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Eden BrillApril 30, 2025
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Composable Martech at Scale: What Otto and Springer Nature Can Teach Enterprise Marketers

If you’re navigating the complexity of modern marketing systems—fragmented stacks, siloed teams, and rising pressure to prove ROI—you’re not alone. But some enterprise leaders are meeting these challenges head-on.

In a recent webinar hosted by Scott Brinker, Editor of chiefmartec and VP, Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot, we heard directly from Otto Group, Germany’s largest online retailer, and Springer Nature, the world’s leading scientific publisher. Their message was clear: composability is no longer a future ambition—it’s how global marketing teams are already scaling personalization and performance today.

“All of this modularity, the interoperability, the scalability... is really in the service of flexibility—giving you the options to evolve your Martech stack quickly.”

— Scott Brinker, Editor of chiefmartec and VP Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot

From Scott Brinker’s webinar, “Driving Omnichannel Success with Integrated Platforms.”

Why these stories matter

Otto and Springer Nature aren’t just managing complexity—they’re operationalizing agility across thousands of campaigns and millions of customer touchpoints. Their frameworks offer a practical blueprint for CMOs, marketing technologists, and digital leaders looking to modernize without rebuilding from scratch.

Otto Group: Turning fragmentation into orchestration

The Challenge
With 12+ million active customers and 200+ campaigns running monthly, Otto’s marketing ecosystem had to overcome large product portfolio fragmentation and content silos.

The Solution
Otto built an adaptive Martech stack with:

  • A strong data foundation
  • Marketing Resource Management (MRM) from Marmind
  • Content orchestration tools
  • Dynamic attribution models

“We want to build a steering loop that allows us to simulate campaigns before they run. That’s the next stage of marketing.”

— Stephan Huth, Head of Martech Products & Processes, Otto

Springer Nature: Scaling campaigns without scaling overhead

The Challenge
Springer Nature needed to launch thousands of niche research campaigns while avoiding vendor lock-in and demonstrating clear ROI.

The Solution
They reimagined marketing around automation-first principles, using:

  • Data as a product
  • Customer Data Platforms (CDPs)
  • Modular content delivery powered by Censhare’s PIM, DAM, and CMS

This enabled fully automated campaigns, where marketers plan strategically, but systems handle execution end-to-end.

“Our goal was fully automated campaigns where marketers don't touch execution. The system launches the product and starts targeting the right people on its own.”

— Aleksandar Dimitrievski, Head of Marketing Technology & Data, Springer Nature

4 Practical Takeaways from Enterprise Leaders

  1. Start small – Prove value with a focused use case before scaling.
  2. Break silos with cross-functional teams – It’s faster and more resilient.
  3. Focus on outcomes, not tool features – Let performance guide adoption.
  4. Align with OKRs – Shared goals across teams drive smarter execution.

What enables it all: Marmind & Censhare

While Otto and Springer Nature are the case studies, Marmind and Censhare are the composable platforms making these outcomes possible:

  • Marmind empowers agile, KPI-driven planning and orchestration across departments.
  • Censhare centralizes and automates content, data, and product information to scale modular, AI-ready delivery.

“It’s not about a vendor-built tech stack. It’s about creating tailored marketing at scale, with the flexibility to switch tools without disruption.”

— Patrick Moser, CEO of Marmind and Management Board Member, Entirely


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Eden Brill
Eden Brill is the Marketing Coordinator for censhare with a focus on the European regions. Based in Switzerland, she joined the censhare team in 2023 after many years of marketing experience in various industries, including advertising, healthcare and media production. Her interests lie in the implementation of marketing strategies and events, as well as in improving global brand positioning.

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