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Marketing Production in the Age of AI Report

Discover how enterprise marketing teams are adapting production in the age of AI.

Overview

The Marketing Production in the Age of AI Report explores how enterprise marketing teams build, review, approve, and launch campaigns. While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has accelerated content creation, many teams still face the same production bottlenecks that slow campaign delivery.

Whether you're responsible for campaign execution, marketing operations, or team strategy, this report provides benchmarks and insights to help you evaluate your own marketing production process.

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Who Is This Report For?

This report is designed for:

  • Marketing leaders

  • Marketing Operations professionals

  • Demand Generation teams

  • Campaign managers

  • Creative Operations teams

  • Anyone responsible for marketing production and campaign execution


Why Read the Marketing Production in the Age of AI Report?

Marketing teams have more performance data than ever before. Open rates, click-through rates, conversions, and pipeline are easy to measure.

Marketing production is different.

The work between strategy and launch often goes unmeasured, making it difficult to understand where time is lost or how processes compare to other organizations.

This report helps you move beyond assumptions with research-backed insights into how enterprise marketing teams produce campaigns today.


What You'll Learn

The Marketing Production in the Age of AI Report helps you benchmark your marketing production process against other enterprise marketing teams.

Marketing production is everything between the brief and the send—from building and reviewing to approving and shipping campaigns. While most teams measure campaign performance, few measure the work required to get campaigns out the door. This report replaces the guessing with data.

The report explores five key areas of marketing production.

AI Deployment vs. Impact

Discover how enterprise marketing teams are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) throughout the production process.

You'll learn:

  • Where AI is making the biggest impact on production timelines

  • Which parts of the workflow still rely on manual effort

  • How leading teams are using AI beyond content creation

Production Efficiency

Understand how your campaign production process compares to other organizations.

You'll learn:

  • How build-to-launch timelines compare across teams

  • Where production time is most often lost

  • What the fastest teams are doing differently

Workflow Maturity

Learn how production workflows influence campaign speed and team collaboration.

You'll learn:

  • How review and approval processes affect production

  • Where common workflow bottlenecks occur

  • How high-performing teams structure collaboration

Team Structure and Self-Service

See how enterprise marketing teams organize production work to scale efficiently.

You'll learn:

  • Who builds and reviews marketing assets

  • Where production bottlenecks commonly occur

  • How teams enable self-service without sacrificing quality

Channel Expansion and Production Load

Explore how organizations are managing increasing campaign volume across multiple channels.

You'll learn:

  • How teams are adapting to growing production demands

  • Where production infrastructure begins to slow delivery

  • What scalable production systems look like in practice


Frequently Asked Questions

What is marketing production?

Marketing production includes everything that happens between strategy and launch. This includes building assets, reviewing content, collecting approvals, and preparing campaigns for delivery.

Why does marketing production matter?

Production workflows directly affect how quickly campaigns reach your audience. Understanding where delays occur can help your team improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and launch campaigns faster.

Is the Marketing Production in the Age of AI Report free?

Yes. The State of Marketing Production Report is available as a free resource.

What can I expect to learn?

You'll gain benchmark data, industry trends, and practical insights into how enterprise marketing teams are approaching production in the age of AI.

Where can I access the report?

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