Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.

“Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.” is a core task performed by Editors. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#18 most important). About 68% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Communicate with others about specifications or project details. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax. · importance 4.5
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. · importance 4.5
• Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication. · importance 4.5
• Develop story or content ideas, considering reader or audience appeal. · importance 4.4
• Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work. · importance 4.3
• Oversee publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements. · importance 4.2
• Supervise and coordinate work of reporters and other editors. · importance 4.1
• Write text, such as stories, articles, editorials, or newsletters. · importance 4.1
• Monitor news-gathering operations to ensure utilization of all news sources, such as press releases, telephone contacts, radio, television, wire services, and other reporters. · importance 4.1
• Confer with management and editorial staff members regarding placement and emphasis of developing news stories. · importance 4.1
• Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. · importance 4.1
• Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production. · importance 4.0
• Select local, state, national, and international news items received from wire services, based on assessment of items' significance and interest value. · importance 3.9
• Allocate print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Editors page.

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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-1788,
  title  = {Meet frequently with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to discuss projects and resolve problems.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-1788}
}