ENTER THE 2021 SHORTY IMPACT AWARDS

Previously known as the Shorty Social Good Awards, the Shorty Impact Awards is an awards program created to raise global awareness around the positive impact brands, agencies and non-profits can have on society.

Social Campaigns

Community

Arts & Culture

Civic Engagement

Disability Awareness

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Gender Equality

Education & Community

Financial Literacy

Public Safety

Youth & Family

Environment

Conservation & Preservation

Sustainability & Renewable Energy

Social & Racial Justice

Animal Rights & Welfare

Humanitarian Aid & Developing Nations

Social Justice & Human Rights

Racial Justice

Veteran & Service Support

Health & Wellness

Fitness & Nutrition

Mental Health

Public Health

Reproductive Health

Grassroots

Grassroots Efforts

Self-Defined (Social Campaigns)

Self-Defined

Social Presence

Single-Platform

Clubhouse

Discord

Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Pinterest

Reddit

Snapchat

TikTok

Triller

Tumblr

Twitch

Twitter

YouTube

Multi-Platform

Multi-Platform

Emerging Platform

Emerging Platform

Social Hit

Single Post or Activation (viral)

Clapback

Social Engagement

Community Management

Community Management

Engagement Tools

Access & Rewards

Call to Action

Chatbots

Contests

Gamification

Polls & Surveys

Integrated Experiences

Fundraising

Live Events

Shopping

Television

Real Time Response

Real Time Response

User Generated Content

User Generated Content

Self-Defined (Social Engagement)

Self-Defined

Social Partnerships

Brand Partnership

Celebrity Partnership

Entertainment Partnership

Influencer Partnership

Non-Profit Partnership

2021 SHORTY PHENOM AWARDS

Previously known as the Shorty Social Good Awards, the Shorty Impact Awards is an awards program created to raise global awareness around the positive impact brands, agencies and non-profits can have on society.

Individuals

Account Management

Analytics

Animation

Art Direction

Brand Marketing

Campaign Management

Communications

Community Management

Copywriting

Creative Direction

Culture

Data Analysis

Design

Editing

Illustration

Partnership Management

Photography

Production

Project Management

Public Relations

Research

Sales

Strategy

Talent Management

Self-Defined

Team

Account Team

Analytics Team

Client Team

Communications Team

Community Team

Content Team

Creative Team

Culture Team

Design Team

Legal Team

Marketing Team

Partnership Team

PR Team

Production Team

Research Team

Sales Team

Social Media Team

Strategy Team

Video Team

Self-Defined

Leader

Account Team Leader

Analytics Team Leader

Client Team Leader

Communications Team Leader

Community Team Leader

Content Team Leader

Creative Team Leader

Culture Team Leader

Design Team Leader

Legal Team Leader

Marketing Team Leader

Partnership Team Leader

PR Team Leader

Production Team Leader

Research Team Leader

Sales Team Leader

Social Media Team Leader

Strategy Team Leader

Video Team Leader

Self-Defined

Voice

Clubhouse Voice

Discord Voice

Facebook Voice

Instagram Voice

LinkedIn Voice

Pinterest Voice

Reddit Voice

TikTok Voice

Triller Voice

Tumblr Voice

Twitter Voice

YouTube Voice

Best Overall Twitter Presence

Managing a Twitter account for a brand is a 24/7 job that requires creativity, brevity, tact, and exemplary skills at community management. This award honors brands that have used Twitter most effectively to promote, enhance or otherwise endear their brand to the Twitter audience. Unlike Best use of Twitter, this award is for a brand's year-round presence.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winners

Twitter Presence
winner
audience
The Muppets
On Twitter, @KermittheFrog, @MissPiggy, and the rest of @TheMuppets provide sensational, Muppetational entertainment. They can dive in to trends, sing songs, or just tell jokes. Twitter is a unique way for The Muppets to interact with fans instantly.
Twitter Presence
winner
Disney+ Twitter
The goal of the Disney+ Twitter is to share content that represents the expansive Disney library—from catalog classics to modern Originals—for new and old fans alike. This is done in a more interactive and directly engaging way than the other Disney+ social platforms.

Finalists

Twitter Presence
finalist
Animaniacs: Making Twitter Zany to the Max
Known for its adult humor, topical themes, and witty social commentary, it’s almost as if Twitter was made for the Animaniacs. To endear audiences both old and new to the series reboot we focused our efforts on creating a fun, nostalgic, and totally insane-y environment on @theanimaniacs Twitter. How exactly would we do that? With major clip debut…
Twitter Presence
finalist
KFC Gaming x Kairos Media
As KFC’s gaming agency of record, Kairos were briefed with increasing brand sentiment and awareness amongst a gaming audience. In the main, this meant creating highly relevant, sharable content for KFC’s Gaming social media channels, notably Twitter. . With 2020 being such a pivotal year for gaming (in part thanks to the launch of next-gen cons…
Twitter Presence
finalist
Natural Light
The old guard of Natty included frat stars, exclusivity and dated values. Our objective in 2020 was to reimagine Natural Light for Gen Z. Gen Z is born and bred into technology that allows them to live in the moment for every single occasion. You can view the introduction of mobile tech as something that knocked down walls and created more of an u…
Twitter Presence
finalist
WWE Twitter
WWE has a dedicated, global fanbase that expects fresh, unique content at all hours, and WWE's Social Team consistently creates attractive and engaging social content and distributes it to our 11 million-plus followers on the @WWE Twitter account and many other WWE- and Superstar-operated Twitter accounts. Our 20-plus person WWE social media sq…

Nominees

Twitter Presence
Al Jazeera English Twitter
The year 2020 was one of the most extraordinary years for news. From the start of the year, our goal on Al Jazeera English’s flagship Twitter account was to cover the world-changing events that shaped the year and affected our lives in a way that was informative, digestible and engaging. And, as always, we kept true to our ethos of emphasizing the human sto…
Twitter Presence
MTV's Jersey Shore Family Vacation
The Official Jersey Shore Twitter was created to expand our IP to a platform where it hadn’t been during the original airing of the series in the early 2000’s. We knew that Twitter was a key platform to help cultivate our online fanbase, especially with how active our cast is on the platform and with how much of a social conversation driver the show’s retur…
Twitter Presence
McDonald’s: The Social Renaissance
McDonald’s ambition for 2020 was to rethink how both the company and the fans think about social, but also we act and speak on social as well. We set out to speak to true fans of the brand and have our community manager be the ultimate super fan and brand champion. If we nailed that, everything intrinsic like follower count, engagement etc. would take care …
Twitter Presence
The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Twitter Campaign
In season two of The Umbrella Academy, our super siblings traveled back in time to the 1960s…and brought our campaign with them. Our goal was to solidify and strengthen the fandom we created in Season 1 by feeding them content for their faves, taking on a fresh look, and making every single fan feel like a Certified Brelly.
Twitter Presence
Washington Wizards Twitter
The Washington Wizards Twitter presence and continued excellence relative to the 29 other NBA teams is striking given the recent on-court performance of the team. The digital team's objective is to craft a social platform that delivers high-quality, engaging content to Wizards fans through creative storytelling, a unique voice and the ability to rise above …
Twitter Presence
vitaminwater: The Wettest Brand on Twitter
In 2020, we worked to humanize vitaminwater’s voice in social, cutting through the clutter of “Brand Twitter” by creating a unique, relevant and relatable persona representing the vitaminwater community manager. Through an “always-on” approach and real-time response process, we subverted trending moments and conversations on the daily, galvanized a groundsw…