Automatable

A task performed by Art Directors

Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.

Low PriorityLow desire · low capability

Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2.5/5) and AI capability (2/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.

Worker desire to automate2.5/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 8 workers).

AI capability today2.0/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 4 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H4AI assists, but humans lead

Why workers feel the way they do

  • Frees up time for higher-value work25%
  • It's stressful25%
  • Reduces human error25%
  • It's repetitive13%
  • It's difficult13%
  • Helps handle larger scale13%

How to automate this

Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.

Judgment, review & checks

Automate the checks, keep the decision with a person.

  1. 1Encode rules and checklists so routine cases are flagged automatically.
  2. 2Add validation rules to catch errors before they reach you.
  3. 3Let AI pre-screen and surface the exceptions, you decide the hard ones.

Tools that can help

Validation rulesChecklist / SOP appAI triage

Know a better way, or spot an error?

Share how you automate this in real life, or correct the data. Reviewed before publishing.

This is 1 of 8 tasks studied for Art Directors, where workers want 38% of tasks automated.

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