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 Foreign Language Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign NEW! Rebrand Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Episodic NEW! 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 & Travel 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

Creator & Influencer Partnerships

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 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 Engagement Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) NEW! Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications Micro-Influencer Strategy 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 Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

Animation

This category honors the most creative and effective use of custom animations - or still images transformed into moving visuals - in a social/digital project or campaign.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

Animation
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28 Years Later Teaser Trailer
For the launch of the 28 Years Later trailer, our goal was clear: make heads roll.  Leading up t…
Animation
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Check, Mate
The objective of Check, Mate was to reduce fear-driven avoidance of early cognitive screening by ch…
Animation
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Conquer The Doomiverse - Design Bridge and Partners x Lenovo Yoga
PC laptops are a crowded market with thin margins and many brands competing for recognition. Lenovo…
Animation
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Coordinateur commercial
Riot Games sought to commemorate the milestone of Valorant’s 5-year anniversary with a new and excl…
Animation
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Genshin x Duolingo
Since its launch, Genshin Impact has always sought to surprise and delight its global playerbase (o…
Animation
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Hank Hill on This Past Weekend with Theo Von
More than 15 years after its original series finale, Mike Judge’s mega-hit adult animated comedy “K…
Animation
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Human Nature
Can critters talking about today’s financial woes help people better understand the challenges with…
Animation
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IT: Welcome to Derry - DOOH 3D Cube
The objective of this work was to translate the psychological horror of IT: Welcome to Derry into a…
Animation
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Mickey & Friends: Scroll Break
The objective of Mickey & Friends Scroll Break is to encourage users to stop scrolling and take a m…
Animation
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Minnie’s Daily Routines
Minnie’s Daily Routines was developed to reintroduce Minnie Mouse in a way that feels current to to…
Animation
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Pegman
Pegman is the tiny face of Google Maps, and we designed his looks for a series of brand partnership…
Animation
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Powerline Live! ⚡️ A Goofy Movie 360° Concert Experience
The Walt Disney Company created an innovative 360-degree immersive experience inside the iconic Pow…
Animation
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Target Get-Ready Yeti Holiday Campaign
For the 2025 holiday season, the creative brief was to reimagine what holiday shopping means at Tar…
Animation
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This Is Why We Need Checks and Balances
Rebuilding a Common Civic Language This campaign was built to reinforce the civic literacy our dem…

Nominees

Animation
Logitech G502 Stop Motion
The G502 is one of the most iconic mice in gaming history. Since its launch, it has evolved through…
Animation
Magic 8 Ball Social Media Campaign
To celebrate Magic 8 Ball’s 75th year, and “Magic 8 Ball Day” on 08-08-25, GERTRUDE created a socia…
Animation
The Masked Singer S13 - Social Creative
For Season 13 of The Masked Singer, we partner with Fox to build an exciting social campaign around…
Animation
UCLA: Research Powers Miracles
UCLA set out to tell a research story that felt human, not institutional. The objective was to crea…
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