Creative Retoucher

Ashworth and Parker Limited; Washington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer located in Washington, Tyne & Wear, is seeking a full-time Creative Retoucher. The role involves ensuring high-quality creative images in alignment with brand requirements and maintaining organized files. Successful candidates must have a keen understanding of Adobe Photoshop and experience developing processes in a fast-paced environment. The position also offers various perks, including 28 days of holiday, a competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

28 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Healthcare Cashback Plan

Generous staff discount

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Must be capable of working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in developing teams and processes in a studio-based context is preferable.
• A keen interest in editorial photography and layout is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Retouch creative assets ensuring successful delivery on time and budget.
• Process images from photographers to maintain high-quality aesthetics.
• Organize and back up files for accessibility.

Skills

Strong understanding of colour correction

Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop

Experience with adjustment layers

Working knowledge of multi-layer composites

Confident use of a Wacom tablet

Ability to work under pressure

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

CREATIVE RETOUCHER - FULL TIME - WASHINGTON, TYNE & WEAR

Who We Are:

Inspired by a shared love of fashion, sneakers and the surrounding culture, END. was founded in Newcastle upon Tyne back in 2005. Our first UK store brought together a curated mix of celebrated designers and emerging brands, many of which were previously hard to find outside of London. From day one, we’ve nurtured a community of like-minded individuals united by a love for this ever-evolving culture.

Today, END. serves over 2 million customers worldwide through a seamless blend of online and physical retail. Our industry‑leading stores in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, London, and Milan reflect our commitment to innovation, influence, and inspiration. We offer a carefully curated selection of menswear, womenswear, sneakers, homeware, and lifestyle products to a global audience.

At the heart of END. is our customer and it’s our people and culture that make the difference. With over 600 employees across our HQ, offices, and retail locations, our customer‑first mindset continues to guide everything we do.

The Role:

The Creative Retoucher is responsible for retouching creative assets in the Creative Team ensuring successful delivery on time and budget.

This involves processing the images output from the Creative Photographers and the Content Creators to ensure a high quality and consistent aesthetic to support that aligns with END.’s visual identity and values across the homepage, in store and all marketing channels.

The role accurately follows retouch notes provided by photographers, stylists, the Senior Brand Creative Manager and other relevant key stakeholders.

The Creative team is part of the Marketing department and is responsible for the concepting and delivery of high‑quality, in‑house creative content across multiple projects and platforms to ensure a best in class retail experience. The assets created by the Creative team will be used on all digital platforms and social channels.

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring END. produce high-quality Creative imagery in alignment with style guides, allotted time/budget and brand requirements to support the sale of our product
• Maintaining incredibly high quality standards for all Creative visual assets
• Ensuring files are organised, backed up and easily accessible for the Creative Team and wider departments
• Ensuring that assets are correctly sized, named and optimised for upload
• Peer review of output to ensure quality standards across the team
• Develop good relationships with supporting teams and departments
• Accurately following retouching notes provided by Creative Photographers, Senior Brand Creative Manager, stylists and other relevant key stakeholders
• Adheres and contributes to Retouch team processes, systems and tools
• Keeping up to date with all Adobe Photoshop updates, finding efficiencies and shortcut’s to ensure a timely and efficient production process
• Able to confidently work within the Creative team to identify and communicate areas for process improvement
• A keen interest in and eye for editorial photography and layout
• Confidently identifying relevant emerging trends and having the ability to clearly present and compile research using a variety of sources
• Concepting for projects when required
• Uses initiative to upskill in editing and retouching to align with trends, leading industry software and the creative team needs to enhance the creative teams output

Who we’re looking for:

• Capable of working under pressure in a fast paced environment, with accuracy
• Strong understanding of colour correction
• An excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
• Working knowledge of adjustment layers, actions, multi‑layer composites and confident use of a Wacom tablet
• Experience developing teams and processes (preferably in a Studio‑based context) in a controlled and efficient manner, whilst working to tight deadlines

Besides a competitive salary and an engaging and inclusive work place we can offer you:

• 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• 40 Hours per week - Monday to Friday
• Holiday trading (Buy or sell 3 days)
• Your birthday off
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Healthcare Cashback Plan
• Moments that matter gifts (Weddings and Babies)
• A pension that both you and the company contribute to
• Generous staff discount
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression
• And so much more….

We know that great talent comes in many forms. So even if you don’t meet every single criteria, we would still love to hear from you. If you’re passionate, driven, and believe you can contribute to our future success, we encourage you to apply.

Please note: Employment is conditional upon having the legal right to work in the UK for the role offered.