Adobe Workfront - Adobe Experience Manager Sites Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between Adobe Workfront and Adobe Experience Manager Sites

1. Campaign Brief to Web Experience Delivery

Data flow: Adobe Workfront ? Adobe Experience Manager Sites

Marketing teams can create campaign briefs, launch plans, and content requests in Adobe Workfront, then automatically route approved web content requirements to Adobe Experience Manager Sites for page creation and publishing. This ensures web teams receive complete context, deadlines, and approvals without relying on manual handoffs.

• Reduces delays between campaign planning and website execution
• Improves alignment between marketing, creative, and web teams
• Supports faster launch of landing pages, microsites, and promotional content

2. Content Production Status Sync for Web Publishing

Data flow: Bi-directional

Workfront can track the status of content production tasks such as copywriting, design, legal review, and stakeholder approval, while AEM Sites reflects when content is ready for implementation or publishing. This gives both teams visibility into where each page or asset stands in the delivery lifecycle.

• Eliminates status chasing across teams
• Improves schedule accuracy for web releases
• Helps managers identify bottlenecks in content production

3. Approval Workflow for Web Content Changes

Data flow: Adobe Experience Manager Sites ? Adobe Workfront

When editors or marketers submit page updates in AEM Sites, the request can be sent to Adobe Workfront for structured review and approval. Workfront manages stakeholder approvals, proofing, and audit trails before changes are released to production.

• Strengthens governance for regulated or brand-sensitive content
• Creates a clear approval record for compliance teams
• Reduces the risk of unapproved changes going live

4. Automated Task Creation from Web Content Requests

Data flow: Adobe Experience Manager Sites ? Adobe Workfront

Content authors or business users in AEM Sites can submit requests for new pages, content updates, or campaign landing pages that automatically generate tasks or projects in Workfront. The request can include page type, target audience, due date, and required assets, allowing the delivery team to begin work immediately.

• Standardizes intake for web content demand
• Improves prioritization and workload management
• Reduces manual project setup effort

5. Launch Readiness Coordination for Digital Campaigns

Data flow: Bi-directional

For product launches, seasonal campaigns, or event promotions, Workfront can manage the full launch plan across creative, legal, and marketing teams, while AEM Sites handles the final web publishing activities. Integration keeps both systems aligned on launch milestones, dependencies, and go-live readiness.

• Supports complex cross-functional launch programs
• Improves visibility into critical path tasks
• Helps ensure web content is published on time and in the correct sequence

6. Content Governance and Version Control for Web Assets

Data flow: Adobe Workfront ? Adobe Experience Manager Sites

Approved content, copy, and creative deliverables tracked in Workfront can be pushed into AEM Sites only after review and sign-off. This creates a controlled path from production to publishing and helps ensure that only approved versions are used on live pages.

• Reduces version confusion across teams
• Supports brand consistency and content governance
• Improves confidence in published web experiences

7. Performance Feedback Loop for Content Operations

Data flow: Adobe Experience Manager Sites ? Adobe Workfront

When AEM Sites content performance data such as page engagement, conversion rates, or content freshness indicators is reviewed, follow-up optimization tasks can be created in Workfront. This allows marketing operations teams to turn performance insights into actionable content improvement work.

• Connects publishing activity with measurable business outcomes
• Enables continuous optimization of web content
• Helps prioritize updates based on performance data

8. Resource Planning for Web Content Operations

Data flow: Adobe Workfront ? Adobe Experience Manager Sites

Workfront resource management can be used to plan and assign writers, designers, developers, and web producers for AEM Sites initiatives. By linking project demand to publishing schedules, organizations can better balance capacity and avoid missed deadlines.

• Improves staffing visibility for web operations
• Helps prevent over-allocation of key contributors
• Supports more predictable delivery of digital experiences