Client buys 2,000 stock photos for the year's campaigns. Uploaded to Content Builder with filenames like IMG_4839.jpg. Nobody can find anything. Einstein Content Tagging auto-tags with AI vision.
Client buys a 2,000-photo stock library for the year's campaigns. Uploads all of them to Content Builder. Filenames: IMG_4839.jpg, stock-0023.png, shutterstock_1928473.jpg.
Six months later, a designer needs "winter hiking" photos for a seasonal campaign. Searches the library. Finds nothing - filenames don't describe content.
Einstein Content Tagging solves this automatically.
Enable it in Content Builder Settings. Einstein analyzes every image (existing and newly uploaded) using AI vision models and auto-assigns descriptive tags:
No manual effort. Tags are searchable - designer types "winter hiking" and finds the matching image.
Content Builder > Settings > Einstein Content Tagging > Enable.
After enabling:
Free feature in most Einstein-enabled editions. Confirm your client's edition includes it.
Flat tag lists get messy at scale. Nested tags organize hierarchically:
Search from broad to specific:
Scales better than flat tags when the library is thousands of images across many categories.
Einstein tags are a starting point. You can add manual tags for:
Manual tags coexist with Einstein tags.
Content Builder search box accepts tag queries:
Complex queries beyond this need filtering in a separate UI, but simple tag-based search covers most designer needs.
AI vision isn't perfect:
Review tags on important assets. Add manual tags where Einstein's output is thin or inaccurate.
Not a reason to skip Einstein - 90% auto-tagging plus 10% manual correction beats 100% manual tagging.
When the client buys a stock library:
From that point, designers search by tag instead of filename. Asset discovery goes from minutes-per-search to seconds.
Monthly:
Prevents library rot.
Upload 2,000 images without Einstein. Enable it later - retroactive tagging still works, but the library has been painful to search the whole time.
Enable at kickoff. Save the pain.
Client's own product photos may not be tagged accurately. Einstein doesn't know "your brand's spring 2026 collection" is a concept.
Always add manual tags for brand/campaign-specific assets. Auto-tags are insufficient for those.
Flat tag list of 200 unique tags. Search hit rate is low because tags are too specific or too generic.
Set up nested hierarchy early - 20 top-level categories, each with subcategories. Scales better than flat.
Einstein Content Tagging plus good folder structure plus consistent naming (covered in the Content Builder governance post) compounds. Searchable by tag, browsable by folder, identifiable by filename.
The three together make the library a resource, not a dumping ground.
Einstein Content Tagging turns a photo library from "where's that image?" into a searchable resource with zero manual tagging effort. Enable at kickoff, use nested hierarchy, supplement with manual tags for brand-specific content. One of the highest-value Einstein features for clients with large asset libraries.
Onboarding large asset libraries to SFMC Content Builder? Our Salesforce team structures taxonomies and enables Einstein tagging on production engagements. Get in touch ->
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