Print & CGI Lead

About the role

The Print & CGI Lead is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing, developing and continuously improving print, graphic design, CGI and retouching capabilities across Publicis Production EMEA Hub. The role acts as a functional authority and strategic partner to department managers, creative teams and clients, ensuring alignment with company strategy, creative standards and scalability objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Provide functional leadership and governance for print, graphic design, CGI and retouching teams across the organization.
• Define, standardize and evolve creative, print and CGI production standards, best practices and quality benchmarks.
• Ensure alignment with company strategy, creative vision and production policies.
• Serve as senior escalation point for complex, high‑risk or high‑visibility creative deliveries.
• Drive continuous‑improvement initiatives focused on quality, efficiency, scalability and creative excellence.
• Support recruitment, onboarding and performance evaluation of graphic designers, CGI artists and retouchers.
• Assess competencies, define clear growth paths and skill frameworks across print and CGI disciplines.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer from senior creatives and international hubs to embed best practices and advanced techniques.
• Design and deliver training programmes, onboarding frameworks and knowledge‑sharing initiatives for print and CGI teams.
• Act as a capacity expert advising clients on print, CGI and retouching capabilities and scaling solutions.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading print, graphic design, CGI or retouching teams in a large, multi‑national organization.
• Strong ability to define and enforce creative and production standards.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to partner with department managers, creative teams and clients.
• Track record of driving continuous improvement and operational maturity.
• Experience in talent development, recruitment and building competency frameworks.

Required skills

• Print production expertise.
• Graphic design principles.
• Computer‑generated imagery (CGI) techniques.
• Retouching processes.