AI-Powered Platform Creates On-Brand Marketing Content in Seconds While Empowering Local Teams to Market Creatively
Richmond, VA (Restaurant News Release) conneXsions, a newly created enterprise enabling vendor-to-vendor collaborations, brand partnerships, innovation and fractional marketing services has joined forces with Layout to provide franchises and multi-location businesses with intelligent AI tools that solve the age-old tension between brand consistency and local relevance.
Layout is an AI platform that helps franchises and multi-location businesses create on-brand marketing content quickly and easily. Managers simply describe what they need – “flyer for Tuesday happy hour” or “social post for weekend special” – and the AI generates brand-safe flyers, social media posts, and email campaigns instantly, with no drag-and-drop required. The platform can also suggest timely campaigns based on local signals like weather, traffic patterns, and sports team wins.
“Chuck is incredibly hands-on and genuinely invested in helping businesses grow,” said Tunde Adewole, CEO of Layout. “He’s been like a secret sauce for us, someone who not only understands the challenges brands face but also rolls up his sleeves to make the right connections and put our tool in the right hands.”
Key features that set Layout apart include:
- Instant Content Creation: Managers describe what they need in plain language, and AI generates professional, on-brand marketing materials in seconds.
- Brand Control with Local Freedom: Corporate maintains brand standards while empowering location managers to create relevant local campaigns.
- Smart Campaign Suggestions: AI recommends timely promotions based on local signals like weather changes, traffic patterns, and local sports victories.
- No Design Skills Required: Eliminates the need for drag-and-drop tools or graphic design expertise.
- Multi-Channel Output: Creates flyers, social media content, and email campaigns from a single request.
“Multi-location brands are constantly struggling with the same challenge: how do you maintain brand consistency while giving local teams the flexibility to market to their communities?” said Chuck McAulay, Chief Catalyst Officer of conneXsions. “Layout has cracked this code with AI that understands both brand standards and local relevance. Tunde and his team have built something that truly empowers franchisees and location managers to move faster without sacrificing quality or brand integrity.”
Layout keeps every location on-brand while empowering local teams to market creatively. The platform simplifies content creation, so brands move faster, stay consistent, and no longer have to choose between brand control and being local.
conneXsions enables vendor-to-vendor collaborations, serves as a start-up technology partner to assist with connections and innovation, develops influencer marketing and brand ambassador programs, and produces “grand happenings” – opening events, swag and launches. They also provide fractional support for projects when businesses need specialized expertise without a full-time commitment.
About Layout
Layout is an AI tool that helps franchises and multi-location businesses create on-brand marketing content quickly and easily. Managers simply describe what they need (“flyer for Tuesday happy hour”), and the AI generates brand-safe flyers, social, and email, no drag-and-drop. It can also suggest timely campaigns from local signals (weather, traffic, sports wins). Layout keeps every location on-brand while empowering local teams to market creatively. We simplify content creation, so brands move faster, stay consistent, and no longer have to choose between brand control and being local.
About conneXsions
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Chuck McAulay has built a solid reputation for connecting brands and businesses with partners and resources to help them thrive. He is enthusiastic about creating win-win relationships built on trust and respect, using his international experience in brand building, multi-brand management, franchising, public relations, digital and traditional media, operations, and sales. McAulay has held senior leadership positions with several national restaurant brands.
Contact:
Chuck McAulay
Chief Catalyst Officer
conneXsions
813-523-9596
chuck@connexsions.com