Associate Creative Director, 3D​/CGI

Who are we?

Marks is a global brand design and experience agency, uniquely constructed to enable brands to win in an age of constant change. Marks is part of the Propelis Group, a brand impact group that enables its household‑name clients to get there first – empowering acceleration on a global scale. From vision‑building to detailed execution, we enable brands to move faster and shift impact.

() We are the next‑gen creative platform, working at the collision of people, commerce, creativity and technology – purpose‑built for the world’s most ambitious brands, delivering content at the speed of culture.

Our Content Solutions team is the CGI and content engine of the agency – a specialist group of art directors, CGI artists, retouchers and producers who create photorealistic 3D product and packaging imagery for the world’s biggest CPG brands. We turn physical products into pixel‑perfect renders, building the assets, systems and libraries that power campaigns across retail, ecommerce, social, digital and beyond.

A multidisciplinary group of makers and problem‑solvers, we pair technical craft with sharp creative judgement to deliver work at the top tier of the industry.

As the Associate Creative Director, 3D / CGI, you will report to the Creative Director, Innovation as part of the Content Solutions team. You’ll lead CGI Art Directors and artists to creatively solve clients’ business problems, ensuring that photorealistic product and packaging work brings the strategy to life – successfully, on brief and on time. You will need to showcase an ability to work within teams, as well as demonstrate the independence and resourcefulness demanded by an agile and highly dynamic agency environment.

A strong communicator, you are able to present and sell ideas internally and to clients with passion and energy. You are responsible for building and growing your team to deliver against increasing client needs and demand – staffing, structuring, and empowering CGI project teams to deliver high‑caliber work. You partner with client services and operations teams to establish workflow processes, schedule resources across the CGI pipeline, and ensure timelines are met.

• Takes responsibility for the success of the Content Solutions CGI/art direction teams and the clients they serve.
• Acts as a creative and quality guardian for key account(s), owning the photoreal standard from concept to final delivery.
• Ensures the team is consistently developing ideas and CGI work, from concept to execution, that deliver on a strategic framework.
• Is an expert in producing photorealistic 3D product and packaging imagery and integrated content across retail, in‑store, ecommerce, digital, social and out‑of‑home channels.
• Has deep command of the CGI pipeline – modelling, texturing, look‑dev, lighting, rendering, compositing and retouching – and can direct artists across all of it.
• Experience concepting and developing motion and video content, including online video, social content and broadcast, alongside still CGI.
• Is as comfortable leading as jumping into a project to support the team through execution and hands‑on look‑dev.
• Leads and oversees the development of presentation deck narratives that frame and sell CGI approaches.
• Has a keen eye for detail and is thorough in reviewing the work of the team, from junior artists upward.
• Works with speed and agility while maintaining a high photoreal quality bar through execution.

• Presents themselves as a trusted expert, collaborative partner and seamless extension of the client’s team.
• Demonstrates empathy for and prioritizes the client’s specific business objectives.
• Supports new business and new work streams by attending kick‑offs and planning for CGI ingestion and resourcing.

• Collaborates with Marks global offices to support CGI and content production across the agency at large.
• Partners with the leadership team to establish best practices, methods, tools and pipeline standards leveraged by the Marks collective.
• Acts as a consultant, extending CGI subject‑matter…