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Art Directors
Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Present final layouts to clients for approval.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.Mostly human for now
- 05Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.People already use AI for this at work
- 06Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Review illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss21%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
50%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 78% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
AI tools for your work
Official connectors that let an AI assistant work inside the apps designers use. Each is made by the app’s own maker.