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O*NET 41-9012.00: ModelsMedian pay $48,470/year (BLS, May 2025)10 tasksJob Zone 2: Some preparation

Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.

Type your own title and every prompt on this page updates to match. Also called: Art Class Model, Art Model, Artist's Model, Figure Model, Fine Arts Model, Life Drawing Model, Model, Nude Model, Studio Model, Undraped Artist Model.

Where AI fits in this job

AI-ready 17%AI-assist 17%Stays human 66%

Share of the job's tasks, weighted by how important and how frequent each task is (O*NET ratings). 1 AI-ready, 2 AI-assist and 7 human-led tasks out of 10. This measures where AI can help, not whether the job will disappear.

Information & paperwork
Thinking & planning
People & communication
Leading & teaching
Hands-on & physical

Shape of the job: importance of each kind of work activity (O*NET, 1 to 5).

🗓 Start here on Monday

The most frequent, most important tasks where AI can help right away.

  1. Record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers.Write it up · Weekly
  2. Report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments.Coordinate & message · Monthly
  3. Gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs.Crunch the numbers · Monthly

💪 Lean into these

Core tasks that stay human. These skills get more valuable as the routine work gets automated.

  1. Pose for artists and photographers.Be there for people · Daily
  2. Follow strict routines of diet, sleep, and exercise to maintain appearance.Hands-on work · Weekly
  3. Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.Be there for people · Monthly

Skills to build & where you could move ↓

AI can draft these 1

AI produces a usable first pass. You review it, fix it and own it.

Record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers.

Weekly

AI writes the first draft from your notes; you check every fact.

Show prompt & steps

Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to record rates of pay and durations of jobs on vouchers.

Context: We use Microsoft Word.
Report: [budget, expense, financial summary]
Figures and context: [paste numbers, notes]
Audience: [board, manager, regulator]

Draft the report with a summary, tables, variances explained and next steps. Use plain language and headings where they help, and mark anything you had to guess with [CHECK].

10-minute exercise: Financial or budget report

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you record rates of pay and durations of jobs (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Report], [Figures and context] and [Audience] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Recompute every total and check each variance explanation against the books.

AI will happily make up numbers, names and dates. Every fact in the draft needs checking against your source.

Importance 4.6/5 · O*NET work activity: Prepare financial documents, reports, or budgets..

AI can help you prep these 2

AI speeds up the prep, drafting or thinking. The core of the task is still yours.

Report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments.

Monthly

AI drafts clear messages and talking points.

Show prompt & steps

AI can draft updates, emails and talking points so your message is clear and complete. Relationships and real-time calls are yours.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to report job completions to agencies and obtain information about future appointments.

Context: We use Instagram and Twitter.
Information: [irregularities, referrals]
To whom: [manager, investigator]

Draft a concise factual report. Keep it under 150 words with a clear ask, plus a 2-sentence version for chat.

10-minute exercise: Report information

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you report job completions.
Step 2Fill in [Information] and [To whom] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Edit it until it sounds like you, then send it yourself.

Never let AI send messages for you. Read every word, because tone mistakes cost trust.

Importance 4.0/5 · O*NET work activity: Report information to managers or other personnel.. Also involves: Identify job or employment opportunities..

Gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs.

Monthly

AI does the arithmetic and suggests what to look at; the conclusions are yours.

Show prompt & steps

AI can do the arithmetic, build the spreadsheet formula and suggest what to look at. Deciding what the numbers mean for your situation is still you.

Ready-to-use prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to gather information from agents concerning the pay, dates, times, provisions, and lengths of jobs.

Context: We use Microsoft Excel.
Location or job: [where, what kind of work or booking]
What I need to know: [power, access, layout, pay, dates]

Give me a checklist of questions to ask or things to check before I arrive or agree, and a simple form to record the answers.

10-minute exercise: Site or booking fact-find

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you gather information.
Step 2Fill in [Location or job] and [What I need to know].
Step 3Use the form on the visit or call and add anything it missed.

AI makes arithmetic mistakes. Recompute anything that matters with a spreadsheet formula.

Importance 4.1/5 · O*NET work activity: Gather information about work conditions or locations..

These stay human 7

They need your hands, your presence or your accountable judgment. Lean into them: they get more valuable as routine work is automated.

📏 Measured in this job (O*NET work context): Contact with others: constant contact with others · Face-to-face discussions: once a week or more but not every day

Pose for artists and photographers.

Daily

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to pose for artists and photographers.

Job: [shoot, event]
Requirements: [look, schedule]

Prepare a checklist and questions for the client. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Modeling or promo prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you pose for artists and photographers (today).
Step 2Fill in [Job] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 4.4/5 · core task · O*NET work activity: Model cosmetics, clothing, or accessories..

Follow strict routines of diet, sleep, and exercise to maintain appearance.

Weekly

Physical, in-person work. AI helps with checklists and write-ups.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI helps around the job: decoding manuals and instructions, pre-job checklists, calculations and writing up what you did afterward.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to follow strict routines of diet, sleep, and exercise to maintain appearance.

