A seven-person marketing team's work, done by one marketer and a system of AI agents

At RocketRez I worked inside a seven‑person marketing team. I led four people and worked under two marketing leaders, so I've seen every seat up close: what each one does, where the work breaks, and what good looks like.

mode40 has one marketer: me. So I rebuilt that kind of team as a system of AI agents, one for each job, and I bring what I learned from every seat. I stay accountable for everything it makes.

The problem

Too many requests, one personDecks, web pages, event kits, proposals, posts, and client work, all landing at once.
Hiring wasn't the answer yetThe work needed a department's output before the company was ready to build one.
AI alone makes it worseFast drafts that sound generic, get facts wrong, and need more editing than they save.

What I built

A front doorEvery request goes to one project manager agent that writes the brief and routes the work.
SpecialistsContent, web, design, events, demand generation, product marketing, and reporting, each with one job.
One source of truthEvery agent works from the company's real positioning, voice, and approved proof points, with each client's context kept separate.
An editor that never writesA separate reviewer grades every piece against a written quality bar and sends weak work back. The agents that write never grade themselves.
Hard rules in codeAgents can draft and stage. They can't publish anything, send anything outside the company, or spend money. Only I can.

The first version took two days in June. The rules moved into code a week later.

What happened

434 pieces of workReviewed 613 times from July to October 1, and 296 reviews in September alone.
86% of first drafts sent backWith a specific fix list before I ever see them. The bar is high on purpose.

What I still do

The ideasWhat we say, who we say it to, and why.
The tasteI read every piece before it goes anywhere.
The final callNothing is published, sent to a client, or paid for until I say yes.