The Mashies, Mashable's digital-marketing and advertising awards program, showcases digital pioneers worldwide that are on the forefront of marketing trends. To identify and award the Mashies winners, we're proud to work with a panel of experts who have extensive experience in the marketing and advertising industries.
Judges for the 2014 program include:
Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus
Sarah Hofstetter, CEO, 360i
Liz Kaplow, CEO, Kaplow Communications
Shenan Reed, President of Digital, MEC
David Berkowitz, Chief Marketing Officer, MRY
Katie Kempner, EVP and Chief Communications Officer, CP+B
Tom Markham, Executive Creative Director, BBDO NY
Ray Velez, Global CTO, Razorfish
Josh Engroff, Chief Digital Media Officer, The Media Kitchen
Margaret Keene, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi LA
Heather Wischman, Director of Interactive Production, 72andSunny
Mike McKay, Chief Creative Officer, Eleven
Jim Hord, Executive Creative Director, Havas Worldwide
Jon Jackson, Executive Creative Director, Huge
Rob Feakins, President and Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Kaplan Thaler
Robert Lund, Executive Creative Director, Barbarian Group
Todd Wasserman, Business & Marketing Editor, Mashable
The Mashies judges will analyze a range of campaigns focusing on digital platforms, such as best use of Twitter, best real-time marketing, best branded app, best YouTube channel and more. Judges will look for originality, effectiveness, innovative use of digital platforms and tools, boldness, and strategy. Winners will be announced at an awards show at Gotham Hall on Nov. 4.
Stay tuned throughout the summer for digital-marketing Twitter chats with our judges. Our first chat will take place on Thursday, July 10. Updates and announcements will be posted on @MashableEvents.
Be sure to submit your best work in digital marketing to the Mashies before August 15.