Do Affiliate Networks Still Need Designers If We Already Have AI?

Vladyslav Donchenko

13 Oct, 2025

AI generates banners fast.
It creates dozens of variants in minutes.
It can even suggest layouts and colours by itself.

So the big question appears:
Do affiliate networks still need designers in 2025?

Let’s break it down simply.

AI is great when we need creatives quickly.

It helps with:

In affiliate marketing, speed matters.
More creatives → faster testing → quicker scaling.

AI doesn’t understand emotions or psychology.
It doesn’t know what makes users click or trust a brand.

AI cannot judge whether a creative will convert.

It struggles with:

AI produces quantity.
Quality still requires a human.

A designer is not just ‘someone who draws banners.”
They think strategically.

Designers:

AI is a tool.
A designer turns this tool into results.

Not AI vs designer.
AI plus designer.

Here’s the workflow that works best:

This gives both speed and performance.

We love AI. It saves time.
We use it to generate ideas and variations quickly.

But the final touch is human.

We have an in-house designer, who:

AI gives acceleration.
A designer gives direction.

Together – they deliver results.

Affiliate networks still need designers.
Not instead of AI, but together with it.

And that combination is exactly what helps our partners scale.