Lead CGI Artist Generalist in London

With more than 150 years of industry-leading experience, the businesses of SGS & Co and SGK are uniting to form SGX—a powerful force in innovative packaging production. Building on the legacy of trusted service since 1947 and 1953, SGX will deliver the full suite of packaging graphics, plate and cylinder production, and metal deco services to brand owners, retailers, and printers—all with a focus on reducing complexity, delivering flawless in-market execution, and leveraging global reach to drive consistency and impact at scale.

About the Role

This position calls for a highly collaborative team member with a creative spark, sophisticated design abilities, strong communication skills, passion, and self-motivation. You will be tasked with thoughtful problem-solving that leads into high-caliber campaign concepts and executions, informed by a strategic framework and narrative. As a Sr. CGI Generalist, you will work and consult with teams across our entire global Marks ecosystem, on an exciting range of clients and categories, including industry leading consumer packaged goods and premium brands, and luxury items, contributing your expertise to deliver exceptional visual content.

On any given day you might:

• Help maintain a unified artistic direction and high creative standard in the creation of 3D CGI product and packaging work for an industry leading consumer electronic client.
• Lead the collaborative development and process of all work from inception to final delivery through problem solving and creative thinking.
• Help establish and maintain a high level of quality control.
• Provide creative governance and leadership throughout the CGI production process.
• Manage expectations of production with a keen eye towards talent and resourcing.
• Communicate project status, prioritized goals and updated timelines to the creative project’s teams regularly.
• Partner with Creative Directors, Designers, Retouchers and CGI artists to keep projects on time ensuring a high level of quality.
• Assist in bridging gaps between client requests, creative direction, production artist to final internal quality control and client delivery.
• Develop overarching campaign visuals and design directions that bring your ideas to life.
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions and internal reviews.
• Keep up to date with the latest trends and innovations – exploring ways to leverage AI tools to advance our work.

The ideal person:

• Extensive experience as a 3D artist working with tools such as Maya, Houdini, C4D, Nuke, Vray and Redshift.
• Deep understanding of the CGI process from modelling, compositing, texturing, lighting, rendering and retouching with a focus on generalist skills in Maya and Nuke.
• Experienced in high-end Product lighting and Comping.
• Experienced working with High-Poly meshes and in UV unwrapping/packing.
• Process driven with an eye to details, protocols, and file management.
• Experience collaborating with a team of CGI artists and retouching/post-production teams across regions through a connected production workflow.
• Experience working under performance constraints and driving successful visual compromises.
• Demonstrated decision making skills and strong communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to share skills and knowledge with other team members.
• Ability to work both as part of a team and unsupervised.
• A keen eye for detail and the ability to produce high quality visuals to tight deadlines.

You Bring:

• A minimum of 6+ years’ experience in CGI as a Generalist.
• 4+ years of experience in CPG focused content production.
• Well-rounded portfolio showcasing excellent understanding of campaign development in different communication spaces, mediums and approaches – including print, digital, social content and motion.
• Expert fluency in content creation software with a focus on CGI. DCCs such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke & C4D, rendering in a mix of Vray, Redshift and Karma.
• Strong working knowledge of the Adobe and Substance suite.
• Knowledge and interest in emerging technologies and AI.

Propelis is a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. Our broad range of integrated solutions include brand creative, packaging, print solutions, branded environments, and content production. Services are delivered through our family of brands: SGX, Marks, Equator, Collide, and 5Flow. With a combined legacy spanning more than 150 years, Propelis commences operations with 10,000 employees in 30+ countries, nearly $1 billion in annual sales, and a diverse client base of over 2,000 leading companies.