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Graphics Supervisor / Head of Graphics

Leads the Graphics department on UK film/TV: hero graphics, signage, screens and titles liaison under the PD/Art Director.

Duties

• Read the call sheet and sides before arriving
• Maintain radio/set etiquette and H&S
• Hand over notes/kit status at wrap
• Lead graphics crew and schedule
• Approve hero graphics with PD / Director
• Budget print, screens and clears
• Liaise Art, Props, Costume and VFX/editorial for on-screen graphics
• Archive masters and fonts at wrap

Reports to

Production Designer / Art Director

Works with

Senior/Graphic Designers, Props, Set Decorator, Costume, VFX/Editorial for screens, Production

Career path

Senior Graphic Designer → Graphics Supervisor / Head of Graphics

Day to day

Breakdown graphics; schedule designers; approve hero work with PD/Director; budget print/screens/clears; archive masters/fonts at wrap.

Call times

Mostly prep in the graphics room; attend set when dressing hero graphics or screens. Overnight print and clearance rushes before shoot days are common — check the graphics schedule against unit call.

What to wear

Smart-casual in prep; blacks when dressing on set; clean hands for hero paper props.

Tools & kit

Laptop, calibrated screen where possible, colour-accurate prints kit oversight, radio on set days.

Tips

UK features often house Graphics inside Art; larger TV/film units list Graphics as its own department on the call sheet.

Software

• Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / InDesign
• After Effects for simple motion
• Acrobat / Bluebeam for proofs
• Font management (e.g. Typekit / FontBase)
• Midjourney / Firefly for mockups only (check IP/clearance — never final hero without rights)
• ChatGPT for copy variants (legal/clearance still required)
• After Effects for simple motion / screen loops
• Acrobat / Bluebeam proofs

Related roles

Senior Graphic Designer, Graphic Designer, Screen Graphics / Playback Graphics, Title Designer

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