Career Intelligence Universe
Design Careers
Graphic, UX, UI, and research design roles — tools accelerate production; problem framing stays human.
What this cohort is: Design careers mix creative and research work. JR maps which production tasks compress and which user-judgment tasks endure.
- 4 individually researched roles linked below
- AI patterns use published Index tiers only — no invented family scores
- Next step: personal assessment → skill gaps → learning → proof → opportunities
Roles included (researched)
Only individually researched occupations are listed with Index tiers. Related directory titles appear on the coverage map as taxonomy-mapped — not as fake research.
Evidence note: AI exposure tiers below come only from JR’s published AI Job Risk Index for individually researched occupations. Taxonomy-mapped titles are discoverable but are not individually scored.
AI impact pattern
Pattern derived only from published AI Job Risk Index tiers for researched roles in this family.
High automation pressure
1 researched roles in this set (published Index: high).
Augmentation-heavy
2 researched roles (published Index: moderate).
Human-led / AI-assisted
1 researched roles (published Index: low).
Common responsibilities
Aggregated from JR’s role taxonomy dimensions for the researched occupations above — not scraped job ads.
- Creation — appears in 3 researched roles in this set
- Research — appears in 2 researched roles in this set
- Communication — appears in 2 researched roles in this set
- Analysis — appears in 1 researched role in this set
Human advantage
- Creativity — shared across 3 researched roles
- Judgment — shared across 2 researched roles
- Relationships — shared across 1 researched role
Career family branches
Visual, product, UX research, and interface design.
- Graphic Design
- UX / UI
- UX Research
Typical moves & adjacent careers
- ux designer to product designer (ux-designer → ux-designer)
- ux researcher to product manager (ux-researcher → product-manager)
What can I move into? · Skills that survive across careers
Learning & proof
Academy topics and public guides already wired to these roles:
- Kinds of AI (Generative, Predictive, and More)
- Prompt Engineering Techniques (Chain-of-Thought, ReAct)
- How AI Shows Up at Work Today
- AI Terms You Should Know
- What is AI?
Also: Upskill Academy · Excel at Work · Freelance projects · Job board
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Updated 2026-09-15. Methodology: how scoring works · research · coverage & evidence depths.