What an AI agent can do for design, video, photography and audio
Creative work is where AI agents have moved fastest. They now produce rough cuts from raw footage, batch-retouch thousands of photos, build brand concepts and edit podcasts, then hand the work to a person for the creative judgement. Studios that learn to direct this can take on far more with the same team.
15 jobs an agent can take on
● largely automated, a person checks · ○ a person leads, the agent does the heavy lifting
- Logo concepts in 20 styles from one brief
- Brand guidelines document from approved logo and palette
- Colour palettes with accessibility contrast checks
- Social media templates sized for every platform
- Rough cut assembled from raw footage and transcript
- Subtitles and captions in 30 languages
- Short social clips cut from long-form interviews
- Shot lists and call sheets from a script
- Product photos retouched in batches of thousands
- Backgrounds removed and replaced for online listings
- Lifestyle scenes generated around real product shots
- Headshots colour-matched for consistent team pages
- Podcast episodes edited, levelled and mastered
- Show notes, transcripts and timestamps per episode
- Audiograms and video clips for social promotion
These come from our map of 1,080 jobs AI agents can already do. It is a starting point, not a complete list.
A real example
Hidden Home Technology: a design-and-install business run with an AI agent. Our working estimate is 4 to 45 hours of skilled work back for every hour Dan spends directing the agent.
How we help
We do not sell you a black box. Our two-day Build Your Own AI Agent course teaches you to set up, run and improve your own agent, on your own accounts, starting with one useful job from the list above. For larger teams we run workshops shaped around your organisation.
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Does this replace designers and editors?
It changes the job. The agent does the heavy, repetitive production. The person sets direction, makes the creative calls and signs off the result.
Can an agent use our editing tools?
Many tools can now be driven by an agent through plug-in connections, so it works inside the software you already use.
Other industries
- Trades and construction
- Pubs, restaurants and hospitality
- Events and weddings
- Architecture, interiors, lighting and AV
- Estate agents and property
- Accountants, lawyers and professional services
- Shops and online retail
- Charities, councils and clubs
- Health, fitness and beauty
- Farming and rural businesses
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