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Title Designer

Designs main and end titles; on UK features often under Graphics or post, working to PD/Producer.

Duties

• Read the call sheet and sides before arriving
• Maintain radio/set etiquette and H&S
• Hand over notes/kit status at wrap
• Design title cards and end rollers
• Motion titles where required
• Font licensing and clearances
• Deliver to editorial / online / facility specs

Reports to

Graphics Supervisor / PD; or post producer on title-only engagements

Works with

Graphics, Editorial, Producer, VFX if integrated titles

Career path

Graphic Designer / motion designer → Title Designer

Day to day

Concept titles with Director/PD; animate or prepare for online/VFX; manage font licensing; deliver masters.

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 print checks, radio on set days.

Tips

Confirm whether titles sit under Graphics, Editorial or a post vendor on your show.

Software

• After Effects / Cinema 4D / Illustrator
• Premiere / Avid title tools
• Font licence managers
• Frame.io
• Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / InDesign
• After Effects for simple motion / screen loops
• Acrobat / Bluebeam proofs
• Font managers (Adobe Fonts / FontBase)

Related roles

Graphics Supervisor / Head of Graphics, Editor, Online Editor

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