New Report Highlights How AI Is Turning Junior Jobs into Thinking Roles
When the Entry-Level Desk Goes Empty — A visual metaphor for the silent restructuring of modern offices, as AI begins replacing task-based junior roles with automated execution.
Matteo Rinaldi, co-founder of Human Centric Group, adjunct professor at Luiss Business School, and author of two best-selling books.
Matteo Rinaldi explores how AI is replacing entry-level talent in marketing—and why human thinking, not automation, will define the next generation of careers.
Titled “When AI Becomes the Junior Employee: The Quiet Reordering of Modern Marketing,” the piece looks beyond the usual hype to uncover the structural shifts already underway, and what businesses and educators must do to prepare for what's next.
“AI is brilliant at building the map. But humans must still chart the route,” Rinaldi writes.
From Graduate Roles to Algorithmic Assistants
Drawing on recent data and industry trends, Rinaldi highlights how firms like PwC, Deloitte, and EY have scaled back graduate hiring, largely due to AI automating the process-heavy work that once trained new talent. The same shift is now visible in marketing, where tools like generative AI are handling tasks that previously required junior staff.
PowerPoint decks, creative drafts, and even data analysis can now be completed faster, cheaper, and in many cases more accurately by machines. For agencies and in-house teams alike, the graduate class is quietly being replaced.
A New Baseline: Strategic Thinking at Entry Level.
But Rinaldi argues this doesn’t spell the end for young talent. It signals a new beginning. In the AI era, thinking is the new doing. Junior roles must evolve from task-based execution to strategic interpretation.
Where once interns and assistants were taught to "just get it done," the new entry ticket is systems thinking, human insight, and emotional intelligence. Rinaldi calls this the rise of the “high-human” marketer, able to work alongside machines, not be replaced by them.
AI and the Future of Work in Marketing: Key Insights
• Lean teams are becoming the norm. Automation is compressing timelines and shrinking teams, but also raising expectations.
• Execution is no longer a differentiator. What AI can do at scale, humans must now complement with insight, empathy, and curiosity.
• Universities and employers must adapt. The talent pipeline needs redesigning, from teaching tools to nurturing interpretation and creativity.
High-Tech Meets High-Human
At Human Centric Group, Rinaldi’s team uses AI to streamline analysis, but emphasizes that interpretation still requires human nuance. “AI can tell us what’s happening,” he writes. “But it still takes a person to understand why it matters.”
As organizations across industries adopt automation, Rinaldi warns against a future of efficiency without soul. “Marketing has always been emotional,” he says. “And in a world of AI, empathy may be our last unfair advantage.”
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“When AI Becomes the Junior Employee: The Quiet Reordering of Modern Marketing” is available now on the Human Centric Group website:
👉 https://humancg.com/blog/ai-and-the-future-of-work-in-marketing/
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