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 7th Annual Shorty Awards Best in Auto

Best use of social media by an auto brand or auto dealer. Objectives may include crowd-sourced concept and design, customer engagement via custom apps, buzzworthy events and promotions (online & offline), and building a loyal community.

Click here to see the previous winner and nominees.

Winner

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Sold! Nissan Purchases 1996 Maxima from Brilliant Craigslist Ad
Last year, one of the finest pieces of automotive advertising in recent history hit the internet - …

Finalists

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Audi Canada 'Tight Parking'
Hunting for parking spaces in the city is enough to "drive you up the wall". So to prove that Audi'…
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Distracted Driving Awareness
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and, as a car company, that is a mission Honda strong…
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Fit Kit
While everyone was embracing the maker community, we thought we'd have some fun with them on Apr…
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#TheOneToFollow Instagram Challenge
"Innovation that Excites" is Nissan's lifeblood and with the 2015 X-Trail, Nissan had created a bes…
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BMW M5 Instagram
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the BMW M5, the brand became the first automaker to sell a c…
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BMW Snowchat
BMW wanted to wish the Internet a happy holiday in a way that would be engaging and shareable. So w…
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Do You Vespa?
For the first time an iconic global brand like Vespa creates a content co-generation and social ga…
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Ford "Haunted Carwash"
We convinced passengers to get an innocent car wash - and had some of the undead meet the unsuspect…
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Ford of Canada – Brand Social Media 2014
Ford of Canada's social media team provided an exceptional social media experience to fans in 2014,…
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GLA Packed
We built excitement for a car, without ever showing the car. Instead, we asked what you'd take with…
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Nissan's Project Titan
Nissan was preparing to re-enter the truck category with an All-New Titan but had been absent from …
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Yo! Test Ride
The world's smallest car uses the simplest form of communication to get consumers in the electric d…

Nominees

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#RedThumb
Nissan launched Red Thumb Day on 12/16/14 on the season finale of NBC's The Voice. This ignited a l…
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Acura Twitter Configurator
To help launch Acura's thrilling new TLX, we had to deliver a unique thrill to consumers wherever t…
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Build a GLA on Instagram
To reach a new audience on the social web, we created the first "build your own car" tool on Instag…
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Ford’s College Ambassador Challenge #FordChallenge
Launched in September 2014, the Ford College Ambassador Challenge (socially known as the #FordChall…
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Tough Love
Nissan wanted small businesspeople to know that they made the most durable, reliable cargo vans you…
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Volvo #JoyrideLive
Volvo needed to bring to life the 2015 XC60 Drive-E for a new set of consumers – passionate about c…