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If the design world were preparing for an imminent AI takeover, then you’d expect that the companies employing designers would demand that new hires know how to use new, shiny tools like Midjourney and Leonardo. Believe it or not, that hasn't happened. Over the past year, the number of job descriptions asking for skills with generative AI tools has remained both flat and miniscule, with less than one percent of most jobs asking for any at all. Software platforms such as Adobe Creative Suite have integrated AI into their features, but in a way that merely extends longstanding capabilities—Photoshop’s magic editing wand is now more, uh, magical—instead of introducing a mode shift.
What companies do seem to want more of is Canva expertise. Mentions of the user-friendly graphic design software have increased by 72% over the past year among graphic design job postings. Graphic designers also increasingly need to be familiar with motion graphic tools. Mentions of Blender, the open-source 3D rendering and animation platform, are up 88% from last year. Blender was mentioned more often than any other piece of software in graphic design job listings.
If the design world were preparing for an imminent AI takeover, then you’d expect that the companies employing designers would demand that new hires know how to use new, shiny tools like Midjourney and Leonardo. Believe it or not, that hasn't happened. Over the past year, the number of job descriptions asking for skills with generative AI tools has remained both flat and miniscule, with less than one percent of most jobs asking for any at all. Software platforms such as Adobe Creative Suite have integrated AI into their features, but in a way that merely extends longstanding capabilities—Photoshop’s magic editing wand is now more, uh, magical—instead of introducing a mode shift.
What companies do seem to want more of is Canva expertise. Mentions of the user-friendly graphic design software have increased by 72% over the past year among graphic design job postings. Graphic designers also increasingly need to be familiar with motion graphic tools. Mentions of Blender, the open-source 3D rendering and animation platform, are up 88% from last year. Blender was mentioned more often than any other piece of software in graphic design job listings.
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If the design world were preparing for an imminent AI takeover, then you’d expect that the companies employing designers would demand that new hires know how to use new, shiny tools like Midjourney and Leonardo. Believe it or not, that hasn't happened. Over the past year, the number of job descriptions asking for skills with generative AI tools has remained both flat and miniscule, with less than one percent of most jobs asking for any at all. Software platforms such as Adobe Creative Suite have integrated AI into their features, but in a way that merely extends longstanding capabilities—Photoshop’s magic editing wand is now more, uh, magical—instead of introducing a mode shift.
What companies do seem to want more of is Canva expertise. Mentions of the user-friendly graphic design software have increased by 72% over the past year among graphic design job postings. Graphic designers also increasingly need to be familiar with motion graphic tools. Mentions of Blender, the open-source 3D rendering and animation platform, are up 88% from last year. Blender was mentioned more often than any other piece of software in graphic design job listings.