AI skills reshape marketing roles, boost pay

2026-05-13

Marketing work is shifting from task-based execution to system-based design and management, writes Debra Andrews, Marketri founder. Instead of hiring for tasks like writing emails or building landing pages, companies are prioritizing candidates who can create and maintain interconnected AI-enabled systems and specialists who can translate their expertise into scalable systems are especially valued, Andrews writes.

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