Jonesboro, AR — (Contributed) — March 25, 2025 — Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc. was recognized at the 2025 American Advertising Awards (ADDY) Gala in February.

The event was held at Houston’s Wedding and Event Venue and hosted by the Northeast Arkansas chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF).

Hytrol’s marketing team took home seven different recognitions for their submitted pieces. The company received one Gold ADDY, five Silver ADDYs and one honorable mention. Submissions included commercials, online videos, posters, and art installations published by the team in 2024. The gold award-winning submissions will advance automatically to the AAF district competition to compete with work from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

“This kind of recognition for the team is well-earned,” said director of marketing Paige Phillips. “At the end of the day, they do valuable work with the goal of supporting Hytrol with professional and effective marketing. I am proud to be associated with a team of such tremendous professionals, and proud to be at a company whose leadership trusts and supports us.”

The professional American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest competition, attracting more than 25,000 entries each year. The competition is three-tiered, going from local to district to national. Marketing professionals and agencies from around the region submit advertising work across a myriad of categories to be evaluated by industry advertising experts. Judges for the NEA awards were chosen from outside the marketplace, and entries for the local competition spanned the entire state of Arkansas.

The Hytrol Marketing Department is led by marketing manager Shelby Madden, and the other team members include software specialist Kelly Gardner, marketing specialist Aaron Reddick, multimedia specialist Trystan Dorton, content marketing specialist Robyn Garrett, corporate event coordinator Jami Pate, and corporate communication specialist Matthew Smothers.

The Hytrol advertising pieces that received recognition are as follows:

  • Gold – The Test of Time (Video Editing)
  • Silver – Loberg Day Mailer (Card, Invitation, Announcement)
  • Silver – The Test of Time (Internet Commercial)
  • Silver – Hytrol Timeline (Single Installation)
  • Silver – Hytrol Founder’s Day Video (Online Film, Video & Sound)
  • Silver – Convey Logo Design (Logo Design)
  • Honorable Mention – Loberg Day Magazine (Magazine Design)