Scaling Human Brand Experiences with AI
Senior leaders Skyler Mattson and Bindya Raj discuss why brand strategy is no longer “set and forget.” With AI, it can evolve continuously using real-time data, predicting customer actions and adapting stories, interactions, and experiences in context.
Key Takeaways:
- Treat brand strategy as a living, learning system powered by real-time signals.
- Avoid generic AI output: keep strategic human involvement and run frequent brand audits.
- Build brand safety in-flow: guardrails, human review, and automated compliance checks for voice, values, and IP.
- Measure what matters: brand engagement lift, personalization response rates, and cross-channel consistency.
How Does AI Reshape Brand Strategy Beyond Execution?
Skyler Mattson
Brand strategy used to be something you set one time.
Skyler Mattson
With AI, the brand strategy can continuously evolve based on real-time data.
Skyler Mattson
So this allows us to predict customer actions based on past behaviors and adapt our stories and adapt our interactions.
Bindya Raj
It unlocks stories based on narratives in real time and with hyper-localized experiences.
Bindya Raj
So it's moving more to emotionally intelligent content that adapts to context, and it's turning the brand strategy into a living, learning system.
What Is a Common Mistake CMOs Make with AI?
Skyler Mattson
Relying on AI to create content without guardrails around tone of voice.
Bindya Raj
Relying on AI will lead to generic messaging, and this should be avoided in any context by having strategic human involvement and frequent brand audits.
How Has Infosys Aster Boosted Creativity through AI?
Bindya Raj
Things like content creation, design system automation, and even creative brief generation have all been enhanced with Gen AI.
Can You Give a Real-Life Example of AI Enhancing a Marketing Idea?
Skyler Mattson
A great example of AI not just speeding things up but really elevating the idea is our Digital Trends report for Handelsblatt.
Skyler Mattson
So, instead of static PDFs, what we did was build an interactive platform that adapts to each reader's interests, and it can even adapt to their available time.
Bindya Raj
For a prominent jeweler, we used AI-enabled real time personalization across digital and in-store touchpoints and adapting the content based on the emotional cues and the signals.
Bindya Raj
And this wasn't just about an experience, but it was about emotional resonance.
How Do You Ensure Brand Safety and Ethics in Creative Workflows While Using AI?
Skyler Mattson
Band safety starts with documented guardrails. So, clear guidelines on voice, values, and IP so that AI has the right foundation.
Skyler Mattson
We apply governance best practices like mandatory human checkpoints and reviews.
Skyler Mattson
We design them for speed by building them into our workflow instead of just tacking them on at the end.
Skyler Mattson
And of course, we align with the Infosys Responsible AI Framework, which ensures every safeguard is grounded in ethical design, accountability and transparency./p>
Bindya Raj
We embed AI-powered compliance checks directly into our creative workflows to flag any kind of IP risk and brand violation.
Which Metrics Matter in AI-driven Environments?
Skyler Mattson
We can track personalization response rates.
Skyler Mattson
So, did custom experiences spark higher engagement? And we can assess cross-channel consistency.
Skyler Mattson
Did the brand feel the same way wherever people encountered it?
Skyler Mattson
This deep review shows the true impact of AI.
Which KPI Should a CMO Choose to Evaluate AI’s Effectiveness in Marketing?
Bindya Raj
I would definitely go with brand engagement lift because it's a clearer signal of whether AI-enhanced content is actually resonating.
Bindya Raj
Are people clicking more or spending more time? Are they interacting deeper?
Bindya Raj
And it blends kind of creative enhancement or effectiveness with AI performance.
Bindya Raj
We've used it across campaigns of retail, finance and media clients to validate the AI's contribution, the emotional engagement and brand recall as well.
Three Key Moves for CMOs Embracing AI in Marketing
Bindya Raj
First, I would kick off a pilot project with a clear purpose.
Bindya Raj
Second, of course, is to put safety guard rails in place from day one./p>
Bindya Raj
That means training the AI models on your brand tone, your visual identity, setting up human in the loop reviews and tagging every asset for compliance and IP tracking.
Bindya Raj
Finally, I'll just pick one KPI- maybe engagement lift or AI generated content and build a feedback loop around it.
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