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Ilze-Mari Gründling

Senior B2B Reporter
Ilze-Mari brings a decade of publishing experience to DesignRush, writing news, interviews, case studies, ghostwritten bylines, editorials, and press releases distributed by Reuters, AP, Dow Jones, and others. She was previously Digital Copywriter for CapeTown ETC and an in-house writer for African Decisions, a respected corporate and government journal in Africa, and Johannesburg Stock Exchange Quarterly (JSE) Magazine, the flagship publication of Africa’s largest stock exchange.
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Infographic on AI adoption showing 79% of U.S. executives use AI, 17% full adoption, and 54% say it improves customer experience.
Web Design & Development
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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Marketing
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Artificial Intelligence
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Web Design & Development
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Graphic titled “Meta’s $135B AI Bet Signals a New Era for Franchise Marketing” highlighting that 90% of B2C executives plan to increase AI investments and 77% say AI drives creative content at scale. The design includes two vertical bar graphics and a not
Advertising
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Graphic titled “GitHub-Native Deployment Turns Small Teams Into SaaS Powerhouses” with subtext “Developers Are Cutting DevOps Steps and Going Straight to Production,” featuring a 100M+ badge, a 3D illustration of a laptop with code symbols in a cloud, and
Software Development
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Artificial Intelligence
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Collection of Hasbro's Top April Fools' Day Campaigns for 2025
Marketing
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Artificial Intelligence
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