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Junior Designer: The Role AI Tried to Replace

Junior Designer: The Role AI Tried to Replace (But Could Never)

By Maricella Kaples

Being a TXCer means I like to sit front row, and for me that means subscribing to some cool design substacks. Recently, I stumbled across a post by Carly Ayres – a writer and design strategist at Figma – that spoke to the importance of junior designers. My first thought was, “Hey, that’s me! How nice of you to say!” After reading more, I think she’s totally right about emerging AI, the declining rate of junior roles, and what both could do to our industry. Some AI tools can do things