How will AI affect the creative industry?

Artificial Intelligence, an opportunity also for branding.

The other day an email arrived in our inbox with a relentless headline: “90% of online content could be generated by Artificial Intelligence by 2026”.

A statement that makes it clear that we are facing a new era and that, from a branding perspective, we can only wonder how this technology will redefine the narrative development of brands and what its role in creativity will be. Because it is clear that it will.

In any case, although from now on we will dedicate our time differently, at KNOM we believe that human value is and will be indispensable in the creative industry. Because we need imagination, empathy and also human judgment.

AI is just another tool that, as the camera did in its time, will improve efficiency, accelerating processes and saving costs, and will help us to capture graphically and verbally what we have in our heads.

In this sense, the implementation of AI will most likely imply a revaluation of fields, such as brand strategy or art direction, where decision-making is a crucial element.

Decisions that, at the end of the day, are the basis for achieving distinctive and relevant brands for the user, the ultimate goal of branding.

How to have the consumer eating out of your right hand?

Connecting on mobile.

Last week we read a study that stated that brands that are part of our smartphone ecosystem tend to outperform other brands and that this trend has only strengthened during the pandemic. Moreover, it is precisely these brands, in particular those that manufacture smartphones and provide them with content and information, that connect best on an emotional level with users.

Having the possibility of being in the palm of the consumer’s hand, whose mobile consumption reaches almost 4 hours on average in Spain, is undoubtedly a privilege that we cannot afford to miss. Brands that have been able to accompany, entertain and connect users with other people this year have achieved the brand love they so desire.

Building perfect and differential mobile experiences is the most direct way to achieve user engagement with our brand.