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.

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Self-Defined

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Single-Platform

Clubhouse

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Facebook

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Triller

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Twitch

Twitter

YouTube

Multi-Platform

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Emerging Platform

Emerging Platform

Social Hit

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Social Engagement

Community Management

Community Management

Engagement Tools

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Contests

Gamification

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Integrated Experiences

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Live Events

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Television

Real Time Response

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User Generated Content

User Generated Content

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Celebrity Partnership

Entertainment Partnership

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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

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Animation

Art Direction

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Campaign Management

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Copywriting

Creative Direction

Culture

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Design

Editing

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Partnership Management

Photography

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Creative Team

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Legal Team

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PR Team

Production Team

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Video Team

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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

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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

From the 9th Annual Shorty Awards Best use of Comedy

This award honors the most creative use of a comedy video in a social media marketing campaign.

Winner

Comedy Video
winner
Fresh Battle
In sneaker culture, it's all about who has the newest, freshest kicks. Finish Line set out to establish that they had the freshest kicks with the "Shoes So Fresh" campaign. They needed to draw attention to their newly redesigned store experience as well.

Finalists

Comedy Video
finalist
gold
truth x Aaron's Animals
truth is a nationally recognized non-profit youth brand that combats smoking among teens.Smoking, as an issue, tends to be overshadowed by other teen concerns, like education, social justice and the environment. Messaging about smoking's long term effects like addiction, disease and death doesn't feel relevant to our teen audience, but smoking imp…
Comedy Video
finalist
silver
Honey Jar - Kimmy Schmidt Tribute / Cross Promo Video & Titus Reaction
Help launch Season 2 of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt by cross pollinating their audience with our current core Orange is the New Black fan base.
Comedy Video
finalist
bronze
Silicon Valley and X April Fools' Featuring Richard Hendricks
April 1st, 2016 was a big day for the advancement of Richard Hendricks' career. Together, HBO and X, the moonshot division of Alphabet Inc., crafted a Silicon Valley-themed April Fools' stunt to help continue Alphabet's annual tradition.Taking advantage of the Alphabet/Google Family's favorite holiday, HBO and X set out to create a humorous April…
Comedy Video
finalist
Cricket Wireless’ Unexpected John Cena Prank
In 2016, Cricket Wireless and WWE teamed up in a multi-year sponsorship agreement. As part of the agreement, WWE Superstar John Cena® served as a Cricket brand ambassador, promoting the sponsorship through social and digital media. Cricket launched a viral video featuring John Cena in order to amplify the sponsorship and drive brand awareness, con…
Comedy Video
finalist
audience
Hearthstone Murloc Holiday Celebration
Wish the Hearthstone community happy holidays in the universal language of MRRRRRRGGGGLLLL!

Nominees

Comedy Video
Honda "Meow Is The Moment"
In the summer of 2016, Honda rolled out its annual Summer Clearance campaign with a set of commercials that highlighted that "special moment" when buyers fall in love with their soon-to-be new Hondas. This campaign was appropriately titled "Now is the Moment." However, we didn't stop there. We wanted to extend and translate Honda's Summer Clearance campaig…
Comedy Video
Jessica Nigri and Onyx at BlizzCon
Make the launch of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Hearthstone's most successful expansion launch ever.
Comedy Video
Love Island- Small Talkulator
To grow ITV2's audience with the 16- 24 audience.To give attribution back to ITV2. Make people think of ITV2 when they think of Love Island.Raise awareness of the show and make the internet talk about it.Bring comedy to ITV2. Establish the channel as funny and cheeky.
Comedy Video
Project Sammy's Way
The objective was to find an inventive digital-first approach to promoting Project Runway beyond clips, promos, and recaps that would engage the show's active social audience.
Comedy Video
Sonic the HedgeDOG
To give a boost to Sonic the Hedgehog's YouTube channel, we needed to give fans an epic "I can't believe this is on Sonic's official YouTube channel" style video that would organically draw a lot of eyeballs to the page.(And we also needed to promote the 25th-anniversary plush toys!)
Comedy Video
The DubFactor
To make people remember why they Love The X Factor and bring The X Factor into the age of the Internet.To attract a younger audience and bring back some of the fun to the show.
Comedy Video
Versailles ‘Hair for Men'
As a network known for premium drama, SBS wanted to generate interest and drive tune-in to Versailles, a new television series depicting the early reign of King Louis XIV. Our focus was on appealing to the show's target audience of people aged 24-54, which is younger than traditional SBS viewers. In light of this, the primary social objective was to create …
Comedy Video
You’re the Worst: Erotic Novels
Everyone loves a classic love story… "You're the Worst" is not one of them. By the end of season 2, fans relished in the fact that our (anti) heroes are a much needed antidote to the cheesy, over-the-top romantic gestures of the genre. To help launch Season 3, FXX embraced the show's defiant take on modern romance with a tawdry video series designed to…