Eric Rob & Isaac, a full-service advertising agency based in Little Rock, received 39 out of 88 awards given in Arkansas Advertising Federation’s 2010 ADDY Awards competition held Feb. 22 at the Albert Pike Hotel. Awards included Best of Show for the Riverfest 2009 marketing campaign, Best of Broadcast for the I.O. Metro 2009 TV campaign and the Special Judges’ Award for Most Memorable Broadcast for the “Gimme 5” campaign for Conway Corporation.
The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most respected competition, recognizing and rewarding creative excellence in the art of advertising. More than 200 entries from many of the state’s well-respected agencies, hospitals and nonprofits were submitted. Winners in the Arkansas competition may move on to compete at the district and then the national level.
“Obviously, we are thrilled that our team won ‘Best of Show’ as well as many other top awards,” said Isaac Alexander, principal at Eric Rob & Isaac. “We are humbled and privileged to work with such great clients who team with us to produce award-winning creative that, most importantly, gets results. We have clients across a wide spectrum of industries, and it’s nice to see we can communicate effectively across them all.”
Eric Rob & Isaac was recognized in the following categories:
Best of ADDY Awards
- Best of Show – Riverfest “Get Down to the River” campaign
- Best of Broadcast – I.O. Metro 2009 TV campaign
- Special Judges’ Award: Most Memorable Broadcast – Conway Corporation “Gimme 5” campaign
Gold ADDY Awards
- Sales Kit – I.O. Metro media kit
- Packaging Campaign – Max Recordings 2009 catalog
- Point-of-Purchase – I.O. Metro 1492 hang tag
- Stationary Package – Max Recordings stationary package
- Special Event Invitation – Entergy Arkansas Site Selection Center Announcement Invitation
- Website, B-to-B Flash, Services – Polk Stanley Wilcox website (http://www.polkstanleywilcox.com)
- Local Radio Campaign – Goldman Recycling “Talking Trash” campaign
- Local TV Campaign – Conway Corporation “Gimme 5” campaign
- National TV, Consumer Outlets – I.O. Metro “Free Design Service” TV
- National TV Campaign – I.O. Metro 2009 TV campaign
- Mixed-Media, Local Consumer – Certified Arkansas Farmer’s Market Identity Campaign
- Arts, Poster – Sticky Fingerz Punkinhead show poster
- Arts, Poster – White Water Tavern Diki Du show poster
- Arts, TV – Riverfest “Get Down to the River” TV
- Arts, Campaign – White Water Tavern show poster series
- Self-Promotion, Invitation – Eric Rob & Isaac 5-Year Anniversary party invitation
- Logo – Love Ghost Band logo
- Special Effects, Video or Film – I.O. Metro “Free Design Service” in-store video
Sliver ADDY Awards
- Brochure, Color – Conway Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting brochure
- Specialty Advertising – Max Recordings skateboard
- Outdoor Board – First Security Bank “Free Checking Rocks” Razorback Stadium digital signage
- Consumer/Trade, Full Page, Color – Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Oxford American ad
- Emails/E-Cards – Mitchell Williams holiday e-Card
- Mixed-Media, Local B-to-B – Polk Stanley Wilcox identity campaign
- Arts, Poster – Riverfest 2009 festival poster
- Arts, Interactive – Riverfest expandable banner ad
- Arts, Mixed Media Campaign – Riverfest “Get Down to the River” campaign
- Logo – Organic Dog logo
- Illustration – Riverfest 2009 festival print
- Photography, Black and White – Chris Michaels album photography
Bronze ADDY Awards
- Out-of-Home Campaign – First Security Bank Razorback Stadium digital signage
- Website, Consumer HTML, Outlets – I.O. Metro website (http://www.io-metro.com)
- Banners/Pop-ups/Screensavers – The PI Company ArkansasBusiness.com online banner ad
- Cinema, Movie Trailers – I.O. Metro price & category cinema advertising
- Self-Promotion, Non-Traditional – Eric Rob & Isaac sandwich board guerilla marketing
- Logo – Riverfest Rock-N-Stroll logo