American Advertising Awards

The 2018/2019 Triangle American Advertising Awards (AAAwards)

The American Advertising Awards, formerly the ADDYs, is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 40,000 entries every year. The mission of the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising.

The American Advertising Awards is a highly anticipated Triangle AdFed event each year where we can celebrate the work of both professionals and students working in our community.

A Gold ADDY is recognition of the highest level of creative excellence and is judged to be superior to all other entries in the category. Entries that are also considered outstanding and worthy of recognition receive a Silver ADDY. The number of awards given in each category is determined by the judges, based on the relative quality of work in that category. Winners will be recognized during a Gala held February 21, 2019. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2019 AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARD WINNERS

GALA PHOTOS

OUR JUDGES

Leigh Farrior

Combining her left and right brain power to develop solutions to meet clients’ needs while maintaining a high design standard, Leigh serves as Production Director for Stamp, an agency in Montgomery, Alabama. As Production Director, she manages the creative/interactive department while also working on creative projects. Leigh has fifteen years of experience working as a designer for both print and interactive media and front-end development. Her design work recently won Best of Category for Web Catalogs from the Printing Industries of the Carolinas (PICA), and has won a several ADDY® awards including Best in Show. Leigh is a 2003 graduate of Troy University with an Art Program double major in Graphic Design and Painting. She is very involved in the American Advertising Federation, serving at the local and district levels. She also enjoys designing pro-bono materials for local non-profits, spending time with her family and traveling any chance she gets.

Marie Richer

Marie Richer is a creative director based in NYC. Her work has been awarded at Cannes, the One Show, D&AD, the Clios, and has been screened at the United Nations. She is also a member of the Television Academy and the international jury of the FWA."

Tony Sharpe

Tony Sharpe spent 12 years as a writer and creative director at FCB Chicago where he worked on over 300 television commercials for Quaker, Gatorade, Kraft, Coors, Mattel, and SC Johnson. He created the long-running Windex “Birds” campaign, brought a fresh spin to Scrubbing Bubbles, and helped Raid continue to kill bugs dead. He’s worked on every continent except Antarctica, survived a raging lion, and was once an international hand model. A North Carolina native, he now freelances from Columbus, Ohio, on brands from Burger King and Tim Horton’s to Eli Lilly, Hertz and Scotts Miracle-Gro. The hand model thing is true. For real.

FORWARDING ENTRIES

Work that wins a Gold ADDY or a Silver ADDY will be eligible for entry into the District competition.

If your entry wins a Gold ADDY at the local competition, it will be automatically forwarded to the district competition with fees paid by the Triangle AdFed. If your entry wins a Silver ADDY, you are eligible to compete at the District level and may choose to pay the applicable entry fee in order to be forwarded. Full details will be provided to all eligible entrants.