Requirement: [job fitness standard, appearance]
Schedule: [shifts, time available]

Draft a weekly training and recovery plan. Include the tools, materials and safety steps, the measurements or settings to double-check, and a 3-line template for logging the job. Flag anything to confirm in the manufacturer's manual.

10-minute exercise: Fitness routine

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you follow strict routines of diet and sleep (this week).
Step 2Fill in [Requirement] and [Schedule] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Check it with a qualified trainer or physician before starting.

Importance 3.3/5 · O*NET work activity: Participate in physical training to maintain fitness..

Pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.

Monthly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses for promoting and selling merchandise or fashions during appearances, filming, or photo sessions.

Job: [shoot, event]
Requirements: [look, schedule]

Prepare a checklist and questions for the client. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Modeling or promo prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you pose as directed, or strike suitable interpretive poses.
Step 2Fill in [Job] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 3.6/5 · O*NET work activity: Model cosmetics, clothing, or accessories..

Work closely with photographers, fashion coordinators, directors, producers, stylists, make-up artists, other models, and clients to produce the desired looks, and to finish photo shoots on schedule.

Monthly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to work closely with photographers, fashion coordinators, directors, producers, stylists, make-up artists, other models, and clients to produce the desired looks, and to finish photo shoots on schedule.

Job: [shoot, event]
Requirements: [look, schedule]

Prepare a checklist and questions for the client. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Modeling or promo prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you produce the desired looks. Leave out names and identifying details.
Step 2Fill in [Job] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 3.0/5 · O*NET work activity: Model cosmetics, clothing, or accessories..

Apply makeup to face and style hair to enhance appearance, considering such factors as color, camera techniques, and facial features.

Monthly

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to apply makeup to face and style hair to enhance appearance, considering such factors as color, camera techniques, and facial features.

Job: [shoot, event]
Requirements: [look, schedule]

Prepare a checklist and questions for the client. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Modeling or promo prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you apply makeup.
Step 2Fill in [Job] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 3.1/5 · O*NET work activity: Model cosmetics, clothing, or accessories..

Assemble and maintain portfolios, print composite cards, and travel to go-sees to obtain jobs.

Monthly

Physical, in-person work. AI helps with checklists and write-ups.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: AI helps around the job: decoding manuals and instructions, pre-job checklists, calculations and writing up what you did afterward.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to assemble and maintain portfolios, print composite cards, and travel to go-sees to obtain jobs.

Items: [artwork, products, props]
Space: [gallery, set, store]

Plan layout, spacing and lighting. Include the tools, materials and safety steps, the measurements or settings to double-check, and a 3-line template for logging the job. Flag anything to confirm in the manufacturer's manual.

10-minute exercise: Arranging work or props

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you assemble and maintain portfolios.
Step 2Fill in [Items] and [Space] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3Step back and view from the audience's position.

Importance 3.7/5 · O*NET work activity: Arrange artwork, products, or props.. Also involves: Drive passenger vehicles..

Dress in sample or completed garments, and select accessories.

A few times a year

Human connection. Use AI only before and after, to prepare.

Show prep prompt & steps

Where AI still helps: Use AI before and after, not during. Prepare talking points, practise a hard conversation, or turn your notes into a follow-up.

Prep prompt

I work as a model. Part of my job is to dress in sample or completed garments, and select accessories.

Job: [shoot, event]
Requirements: [look, schedule]

Prepare a checklist and questions for the client. Suggest ways to open, phrases to avoid, and how to handle it if things get tense. Then play the other person so I can practice.

10-minute exercise: Modeling or promo prep

Step 1Pick a real example: the next time you dress in sample or completed garments.
Step 2Fill in [Job] and [Requirements] with the real details, then run the prompt.
Step 3After the real conversation, write down what worked so you can reuse it.

Importance 2.5/5 · O*NET work activity: Model cosmetics, clothing, or accessories..

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Your next moves

Skills to build

From O*NET's ratings of how important each skill is in this job, matched to which part of the work it supports.

Stays human Deepen these

They power the human-led work, which is the part of the job AI can't take over.

  • Social Perceptivenessimportance 2.9/5
    Used in: Selling or Influencing Others
  • Active Listeningimportance 2.8/5
    Used in: Selling or Influencing Others
  • Speakingimportance 2.8/5
    Used in: Selling or Influencing Others
  • Coordinationimportance 2.6/5
    Used in: Selling or Influencing Others

With AI Use these to work with AI

When AI does the first draft, these are the skills you use to brief it and check what comes back.

  • Critical Thinkingimportance 2.6/5
    Used in: Getting Information
  • Reading Comprehensionimportance 2.5/5
    Used in: Getting Information

Where you could move

Related jobs from O*NET with the closest skill profile, favouring ones where more of the work stays human. No step down in preparation.

Getting into this job

High school diploma is most common (76% of workers)

  • High school or less 94%
  • Certificate or some college 2%
  • Bachelor's 4%
  • On-the-job training: none or a short demo
  • Related experience: up to 1 month

What workers in this job report, from O*NET surveys (typical values).

Software in this job

In-demand tools from O*NET. Many now have AI built in, so check what yours can do before adding a new tool.

Apple iOSApple SafariFacebookMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word

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