final …
Art Direction
Guilty Party: An Interactive, In-World Ad on Facebook
Our branded mystery series, Guilty Party, was designed to be one massive, immersive experience that…
Art Direction
High Maintenance (Season 1 & 2) - HBO, GLOW
HBO partnered with GLOW to evangelize the first & second season of HBO's High Maintenance, a hip an…
Art Direction
How QDOBA Trolled Chipotle and Won the Twitter Queso Wars
For more than a decade, QDOBA has owned the queso space and has never had any major challengers. Un…
Art Direction
Nespresso's Spring Promotion
With Nespresso's revolutionary machines, anyone can make the perfect coffee or espresso. The only p…
Art Direction
Outlander
Written, shot, and edited entirely in-house, we worked to create a twist on the expected recipe vid…
Art Direction
Red Wednesday: Shining a Light on the Injustice of Persecution
As a call to stand up for religious freedom, Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City lit its faça…
Art Direction
The Snowman Digital Campaign
VIEW CASE STUDYThe ominous journey began when Ignition launched a multi-platform campaign to explor…
Art Direction
The State of Affairs
"State of Affairs" is a four episode animated series about infidelity and modern love narrated by E…