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AI for Art Directors

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.

Art Directors · O*NET 27-1011.00 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

29 of 40tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

51 matched to the tools art directors use. Showing 24.

  • Figma

    MCP server

    Figma is a collaborative design tool for creating user interfaces, prototypes, and graphics.

    Figma

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Figma MCP or direct API to search design files, fetch team projects, post comments, and manage file versions through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Google Slides MCP or direct API to create new presentations, update slides, extract content, and collaborate on decks through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • WordPress is a website and blog creation and publishing platform with tools for aesthetic designing, visitor tracking, content storage and upload, and more

    Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Youtube MCP or direct API to upload videos, fetch channel analytics, manage playlists, and moderate comments through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Make (make.com)

  • Make (make.com)

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Facebook MCP or direct API to post updates, fetch messages, manage comments, and gather page analytics through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Google Slides

    MCP server

    Google Slides allows you to create, edit, and share presentations with anyone, online, for free.

    Google Slides

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
  • Wordpress

    MCP server
  • 3ds Max is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software, which helps users manage design visualization and development of games and other 3D content. The modeling and texturing functionality enables designers to create and animate geometry, modify textures, and apply material

  • Adobe Acrobat is PDF editing software that can be used to create, convert and share PDF documents. It can convert documents in Microsoft Office formats to PDFs, and vice versa. PDFs can be viewed, annotated, and signed using Adobe Sign and the free Acrobat Reader mobile app.

  • Adobe Creative Cloud is a graphic design and video editing suite that enables businesses to publish print layouts, edit images, manage PDF documents, and collaborate with team members using various mobile and desktop applications.

  • Adobe Photoshop

    MCP server
  • Adobe Premiere Pro is a cloud-based video editing software designed to help businesses create and edit professional videos using various built-in tools. Supervisors can import videos on the platform, add transition effects, and export finished footage to the required destination.

  • Adobe Sign

    MCP server

The tools this job actually uses

52 documented for this occupation. Showing 40, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Acrobathot
  • Adobe After Effectshot
  • Adobe Creative Cloud softwarehot
  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Adobe InDesignhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • AJAXhot
  • Apple macOShot
  • Atlassian Confluencehot
  • Atlassian JIRAhot
  • Cascading style sheets CSShot
  • Facebookhot
  • Figmahot
  • Hypertext markup language HTMLhot
  • JavaScripthot
  • jQueryhot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • PHPhot
  • WordPresshot
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe Director
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Apache Flex
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Apple iWork Keynote
  • Apple Keynote
  • Autodesk 3ds Max Design
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Computer assisted design software
  • Data visualization software
  • Drupal
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Google Slides

What this job involves

16 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 16.

  1. Work with creative directors to develop design solutions.
  2. Present final layouts to clients for approval.
  3. Manage own accounts and projects, working within budget and scheduling requirements.
  4. Confer with creative, art, copywriting, or production department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts and to coordinate creative activities.
  5. Confer with clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
  6. Formulate basic layout design or presentation approach and specify material details, such as style and size of type, photographs, graphics, animation, video, and sound.
  7. Review and approve art materials, copy materials, and proofs of printed copy developed by staff members.
  8. Mark up, paste, and complete layouts and write typography instructions to prepare materials for typesetting or printing.
  9. Create custom illustrations or other graphic elements.
  10. Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained.
  11. Review illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications.
  12. Hire, train, and direct staff members who develop design concepts into art layouts or who prepare layouts for printing.
  13. Conceptualize and help design interfaces for multimedia games, products, and devices.
  14. Research current trends and new technology, such as printing production techniques, computer software, and design trends.
  15. Prepare detailed storyboards showing sequence and timing of story development for television production.
  16. Negotiate with printers and estimators to determine what services will be performed.