PEOPLE OF THE YEAR

This season we are introducing a NEW Of-The-Year category celebrating visionary, creative, and innovative individuals for their work showcased at the Shorty Awards and Shorty Impact Awards.

Nomination is free and open between May 14 to September 12, 2024. You may nominate yourself or a colleague, client, or partner - up to one person per category and a maximum of three categories.

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CATEGORIES

Strategist
This award honors individuals who excelled in leading a brand, organization or campaign’s strategic plan to reach specific business goals.
Creative
This award honors individuals who excelled in ideating and creating visionary creative executions including copy, visuals, sound, etc.
Media Planner
This award honors media planning/buying professionals who skillfully craft media plans that effectively reach and influence target audiences.
Researcher
This award honors researchers who inform successful business and marketing strategies with insightful data analysis and consumer insights.
Community Builder
This award honors leaders who foster vibrant communities through vision, engagement, collaboration, and cultivating meaningful connections.
Producer
This award honors digital content producers who captivate audiences through innovative and compelling storytelling.
Brand Marketer
This award honors in-house marketers who masterfully shape and elevate brand images, engage with consumers, and drive business success.
Non-profit Marketer
This award honors non-profit marketers who effectively promote causes through impactful campaigns that inspire action and positive change.
Account Executive
This award honors agency account executives whose mastery in strategic guidance and client management drives campaign success and fosters client partnerships.
Changemaker
This award honors leaders who identify challenges, advocate for solutions and drive meaningful transformation through their actions, ideas, and leadership to build a better world.
Innovator
This award honors visionary innovators whose groundbreaking ideas, creativity, and bold thinking push boundaries and challenge the status quo.
Creator
This award honors digital content creators whose imaginative talent and artistic expression bring compelling stories, art, and ideas to life, educate, entertain and inspire the audience they serve.

Eligibility

Eligible participants must have played a critical role and credited in the entries of the current calendar year of the two awards programs. For this new category, nominees must be credited in at least three entries/categories in 2024 (the 16th Annual Shorty Awards OR the 9th Annual Shorty Impact Awards) to qualify.

Judging Criteria

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