Case Study · 06 of 6
Financial services · Performance creative

AMF · AdzLabz performance program

AMF is a mortgage funding brand running a performance program through AdzLabz. The work needed AI-augmented creative throughput at performance-marketing speed — without crossing the line where the ads start to feel generated and lose the trust required in financial services.

Brand approval · Strategic oversight
Method
A/B tested
Decision
Launch-approved
Category
Mortgage / FS
Challenge§ 01

What was actually broken.

A mortgage funding brand needed AI-augmented performance creative that didn't feel AI-generated, with clear A/B winners to justify spend before launch.

  • / 01

    AI-augmented creative pipeline producing variants faster than a human team could review them.

  • / 02

    Mortgage / financial services audience that punishes anything that smells AI-generated.

  • / 03

    Needed a strategic decision-maker between the performance agency and the brand to sign off on what actually goes live.

"
The ads below are the winners from our A/B tests — the only ones that produced meaningful click-throughs. We're ready to launch; we need your approval.
Kasi McGraw, AdzLabz · Performance agency partner
What I did§ 02

The approach, step by step.

/ 01

Brand-side strategic seat

Acted on behalf of AMF as the approver between AdzLabz and the brand — protecting positioning, tone, and category trust.

/ 02

A/B-test discipline

Reviewed the winners on actual click-through performance, not gut feel. Required real test data before approving spend.

/ 03

Strip the AI tell

Flagged creatives that read as AI-generated and prioritized the variants that felt human — which, predictably, were also the ones that won.

Outcome§ 03

What changed.

Winning ad set approved and pushed live. The creatives that felt least like AI outperformed once bias was stripped from the test data.

Result · 01

Winning ad set approved and pushed live.

Result · 02

The least AI-feeling creatives outperformed once bias was stripped from the test data.

Result · 03

Cleaner approval pipeline between performance agency and brand stakeholder.

Scope of work
  • Creative slate review & approval
  • A/B-winner validation
  • Launch sign-off
  • Brand / agency liaison
In their words
"The ads below are the winners from our A/B tests — the only ones that produced meaningful click-throughs. We're ready to launch; we need your approval."
Kasi McGraw, AdzLabz · Performance agency partner
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