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Create artistic designs or performances

Work activity · O*NET

Create artistic designs or performances is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Thinking Creatively. 20 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Develop artistic or design concepts for decoration, exhibition, or commercial purposes
  • Create musical compositions, arrangements or scores
  • Choreograph dances
  • Design jewelry or decorative objects
  • Design costumes or cosmetic effects for characters

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 42.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 26.9% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 54.6% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 93rd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Music Directors and Composers 14
Choreographers 6
Fashion Designers 4
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 4
Musicians and Singers 3
Set and Exhibit Designers 3
Commercial and Industrial Designers 2
Floral Designers 2
Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance 2
Potters, Manufacturing 2
Special Effects Artists and Animators 2
Art Directors 1
Costume Attendants 1
Craft Artists 1
Dancers 1
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 1
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers 1
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 1
Interior Designers 1
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 18 occupations in occupations that perform Create artistic designs or performances.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Choreographers Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Set and Exhibit Designers Music Directors and Composers Special Effects Artists and Animators Fashion Designers Art Directors AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Create artistic designs or performances., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Create artistic designs or performances." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/create-artistic-designs-or-performances

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Create artistic designs or performances. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/create-artistic-designs-or-performances

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-create-artistic-designs-or-performances,
  title  = {Create artistic designs or performances},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/create-artistic-designs-or-performances}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.