Senior CGI Production Lead

Southern Graphic Systems, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Marks, part of the Propelis Group, seeks a Senior Producer for its Content Studio in North America. You will own end-to-end CGI-led production, budgeting, and partner collaboration from pre-production through final delivery.

You will work with creatives, CGI artists, photographers, and film makers, lead resource planning, and manage multi-studio timelines in a hybrid work model that balances collaboration and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in a CGI-led studio environment, ideally in a branding/packaging agency.
• Experience with pre/post-production and shooting of video content is advantageous.
• Experience working directly with clients and crafting/SOWs with risk awareness.

Responsibilities

• Act as an extension of the global Content Solutions team across disciplines and geographies.
• Translate creative vision into executable production plans for CGI, motion, retouching, photography, and post-production.
• Own end-to-end production delivery from pre-production to final asset delivery.
• Lead production estimating, budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking with finance and client services.
• Manage timelines, dependencies, risks, and delivery expectations for all stakeholders.
• Oversee day-to-day production in a CGI-led studio environment.
• Communicate with clients and client services on production and project delivery.
• Identify resource requirements and coordinate with Resource Managers and other studios.
• Forecast, book, and onboard freelance resources as needed.
• Negotiate costs with external providers ensuring alignment with budgets.
• Maintain project documentation (estimates, POs, NDAs, MSAs, etc.).
• Manage relationships with third-party suppliers.

Skills

CGI-led studio

Pre/post-production

Client liaison

Budgeting & forecasting

Team leadership

Risk and capacity planning

Tools

Shotgrid

Jira

Trello

Job description

Marks, part of the Propelis Group, seeks a Senior Producer for its Content Studio in North America. You will own end-to-end CGI-led production, budgeting, and partner collaboration from pre-production through final delivery.

You will work with creatives, CGI artists, photographers, and film makers, lead resource planning, and manage multi-studio timelines in a hybrid work model that balances collaboration and flexibility.