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Create visual designs or displays

Work activity · O*NET

Create visual designs or displays is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Thinking Creatively. 96 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.

  • Draw detailed or technical illustrations
  • Prepare graphics or other visual representations of information
  • Create maps
  • Create graphical representations of mechanical equipment
  • Create graphical representations of structures or landscapes
  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation
  • Create images or other visual displays
  • Prepare maps

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 38.4% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 27.3% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 48.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 92nd 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
Architectural and Civil Drafters 11
Graphic Designers 10
Special Effects Artists and Animators 9
Mechanical Drafters 8
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 7
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 6
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 6
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 5
Web and Digital Interface Designers 5
Art Directors 4
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 4
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 4
Park Naturalists 4
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 3
Forest and Conservation Technicians 3
Landscape Architects 3
Remote Sensing Technicians 3
Set and Exhibit Designers 3
Video Game Designers 3
Agricultural Engineers 2
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate 2
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Commercial and Industrial Designers 2
Craft Artists 2
Data Warehousing Specialists 2
Editors 2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Electricians 2
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians 2
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 2
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Interior Designers 2
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 2
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 2
Precision Agriculture Technicians 2
Surveyors 2
Technical Writers 2
Traffic Technicians 2
Wind Energy Engineers 2
Art Therapists 1

Showing 40 of 96 occupations.

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 39 occupations in occupations that perform Create visual designs or displays.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Forest and Conservation Technicians Electricians Art Therapists Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians Traffic Technicians Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators Park Naturalists Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Surveyors Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Agricultural Engineers Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Surveying and Mapping Technicians Wind Energy Engineers Data Warehousing Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Create visual designs or displays., 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 visual designs or displays." 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-visual-designs-or-displays

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-create-visual-designs-or-displays,
  title  = {Create visual designs or displays},
  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-visual-designs-or-displays}
}

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