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Crunch periods like Q4 can put even the most prepared teams to the test. Manage it right, and your team can harness that energy to produce amazing work. Manage it wrong, and you could burn out the people who’ve trusted you to guide them through the trenches.
So, how can you guide your team through the crunch to do their creative best?
Every marketer wants to make an impact, especially when they’re working to launch a bold brand campaign.
It’s a challenge that Udi Ledergor knows well. Ledergor is the Chief Evangelist and former Chief Marketing Officer at revenue intelligence leader Gong. During his time as CMO, Ledergor led the company from a new startup on the scene to becoming an industry leader.
You need more video and you need it fast… and cost-effectively… and like yesterday! Can AI really help? What’s it good at—and how can you ensure consistent quality?
Demand for video keeps increasing, with 95% of marketers considering it a strategic imperative. Similarly, 96% of creative leaders realize that AI will help everyone get to market faster.
Over the last ten years, access to marketing data has gone from a slow drip to a virtual tsunami of performance data, social media metrics and marketing analytics. Creative teams are swimming in data—unfortunately, without lifeguards.
We've talked to over 200 creative leaders who, like you, wish data came with a mute button. In our Overcommitted Report, 76% of leaders said they feel burned out, and 78% say the demands on their teams are exceeding their capacity.
Sometimes, it can feel like burnout is the only constant for creatives. We’ve heard it from creative teams over and over again, from small brands to global powerhouses. There is a seemingly never-ending list of assets that need to be built and campaign deadline after campaign deadline.
Not only that, but almost every project is critical. When we spoke to 200+ creative leaders about the issues affecting their teams for Overcommitted: The State of In-house Creative Teams in 2025 report, they shared that 55% of their projects were marked “high priority”.
Global agricultural technology leader, Syngenta uses science to advance crop production. However, even the most cutting-edge innovations must work in harmony with nature. Attracting pollinators, like bees and butterflies, Operation Pollinator helps boost crop yields.
But what does this have to do with using AI for ad creative? When guided by human ingenuity and expertise, AI is a catalyst that lets you quickly explore and refine ideas.
It’s no surprise that cats and dogs dominate the internet, but you don’t have to tell Independence Pet Group (IPG) this. The Chicago-based pet insurance leader covers over one million pets across the US and Canada, keeping them (and their fur-parents) healthy and happy.
We love cats and dogs, too, so when IPG asked us to create illustrations for their employer branding efforts, we were all in. The challenge? IPG had never used illustrations before. The most efficient way to go from zero to concepts was to use AI, so our AI-powered creative team went to work. Let's just say, the results were quite fetching.
The summer of 2024 will go down in music history as one of the greatest eras of music in human history. Taylor Swift dropped The Tortured Poets Department, the country world met the Beyhive with Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, and Charli XCX made sure we know what it means to be BRAT.
But while all those albums are amazing, we like to think the biggest reason this summer will be one to remember was our debut album, Make it Pop Vol. 1.
