Design layouts for print publications.

Design layouts for print publications. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Create visual designs or displays. in Thinking Creatively .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 7 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 6 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.025% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type. · Graphic Designers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Mark up, paste, and complete layouts and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing. · Art Directors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer. · Graphic Designers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. · Editors · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing. · Graphic Designers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Assist in laying out material for publication. · Technical Writers · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles. · Editors · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Graphic Designers
• Art Directors
• Editors
• Technical Writers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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