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 14th Annual Shorty Awards Creative uUe of Technology

This award honors the most innovative integration of technology in a marketing campaign by a brand, agency or organization. Examples of technology integrations may include the use of public APIs, facial recognition, data manipulation and augmented reality.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Creative Use of Technology
winner
MLKonMLK
BACKGROUND: At a time of escalating racial unrest, the pandemic forced museums dedicated to shin…

Finalists

Creative Use of Technology
finalist
bronze honor
Green Light Signal
CONTEXT: Making more use of low carbon energy sources is vital for the sustainability of our fut…
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
Fenty Beauty Eau De Parfum Ghost Stores Launch
With the launch of its first ever fragrance, Fenty Eau Du Parfum, Fenty Beauty wanted to disrupt th…
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
Only Murders in the Building - Projection Mapping and Tie Dye Activation
From the minds of Steve Martin, Dan Fogelman & John Hoffman comes a comedic murder-mystery series f…
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
ROCKSTAR PURE ZERO - ZERO IN ON THE HUSTLE CAMPAIGN
Rockstar Energy is fuel for the hustler who relentlessly grinds to make their goals a reality—what …
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
Using AI and Real-World Data to Hyper-Target Heart Patients
Mitral regurgitation (MR), where a leaky valve causes some of your blood to leak backward into the …
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
WWE ThunderDome
When the pandemic shut down the sports and entertainment world, WWE’s executive committee successfu…
Creative Use of Technology
finalist
adidas #FastestFollower
adidas tasked us to drive hype & desire for their new X Speedflow football boots by positioning the…

Nominees

Creative Use of Technology
audience honor
#WarzoneReport
It was the one-year anniversary of Activision’s newest battle royale game: Call of Duty: Warzone. T…
Creative Use of Technology
Chewy Halloween Fur-tual Boutique
Relatable experiences for the consumer are crucial if brands are to succeed. More so for eCommerce …
Creative Use of Technology
Duracell: Get In The Game
Duracell wanted to make inroads with the gaming community. Game controllers require batteries, b…
Creative Use of Technology
Holiday Holograms with T-Mobile
Mini Metaverse or Holiday Holograms? Either way, T-Mobile gave Twitter users with a memorable wa…
Creative Use of Technology
MTV's Jersey Shore Holiday Album
Shoremas came early this year! To celebrate the 5th season of Jersey Shore Family Vacation and to g…
Creative Use of Technology
MTV's Wild N Out Interactive Special
For the past few years, Wild ‘N Out has been a driving force when it comes to MTV Entertainment Gro…
Creative Use of Technology
Pepsi Made For Football Watching
After a difficult 2020 NFL Season, Pepsi wanted to find a way to reunite Football fans with their f…
Creative Use of Technology
Romeo Santos: King of Bachata
To accomplish our objectives, we utilized technology, and created a one-week COVID compliant pop-up…
Creative Use of Technology
The Oakley KATO Virtual Launch
Oakley approached Kamp Grizzly to create a first-of-its-kind product reveal moment that introduced …
Creative Use of Technology
TubbyCoin Teletubbies Cryptocurrency
Knowing our audience as we do (by constantly monitoring their traditional and social media channels…
Creative Use of Technology
Twitch and Prime Video: Fairfax Interactive Stream
Fairfax, Prime Video’s latest animated adult comedy, premiered on October 29, 2021.  The Amazon …