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digital content creation

🔻 Declining

Create and edit new content (from word processing to images and video); integrate and re-elaborate previous knowledge and content; produce creative expressions, media outputs and programming; deal with and apply intellectual property rights and licences.

digital content creation — create and edit new content (from word processing to images and video); integrate and re-elaborate previous knowledge and content; produce creative expressions, media outputs and programming; deal with and apply intellectual property rights and licences. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 50.68/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. It is currently listed by 4 occupations in our catalogue, including digital artist, digital media designer, video artist, and web content manager.

Category: skills › using digital tools for collaboration and productivity SCI: 50.68/100 Also known as: content-creation with ICT program, content created by ICT software, ICT software content-creation, content-creation with ICT softwares, content creation with ICT software

Occupations that require digital content creation

Showing top 4 of 4 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

digital artist · 🤖 5.0/10
digital media designer · 🤖 5.0/10
video artist · 🤖 5.0/10
web content manager · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is digital content creation?

Create and edit new content (from word processing to images and video); integrate and re-elaborate previous knowledge and content; produce creative expressions, media outputs and programming; deal with and apply intellectual property rights and licences.

What category of skill is digital content creation?

ESCO classifies digital content creation under the skills category, specifically in the using digital tools for collaboration and productivity subcategory.

Is digital content creation an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 50.68/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require digital content creation?

In our catalogue, 4 occupations list digital content creation as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include digital artist, digital media designer, video artist, web content manager.

Is digital content creation the same as content-creation with ICT program?

Yes — digital content creation is also known as content-creation with ICT program, content created by ICT software, ICT software content-creation, content-creation with ICT softwares, or content creation with ICT software. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn digital content creation?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands digital content creation and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.