All occupations › Arts, design, media & sportsCan AI Replace Set and Exhibit Designers in 2026? Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 63% of today's set and exhibit designers tasks by 2036, and there is a 34% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
14% 2030 · 34% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
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0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 13% 2027: 15% 2028: 19% 2029: 24% 2030: 30% 2031: 38% 2032: 46% 2033: 52% 2034: 57% 2035: 61% 2036: 63% 30% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 99 2028: 98 2029: 97 2030: 95 2031: 92 2032: 90 2033: 88 2034: 87 2035: 86 2036: 85 95 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Attend rehearsals and production meetings to obtain and share information related to sets. 2 Confer with clients and staff to gather information about exhibit space, proposed themes and content, timelines, budgets, materials, or promotion requirements. 3 Inspect installed exhibits for conformance to specifications and satisfactory operation of special-effects components. 4 Submit plans for approval, and adapt plans to serve intended purposes, or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions. 5 Research architectural and stylistic elements appropriate to the time period to be depicted, consulting experts for information, as necessary. 6 Assign staff to complete design ideas and prepare sketches, illustrations, and detailed drawings of sets, or graphics and animation. 7 Provide supportive materials for exhibits and displays, such as press kits, advertising, publicity notices, posters, brochures, catalogues, and invitations. 8 Develop set designs, based on evaluation of scripts, budgets, research information, and available locations. 9 Prepare rough drafts and scale working drawings of sets, including floor plans, scenery, and properties to be constructed. 10 Prepare preliminary renderings of proposed exhibits, including detailed construction, layout, and material specifications, and diagrams relating to aspects such as… Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Provide supportive materials for exhibits and displays, such as press kits, advertising, publicity notices, posters, brochures, catalogues, and invitations". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Submit plans for approval, and adapt plans to serve intended purposes, or to conform to budget or fabrication restrictions". Get visibly better at your human core: "Attend rehearsals and production meetings to obtain and share information related to sets". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Read about a lower-risk move: Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers. Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks Based on 27 O*NET tasks for "Set and Exhibit Designers" (SOC 27-1027.00). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 78%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
