<p>Building a Global Content Factory for 40 Beauty Brands</p>

The Challenge of a Beauty Giant

COTY is an ecosystem of over 40 iconic brands split between two distinct divisions and 20 markets. The group faced a monumental logistical challenge: maintaining the distinct "DNA" of each brand while producing thousands of assets for a fragmented digital world.

They needed adapt product copies for numerous retailers—like Amazon, Sephora, and Douglas—each enforcing different text structures and SEO algorithms.

Without a centralized tool to repurpose assets, the process was fundamentally manual. Copywriting and Translations relied on a web of disconnected emails and Excel spreadsheets, creating severe bottlenecks. This made it nearly impossible to keep up with the high volume of content and inflating costs...

-36%

BUDGET

+50%

SPEED

-40%

Translation Costs

1,300

Master Copies

End-to-End Semantic Orchestration

To break these silos, they implemented Wezen as its centralized "Content Factory." The project was designed to connect Global Marketing, Local Markets, and the technical stack into one seamless lifecycle.

1. Native Salsify PIM Integration

We eliminated the risk of manual data entry by building an active connector between Wezen and the Salsify PIM. Content now flows automatically from the PIM into the Wezen workflow for processing. Once validated, the localized assets are automatically pushed back into Salsify, ready for immediate syndication. This ensures that the PIM remains the single source of truth without requiring human file transfers.

2. Orchestrated AI x Human Loop

We deployed a hybrid production model tailored to COTY’s specific "Beauty" and "Luxury" standards.

Wezen Write: Specialized AI agents generate SEO-optimized "V1" copies based on strict brand guidelines and product briefs.
Wezen Translate: Neural models provide a high-quality linguistic foundation for adaptation.
Expert Post-Editing: To guarantee emotional resonance, native expert linguists perform a mandatory post-edition on all AI output. This step is non-negotiable for Luxury brands, ensuring the machine's speed never compromises the brand's prestige.

3. "Unique Copies" for Retailers

One of the most complex challenges was satisfying the algorithms of top-tier retailers. Wezen facilitates the automatic creation of "Unique Copies" for platforms like Amazon and Sephora. The system ensures a 30% differentiation between the master copy and retailer-specific versions. This prevents duplicate content penalties and boosts organic ranking on each specific marketplace without requiring teams to rewrite descriptions from scratch manually.

4. Operational Governance

The project is not just software; it is a governance model. A dedicated Global Business Partner and Global Delivery Manager act as single points of contact. The platform utilizes a shared Termbase and Translation Memory to ensure that approved naming conventions are respected globally. Workflows are customized per retailer, triggering automatic notifications to specific stakeholders only when validation is required, cutting out the "noise" of unnecessary emails.

Today's Scalability for Product Information

The group’s entire catalog production is now hosted on a single end-to-end platform, breaking down organizational silos and fostering true synergy between 20 global markets.

Full Traceability

Teams have complete visibility into the synchronization status via the "Content Browser."

Enhanced SEO

Keywords are integrated directly into the drafting interface for native search ranking optimization.

Scalability on Demand

Handles massive volume spikes for Christmas and Spring cycles without compromising brand DNA.

Real-Time Oversight

Global leads use automated dashboards to track campaign deadlines and monitor production costs instantly.

What

our clients say

Fragrance & Beauty

Content Factory DirectorE-retail

Operating across 20 markets, the group faced a monumental logistical challenge: maintaining the distinct "DNA" of each brand while producing thousands of assets for a fragmented digital world.

Content Factory DirectorE-retail

Oral Care

Global Marketing DirectorInternational Marketing

To localize a single article, the central team had to coordinate three different agencies (SEO, Strategy, and Translation) via email. They were manually extracting content from Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) into Excel files.

Global Marketing DirectorInternational Marketing

Watchmaking Leader

Digital IT DirectorDigital Communication

This iconic Swiss manufacture operates with a central ambition: perfection. However, managing the editorial voice for such a prestigious entity involves a complex ecosystem of internal linguists and a vast network of external freelancers.

Digital IT DirectorDigital Communication

Luxury Maison

Digital DirectorE-commerce

The brand needed to migrate and localize millions of words for a strict February deadline. Their existing process was manual and fragmented, costing over €500k annually in translation.

Digital DirectorE-commerce