Academy Member Directory

The Academy consists of luminaries from advertising, media, entertainment, and technology. Members are grouped into juries based on their individual areas of expertise. The Marketing & CMO juries are responsible for judging the Shorty Awards for brands & organizations.

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Christian Varsava

Global Social Media & Community Manager

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Nkululeko Vilakazi

Creative Director

Eric Wallace

Manager

Jiayuan Wang

Design Director

Ran Wei

Head of Marketing

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Gregg Weiss

SVP, Consumer Social Media

Jessica Williams

Global Brand Marketing and Partnerships

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Lewis Williams

Founder/Chief Creative Officer

Matt Wolff

Founder

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Ben Yabsley

Group Creative Director

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Zeyi Yang

Tech Reporter

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Lowry Yankwich

Independent Podcast Producer

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Mitu Yilma

Director of Content + Brand

Vitali Zahharov

Head of Design

Samer Zeidan

Vice President Creative

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Josh Zimmerman

Founder, CEO

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Raquelle Zuzarte

Founder & CMO

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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