Creative AI Retoucher, Visualiser

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Creative Retoucher/AI Artist to create and enhance imagery using generative AI, Photoshop, and professional retouching techniques. Develop mood boards, style frames, and campaign mock-ups from creative briefs while ensuring consistent brand visuals across formats.

You will refine AI-generated images, resolve artefacts, write prompts to meet production requirements, combine CGI and stock elements, and deliver production-ready files for print and digital.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in creative retouching, visualisation, digital art, photography, design, CGI, or a related discipline.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, including compositing, masking, colour grading, and non‑destructive editing.
• Practical experience with generative AI image tools such as Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of lighting, perspective, composition, colour, texture, anatomy, and photographic realism.
• Ability to develop effective prompts and iteratively improve generated results.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify subtle visual inconsistencies.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high‑quality retouching, image manipulation, visualisation, and AI‑assisted creative work.
• Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate ideas into visually engaging outcomes.
• Strong time‑management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Comfortable receiving creative feedback and working through several rounds of refinement.
• Experience with 3D or CGI tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D, or Unreal Engine.
• Knowledge of AI workflows including inpainting, outpainting, image‑to‑image generation, ControlNet, model training, or custom workflows.
• Experience creating content for consumer and corporate brands.
• Understanding of print production, colour management, file formats, and digital‑delivery specifications.
• Basic motion‑design or video‑editing experience.
• Familiarity with DAM systems and collaborative review platforms.
• Creative, curious, and visually driven.
• Technically confident and willing to experiment with emerging tools.
• Detail‑oriented, organised, and quality‑focused.
• Collaborative and able to communicate creative decisions clearly.
• Adaptable in a fast‑moving creative studio.
• Responsible and thoughtful when working with AI‑generated content.

Responsibilities

• Create and enhance imagery using generative AI, image-editing software, and professional retouching techniques.
• Develop visual concepts, mood boards, style frames, and campaign mock-ups from creative briefs.
• Retouch photography and AI-generated images, including colour correction, compositing, masking, skin and product refinement, lighting adjustments, and background replacement.
• Resolve common AI-image issues such as visual artefacts, incorrect anatomy, inconsistent textures, distorted objects, and unrealistic lighting.
• Write and refine prompts to generate imagery that meets specific creative, brand, and production requirements.
• Combine multiple photographic, CGI, stock, and AI-generated elements into seamless compositions.
• Produce realistic product, lifestyle, environmental, and conceptual visualisations before final production.
• Maintain consistency across campaign assets, formats, and channels.
• Prepare production-ready files for print, digital, social media, e‑commerce, presentations, and other platforms.
• Work closely with creative directors, designers, photographers, copywriters, marketers, and production teams.
• Manage feedback and revisions while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Stay informed about developments in generative AI, image creation, retouching, and visual-production workflows.
• Follow copyright, licensing, brand-safety, confidentiality, and responsible‑AI guidelines.
• Organise source files, prompts, versions, and final assets using clear file‑management processes.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Create and enhance imagery using generative AI, image-editing software, and professional retouching techniques.
• Develop visual concepts, mood boards, style frames, and campaign mock-ups from creative briefs.
• Retouch photography and AI-generated images, including colour correction, compositing, masking, skin and product refinement, lighting adjustments, and background replacement.
• Resolve common AI-image issues such as visual artefacts, incorrect anatomy, inconsistent textures, distorted objects, and unrealistic lighting.
• Write and refine prompts to generate imagery that meets specific creative, brand, and production requirements.
• Combine multiple photographic, CGI, stock, and AI-generated elements into seamless compositions.
• Produce realistic product, lifestyle, environmental, and conceptual visualisations before final production.
• Maintain consistency across campaign assets, formats, and channels.
• Prepare production-ready files for print, digital, social media, e-commerce, presentations, and other platforms.
• Work closely with creative directors, designers, photographers, copywriters, marketers, and production teams.
• Manage feedback and revisions while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Stay informed about developments in generative AI, image creation, retouching, and visual-production workflows.
• Follow copyright, licensing, brand-safety, confidentiality, and responsible‑AI guidelines.
• Organise source files, prompts, versions, and final assets using clear file‑management processes.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in creative retouching, visualisation, digital art, photography, design, CGI, or a related discipline.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, including compositing, masking, colour grading, and non‑destructive editing.
• Practical experience with generative AI image tools such as Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of lighting, perspective, composition, colour, texture, anatomy, and photographic realism.
• Ability to develop effective prompts and iteratively improve generated results.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify subtle visual inconsistencies.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high‑quality retouching, image manipulation, visualisation, and AI‑assisted creative work.
• Ability to interpret creative briefs and translate ideas into visually engaging outcomes.
• Strong time‑management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Comfortable receiving creative feedback and working through several rounds of refinement.
• Experience with 3D or CGI tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D, or Unreal Engine.
• Knowledge of AI workflows including inpainting, outpainting, image‑to‑image generation, ControlNet, model training, or custom workflows.
• Experience creating content for consumer and corporate brands.
• Understanding of print production, colour management, file formats, and digital‑delivery specifications.
• Basic motion‑design or video‑editing experience.
• Familiarity with DAM systems and collaborative review platforms.
• Creative, curious, and visually driven.
• Technically confident and willing to experiment with emerging tools.
• Detail‑oriented, organised, and quality‑focused.
• Collaborative and able to communicate creative decisions clearly.
• Adaptable in a fast‑moving creative studio.
• Responsible and thoughtful when working with AI‑generated content.