Marketing & Content

Brief to media plan drafting

Turn a campaign brief and budget into a draft channel plan with proposed splits, audiences, formats, and flighting, based on historic channel performance and campaign objectives.

AugmentationPattern-matchingTime savingRevenue

40–60%

reduction in media planning turnaround

Opportunity assessment

Business Impact
2

Minor improvement. Small efficiency gain with limited effect on overall turnover or bottom line.

Feasibility
4

Relatively straightforward. Off-the-shelf tools handle the core task. Implementation is well-understood with good examples to follow.

Data Readiness
3

Moderate data needs. Works with data most businesses hold, but will likely need consolidation, cleaning, or reformatting before use.

Risk Exposure
4

Low risk. Limited external exposure. A human reviews output before it reaches anyone outside the team.

Change Complexity
4

Light people impact. A new tool slots into an existing workflow. Minimal training needed. Most people will adapt quickly.

Tooling required

Standard LLMSpecialist AI tool

Things to consider

  • The plan is only as good as your historic performance data, and most attribution overstates the channels that are easiest to measure. Feed the model your best available incrementality read, not last-click.

  • Speed of planning matters most for reactive campaigns — a competitor move, a weather event, a stock position. That is where a same-day draft plan creates value a fortnightly planning cycle cannot.

  • Keep the planner accountable for the final plan. The draft removes the blank page, not the judgment about what this particular campaign needs.

  • Experiment starter: Regenerate plans for four completed campaigns from their original briefs and budgets. Have the media lead compare each against what was actually run and note where the model would have allocated differently.

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