Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.

“Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.” is a core task performed by Art Directors. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#3 most important). About 73% 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.

• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Work with creative directors to develop design solutions. · importance 4.6
• Present final layouts to clients for approval. · importance 4.5
• Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities. · importance 4.3
• Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques. · importance 4.3
• Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound. · importance 4.2
• Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members. · importance 4.2
• Mark up, paste, and complete layouts and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing. · importance 4.2
• Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements. · importance 4.1
• Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained. · importance 4.1
• Review illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications. · importance 4.0
• Hire, train, and direct staff members who develop design concepts into art layouts or who prepare layouts for printing. · importance 4.0
• Conceptualize and help design interfaces for multimedia games, products, and devices. · importance 3.9
• Research current trends and new technology, such as printing production techniques, computer software, and design trends. · importance 3.7
• Prepare detailed storyboards showing sequence and timing of story development for television production. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Art Directors 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.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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