THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Industry

See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Auto See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Beauty See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Business to Business See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Consumer Brand See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Education See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Entertainment See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Financial Services See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Fitness, Health, & Wellness
<br>See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Food & Beverage
See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Gaming See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Government & Politics See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Hospitality See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Insurance See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Live Events See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> News & Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Non-Profit See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Pets & Animals See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Pharma & Healthcare See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Real Estate See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Restaurants See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Retail & E-Commerce See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Social Activism See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Sports See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Technology See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Television See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Travel & Tourism See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Wine, Beer & Spirits

Strategy & Engagement

See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Brand Partnership See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Call to Action See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Community Management See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Creative Use of Technology See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> CTV/OTT See previous winners and honorees for Insights and Trends here.</a> <a href=https://shortyawards.com/16th/"https://shortyawards.com/category/16th/data-visualization">See previous winners and honorees for Data Visualization here.</a>"> Data & Insights See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Earned Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Event & Experiential See previous winners and honorees here.</a>""> Gamification See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Humor See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Innovative Media Buying Strategy See previous winners and honorees here.</a>""> Integration with Traditional Media See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Internal Communications See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> LGBTQ Community Engagement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Micro-Influencer Strategy See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Multicultural Community Engagement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Music & Dance See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> On a Shoestring See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Organic Promotion See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Paid & Amplification See previous winner and honorees here.</a>"> Physical and Digital Convergence See previous winner and honorees here.</a>"> Public Service Announcement See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Real Time Response See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> SEO & SEM See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Social Commerce See previous winners and honorees here.</a>"> Storytelling
From the 16th Annual Shorty Awards

Blind to Brows

Finalist in Branded Series, Beauty

Silver Honor in Launch Campaign

Entered in Short Form Video

Objectives

NYX Professional Makeup wanted to bring awareness to their new product launch, Zero to Brow Longwear Brow Gel, and core brow collection by creating an immersive digital series that was timed to the Netflix new season debut of Love is Blind.

Strategy and Execution

To do so, Artisan Council  leaned into pop culture and reality TV fandom by creating a multi-episode series inspired by the show. The Love Is Blind series follows seven singles along their journey to find love without ever seeing their partners. Hosted by fan favorites and season 1 cast members Lauren Speed-Hamilton and Cameron Hamilton, the NYX Professional Makeup Blind To Brow content series is a thematic play-off of the fan-favorite dating show that featured the brand’s newly launched Zero To Brow Longwear Brow Gel and Zero To Brow Eyebrow Stencils, along with special guest appearances from past Love is Blind cast members, interviews, eyebrow inspired games, and more. The series gave viewers a full brow-ducation through a comedic content series by discussing their assorted eyebrow products for a range of brow shapes, along with engaging community members to share any eyebrow related trauma stories, their ideal eyebrow types, and corresponding favorite products.

Results

Blind to Brow went beyond the NYX audience with content specific targeting with reality TV fans, relevant #hashtags, and creator interactors. Product mailers were also seeded to top tier editors and influencers to extend this audience. Overall, the campaign has a reach of 71M, nearly 70M video views, and 630k+ engagements. Episode 1 was the top asset for VTR and exceeded benchmarks, reflecting initial excitement surrounding featured talent that was cast thanks to social listening and a popular community driven petition to make them the official show's hosts, Lauren and Cameron.

Media

Entrant Company / Organization Name

Artisan Council, NYX Professional Makeup

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Entry Credits