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AI-Driven Media Management, with Gigi and Amazon Ads (Part 1) | EMARKETER Miniseries

Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast · with Adam Epstein · December 18, 2025 · 20 min

Summary

This episode dissects how AI can revolutionize media management for ecommerce operators, breaking down the media manager role into automatable workflows. It highlights specific agency tasks ripe for AI delegation now and clarifies common misunderstandings about AI adoption. The discussion emphasizes how platforms like Amazon Ads are leveraging AI and first-party data for full-funnel advertising, enabling more efficient campaign performance and personalized creative delivery.

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ai & automationpaid acquisitionanalytics & attribution

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ai in media managementagentic aiai for ad creativefull-funnel advertising with aiprogrammatic advertising and aiamazon ads ai capabilitiesfirst-party data in advertising

Episode description

On today’s EMARKETER Miniseries—AI-Driven Media Management—we explore how to break down the media manager role into workflows that can be automated or augmented by agentic AI, what agencies misunderstand about AI, and which agency tasks are ripest to hand off to AI right now. EMARKETER Senior Director of Content Jeremy Goldman speaks with Adam Epstein, co-founder and CEO of Gigi. Listen everywhere you find podcasts, and watch on YouTube and Spotify. To learn more about our research and get access to PRO+ go to EMARKETER.com Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/emarketer/ For sponsorship opportunities contact us: advertising@emarketer.com For more information visit: https://www.emarketer.com/advertise/ Have questions or just want to say hi? Drop us a line at podcast@emarketer.com For a transcript of this episode click here: https://www.emarketer.com/content/podcast-ai-driven-media-management-with-gigi-amazon-ads-part-1 © 2025 EMARKETER Amazon Ads offers full-funnel advertising solutions to help businesses of all sizes achieve their marketing goals at scale. Amazon Ads connects advertisers to highly relevant audiences through first-party insights; extensive reach across premium content like Prime Video, Twitch, and third-party publishers; the ability to connect and directly measure campaign tactics across awareness, consideration, and conversion; and generative AI to deliver appropriate creative at each step. Amazon Ads helps advertisers reach an average monthly ad-supported audience of more than 300 million in the U.S. across Amazon's owned and operated properties and third-party publishers.

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Frequently asked about this episode

What does this episode say about ai & automation?
Identify and prioritize media management workflows that can be automated or augmented by agentic AI to improve efficiency and free up human resources.
What does this episode say about paid acquisition?
Educate your team on the true capabilities and limitations of AI to overcome common agency misconceptions and accelerate adoption.
What does this episode say about analytics & attribution?
Leverage AI for tasks such as creative development, ad delivery optimization across the full funnel, and audience targeting using first-party data.
What does this episode say about ai & automation?
Explore how platforms like Amazon Ads integrate generative AI and extensive reach to enhance campaign performance and personalize customer touchpoints.
What does this episode say about ai & automation?
Focus on breaking down current media management processes to identify specific, "ripe" tasks for immediate AI delegation, rather than attempting a wholesale AI overhaul.

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