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Web and Digital Interface Designers
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Perform or direct Web site updates.AI could speed this up a lot
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 loss25%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
83%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 86% 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
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.
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.