Aside from the more technical roles for us evaluators (some say “power users”) I mentioned last, I came upon two other options: AI Documentation & Literacy Specialist and AI Content Specialist.
For the first, I have previously built simple tutorials and led some lunch-and-learns on web skills at my positions and so was interested in that this position can fit “educator-writers.” I want to leverage my writing, explaining, and evaluation skills. I like to make tech, including AI, easy to access and useful, and material of this type produced includes “plain English” guides, interactive tutorials, safety checklists, FAQs, and ethical usage policies. I can create, update, and maintain these materials and help thousands of people. I take the complex, evolving topics and break them down for companies–or grandmothers. It’s about empowerment and education, while simplifying.
The second involves infusing company products with soul and empathy, while maintaining editorial standards. Your products will come across more human, not robot. Products can include: master AI style guides, prompts to generate perfect articles, scripts, and reports. It’s about quality and brand, while performing high-level editing and matching tone.
The first is mission, the second is craft. Educational strategy v. high-level editorial oversight.
In both of these capacities, I can apply my journalism background and my attention to clarity, tone, and usefulness in my AI analysis.
I did a little job projection research and it does seem like the AI Documentation & Literacy Specialist is a role for which demand will remain steadier over the long term. Meanwhile, AI Content Specialist has a current high availability of positions and may evolve into the orchestrator, an expert who manages multiple outputs to ensure quality (much spoken about right now).
I presented these as two more options for the AI analyst/evaluators who like me want to move forward into more responsibility and impact (and career potential). For me, I am leaning more to the education side. It seems like the more “future-proof” because companies are realizing that using the tech safely and effectively is a demand that will not go away. Internal training materials and public-facing literacy guides will always be needed.
I may continue this in a third part as I go, but to my fellow evaluators, do you have a trajectory you are interested in? Love to hear from you on what you are doing or planning!