In case you missed it, here's a recording of the new Email Designer Office Hours on Nov 5th 2025. The session walked through the newest capabilities in the Marketo Engage Email Designer, including a live demo of Conditional Content alongside updates like Template Converter, A/B testing support, Brand Themes, and Image-to-HTML generation. See how these features streamline personalization, speed up production, and improve governance for modern email workflows.
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2:30 – 16:30 | Conditional Content (live demonstration)
Walkthrough of how to enable Conditional Content on an email block and create multiple variants.
Demonstrated selecting segments for each variant, adjusting images/content per variant, and understanding top-to-bottom execution order with a default fallback.
Emphasized parity with V2 Dynamic Content but redesigned in a new, more intuitive UI.
16:30 – 23:30 | Conditional Content Q&A
Covered how variant testing works through Simulate Content and proof sends.
Addressed segmentation requirements, variant logic, and light/dark mode behavior.
Confirmed Conditional Content is currently email-only, not yet supported in templates or fragments.
23:30 – 26:30 | Background Images in the Designer
Demonstrated applying background images to structures or columns and how content behaves when layered over them.
26:30 – 30:00 | Additional feature discussions
Introduction to the new Template Converter, allowing V2 templates to be imported and rebuilt automatically in the new Email Designer.
Mention of custom font handling via custom CSS and future improvements to global font application.
30:00 – 37:30 | Release highlights walkthrough
Template Converter (Beta): convert V2 templates into editable new-designer templates.
Conditional Content (GA): the feature demoed earlier.
A/B Testing: new-designer emails can now be used in standard Marketo A/B tests.
Brand Themes (GA Nov 7): upcoming feature to centrally define brand colors, fonts, spacing, and button styles for reuse across emails, templates, and fragments.
Image-to-HTML generation: upload a design image to automatically convert it into an editable email layout.
Cross-program email cloning: restored ability to clone emails directly into other programs.
Reporting fix: new designer emails will soon behave correctly in program-level reporting without manual selection.
37:30 – 42:19 | Closing and open questions
Confirmed no retirement date yet for the V2 editor and encouraged exploration of the new features released or coming this week.
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