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

Art Direction

This category honors art direction in social/digital campaigns. Entry may be standalone works or part of a larger campaign. Submission will be evaluated on creative integrity, strategic integration, shareability, and overall effectiveness.

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Art Direction
A city in the palm of your hand: Exploring the intricate world of an Amazon Web Services chip
Our objective was two-fold: First, to educate general audience readers about microchip technology t…
Art Direction
Ambition
The objective of this campaign was to evolve the brand’s storytelling from product-led messaging to…
Art Direction
Barbie Dream Search
Our Mattel clients asked us to create a Gen Z-focused Roblox activation that reintroduced the class…
Art Direction
Built Different
The objective of “Built Different” was to establish a partnership between Robinhood and 23XI Racing…
Art Direction
Common Cents
As healthcare costs rise, Americans face an overwhelming reality: one-in-three leave a prescription…
Art Direction
Excuse Elimination
Even the most driven among us have, in a moment of exhaustion or doubt, reached for a convenient ou…
Art Direction
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…
Art Direction
Inside the delivery station putting dozens of sustainability strategies to the test
Our objective with this story was to showcase one way Amazon is making concrete progress toward The…
Art Direction
Listen to the Whales
Humans are intrinsically linked to the earth. If our largest mammals are threatened by environmenta…
Art Direction
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…
Art Direction
REVOLT's Receipts powered by Walmart (Season 3)
Back for its third season, Receipts powered by Walmart once again set out to bring game show fun, a…
Art Direction
See the Sublemonal
It began with a simple truth: Lemons were in peril.  In the aftermath of the pandemic, the humbl…
Art Direction
Sports Illustrated - SI TV Branding
For more than 70 years, Sports Illustrated has shaped how the world experiences sports—authoritativ…
Art Direction
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Social Campaign
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was an all-new animated adventure that focuses on Peter Parke…