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 NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance NEW! 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

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

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

Podcast

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

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television 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 Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

From the 15th Annual Shorty Awards Employee Engagement

This award honors a company or individual that effectively and creatively recognized and engaged with its own employees on social media.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

Employee Engagement
winner
IHG Mailer
IHG Hotels & Resorts are long time clients of award-winning COFFEE Labs, an NYC-based creative agen…

Finalists

Employee Engagement
finalist
gold honor
MTV Entertainment Studios' Culture Orientation
Storytelling has the power to change hearts, minds and culture. For decades, MTV Entertainment has …
Employee Engagement
finalist
silver honor
Good Leads The Way
For their first campaign in over a decade, United Airlines made the bold choice to re-introduce its…
Employee Engagement
finalist
BMO Social Selling Program
Throughout COVID-19, the number of Canadians spending time on social media increased by 20%, reachi…
Employee Engagement
finalist
audience honor
Black Men of Google
In preparation for their 2022 Black Men Summit, Google aimed to create assets and collateral to cha…
Employee Engagement
finalist
Giving Employees the Stage in "My Job in 60 Seconds"
The goal of this video series was to showcase our talented team members throughout our various soci…
Employee Engagement
finalist
Slow and Steady Wins the F1 Race Tickets: An Employee Education on How Engagement Beats Over-Posting
Any time we (Lenovo’s Global Social Media Center of Excellence) activate our employees on social me…

Nominees