2025 American Advertising Awards
May 23, 2025
Join us in celebrating the work, the agencies and the advertising industry of Chicago with a night of creativity and connectivity – as well as handing out the shiny trophies to our 2025 Chicago ADDY award winners! We will also award the Fourth Annual People’s Choice Chicago AF award to the best 2025 ADDY entry, as judged by “real” Chicagoans outside of the ad industry.
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Congratulations to the 2025 ADDY Winners!
- Silver ADDY – Sales & Marketing-Specialty Advertising, Corona Sunbrew Peelable Bottle
- Silver ADDY – Online/Interactive-Social Media Campaign, Unilever x Walgreens- Untold Beauty
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising-GPS & Location Technology, BOA Chicago Marathon: Live Tracker
- Gold ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Audio/Radio Advertising Campaign, CLR Radio Been There Outdone That
- Silver ADDY – Industry Self Promotion- Brand Elements, Betty Holiday Cards
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Copywriting, CLR "Cal, Lime, Rust" :30
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Audio/Radio Advertising Campaign, CLR "Firefighter"
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Audio/Radio Advertising Campaign, CLR "Not My Name" :60
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Audio/Radio Advertising Campaign, CLR "So Clean So Hot"
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Art Direction Campaign, NIELSEN-MASSEY "Make Every Morning"
- Gold ADDY – Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign, Progress Feels Like
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Animation, Special Effects or Motion Graphics, League of Black & Unlimited Dads
- Silver ADDY – Cross Platform- Integrated Brand Identity Campaign, Bye-Bye AI
- Silver ADDY – Sales & Marketing-Specialty Advertising- Apparel, Werther's Original Pocket Jeans
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Still Photography Campaign, Real Civilians of the Army
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial, What's In A Name
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial, The Big Day
- Gold ADDY – Print Advertising- Newspaper Advertising, Pace Ride Kind
- Gold ADDY – Out-of-Home & Ambient Media, Pace Ride Kind
- Silver ADDY – Sales & Marketing- Packaging Campaign, NVI x Vontelle Black History Month
- Gold ADDY, Best of Show – Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign, The Human Sponsorship
- Silver ADDY – Integrated Media Corporate Social Reponsibility Campaign, The Human Sponsorsip
- Gold ADDY – Integrated Advertising Campaign - Regional/National, Agent State Farm Super Bowl
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial, BetMGM He's Won Enough
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial Campaign, Gen Z & Tipping
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial Campaign, Jersey Mike's: The Subs Matter Most
- Gold ADDY – Online/Interactive- Social Media Campaign, U by Kotex Maximalism
- Gold ADDY – Online/Interactive Campaign, U by Kotex Period Sex
- Silver ADDY – Sales & Marketing- Product or Service Sales Promotion Campaign, U by Kotex Period Sex
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Regional/National Television Commercial Campaign, Huggies Skin Essentials
- Silver ADDY – Online/Interactive- Social Media Campaign, Chicago Style Social
- Gold ADDY – Out-of-Home Multiple Installations, KFC "Saucy Nuggets Dispensary"
- Silver ADDY – Branded Content & Entertainment for Online/Interactive, Tillamook "iScreen"
- Gold ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Animation, Special Effects or Motion Graphics, Mower "Don't wait. Celebrate!"
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Internet Commercial, Carhartt Sunrun More than a Uniform
- Silver ADDY – Film, Video, & Sound- Internet Commercial Campaign, Carhartt Sunrun More than a Uniform
- Silver ADDY – Out-of-Home & Ambient Media- Poster Campaign, Finvi - Collections That Work
- Silver ADDY – Integrated Advertising Campaign - Regional/National, Finvi - Collections That Work
- Silver ADDY – Elements of Advertising- Art Direction Campaign, Finvi - Collections That Work
- Silver ADDY – Integrated Advertising Campaign - Regional/National, McNeilus: Revolutionizing Refuse
- Silver ADDY – Integrated Advertising Campaign - Regional/National, Nature's Fynd Yogurt AF (as fungi)
- Silver ADDY – Out-of-Home- Animated/Video Boards, Old National Bank Digital Board
- Silver ADDY – Sales & Marketing- Packaging, Colameco's Packaging
Tom, Dick & Harry Creative Co.
- Silver ADDY – Industry Self Promotion- Direct Marketing & Specialty Advertising, Craft is King
- Silver ADDY – Industry Self Promotion- Television Self Promotion, Neighborhoods
Williams Creative Group Chicago
- Silver ADDY – Political Advertising- Political Audio Campaign, Harris Waltz
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