THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Auto

This category honors the most effective and creative use of social/digital by an auto brand or auto dealer. Work may include (but are not limited to) crowd-sourced concepts and designs, customer engagement through custom apps, buzz-worthy events and promotions (online and offline), and community building.

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Brock Purdy Chat Bot- Northern CA Toyota Dealers
The Goal: Transitioning from Passive Viewers to Active Participants In the competitive Northern …
Crash Champions - It’s Your Baby
For many people, their car is more than just transportation, it’s a deeper connection. So we wanted…
Drive to Lead with Will Guidara
Jaguar Land Rover North America sought to further define the icon in the category: Range Rover, as …
Driven
When Lucid Motors unveiled its most ambitious vehicle yet—the Lucid Gravity SUV—it faced an unexpec…
Ford Racing and Red Bull Racing: 2026 Launch
Every weekend, somewhere on the planet, a Ford is racing. NASCAR ovals, Dakar deserts, Le Mans stra…
Gravity Has Landed
Years after its reveal, the Lucid Gravity needed a breakthrough moment bold enough to cut through t…
Hacks
BMW sought to expand its reach to new audiences. Our previous ecosystem planning identified BMW’s c…
INFINITI Multi-sensory Pod
In a category dominated by specifications and performance, the Pod invites customers to feel what o…
Jeep Cherokee "Billy Goes To The River"
The mid-size SUV segment dominates the U.S. market because it hits the sweet spot for families: saf…
Jeep Grand Wagoneer "Family SUV"
Parents perceived Jeep as rugged and adventurous, not roomy or refined. Despite the Grand Wagoneer’…
Ram Trucks - Smells Powerful
While brainstorming fresh social ideas, we stumbled on the fact that Ram Trucks had its own cologne…
Shaped by Hope: The Story of “Azul”
In January 2025, an Associated Press image by Mark J. Terrill captured “Azul,” a 1977 Volkswagen Ty…
The IONIQ 9 Escape Garage
Typical automotive walkaround content on YouTube has become, well, boring. They focus on specs, dia…
Tour Detour
Tour Detour began with a simple, slightly unhinged idea: If the internet insists that high-mile Ni…
World-Class Sound. Next Level Venue
Mitsubishi has long envisioned itself as a brand that resonates with music culture but faced challe…
Yokohama Tire: Aspects of Ambition
Aspects of Ambition aimed to further define Yokohama Tire's role in motorsports by shifting the sto…