Every new wave of technology has faced skepticism. When the printing press was introduced, the elite clung to their handcrafted books. But for the working class, it was a game-changer, making information and creativity accessible in ways the world hadn’t seen before. AI, like it or not, is today’s version of that shift. It may feel unfamiliar, but it’s not here to replace your creativity. It’s here to expand it.
The smartest way to move forward in your career is to acknowledge how AI can support your work—and use it to your advantage. The sooner we learn what works for us, the sooner we can help shape how AI is used ethically in the world.
So the question becomes: How will you make AI work for you?Here are a few ways to start.
Like the printing press, AI removes barriers and opens the door for people to get creative in new ways. Whether you’re an experienced designer or exploring something new, today’s tools make it easier to learn, create, and share.
These tools are already democratizing skill sets across industries. The faster you figure out how AI works best for you, and how you can use it to spark innovation, the more prepared you’ll be to take part in a highly competitive job market.
Want to build a better portfolio that gets more clicks? Need tutorials tailored to the exact skill you’re leveling up? AI can help you find what you need and build it faster. The possibilities are expanding by the day.
AI can take on the repetitive work that eats up your time. From generating stock footage for a video to personalizing your app, think of it as a tool to clear space for creativity.
With a little coaching and a few strong prompts, AI can streamline the tasks that keep you from your best work—like identifying the best SEO terms for your branded content or organizing research. Once you figure out how the AI tool can support your process, you’ll see it’s just another instrument in your toolkit (that you're helping to train).
Take Adobe’s generative fill, for example. For a designer on a tight deadline, it can be a game-changer—freeing up time spent hunting for stock images or painstakingly retouching, so you can focus on what really matters: the creative.
AI isn't just for solo work. It can support your team’s collaboration by speeding up project planning, gathering feedback, or building quick prototypes.
Use it during brainstorms to generate ideas, gain real-time feedback, or create prototypes and presentations together faster. Let it help shape early-stage presentations or concepts or clean up a project the team’s gone cross-eyed over. With fewer time drains, your team has more room to think, iterate, and get to the best solution together, thanks to a little help from AI software.
AI doesn’t always get it right. Its output might be wrong or straight-up plagiarized. And yes, we need to be alert to ethical concerns. But that’s why your role as a thoughtful, creative human is so essential.
But we can also acknowledge that we deserve AI that does more to absorb routine tasks so that we can get back to making what we love. The more you engage with AI now, the more you influence how it’s built and used. This is your chance to shape a version of AI that supports real creativity, not replaces it.
That’s where we come in. At Artisan, we connect top creative talent with companies that are embracing smart technology—and smart teams.
Whether you're looking for a new opportunity or hiring for roles like AI Prompting Engineer, AI Ethicist, or AI Data Engineer, we can help. Let’s build what’s next. Together.