What’s Next for AI in Marketing? Trends to Watch and Skills to Build

Chrissie Koeppen  |  June 26, 2025

Digital • Yes& General

What’s Next for AI in Marketing? Trends to Watch and Skills to Build

By Chrissie Koeppen

Blink, and It Changed Again 

Generative AI wasn’t even on most marketers’ radars two years ago. Now? It’s everywhere. In your inbox. On your homepage. Writing your ad copy. 

The pace is staggering…and it’s only picking up speed. 

(What’s that song again? Cha-cha-cha-chaaanges…

If you want to keep up, have to build for what’s next. 

So, What’s Next? 

AI is a super tool: part teammate, part magic 8-ball, part caffeine-fueled intern who never sleeps, tracking all the trends. The trends we’re tracking? 

  • Tools that don’t wait for commands: they take action (think AI that launches a campaign while you’re in a meeting) 
  • AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity becoming the new “homepages”…which means Google is no longer your only search concern 
  • Targeting based on what people do, not just who they are 
  • Marketers leveling up into new hybrid roles: part creative, part analyst, part technologist 
  • And a tidal wave of regulation around privacy, ethics, and transparency—faster than most orgs are ready for 

The rules are being rewritten in real time. And the teams who get ahead? They’re the ones who adapt before they’re forced to. 

What You Actually Need to Thrive 

Spoiler: it’s not just more tools. 

AI-ready marketers need to know how to talk to AI (yes, prompting is a skill), make sense of the data behind the output, and still steer the ship strategically. Oh, and keep the brand voice intact while doing all of that. 

Also? Curiosity. Adaptability. Ethics. Those soft skills are about to become your biggest differentiators. 

How We Help Future-Proof Your Team 

This is where we roll up our sleeves with clients to: 

  • Build upskilling plans that actually stick 
  • Choose the right AI tools without tech bloat 
  • Set governance guardrails that keep things safe and nimble 
  • Craft roadmaps that grow with the tech—not behind it 

Let’s talk about future-proofing your team →

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