Retoucher

Naylor's Equestrian Llp; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Naylor's Equestrian Llp in The Sharp Project, Manchester, is seeking a campaign retoucher to elevate global imagery for digital, social, and print campaigns. You will focus on campaign and social content, with strong colour grading, image processing, and sophisticated composites, while aligning with e-commerce workflows.

The role requires 3-5+ years of campaign retouching experience, expert Photoshop skills, and close collaboration with the studio to meet brand guidelines and tight turnarounds.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years retouching for campaigns or advertising.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.
• Experience creating complex composites for campaign-level visuals.
• Strong colour grading, colour matching, and image processing skills.
• Keen eye for detail across skin, product, and environmental elements.
• Clear understanding of paid social formats, cropping, and platform requirements.
• Experience working within a creative team to interpret and execute visual direction.
• Familiarity with e-commerce image standards and processes.
• Nice to have: exposure to QA processes for digital assets; AI-assisted tools to streamline workflow.

Responsibilities

• Retouch campaign and social imagery to a high creative standard.
• Execute precise colour matching and image processing to maintain consistency across campaign sets.
• Perform advanced skin retouching, environmental clean-ups, and creative enhancements.
• Produce high-quality composites, seamlessly combining multiple elements.
• Ensure accurate representation of product details within campaign imagery.
• Collaborate closely with all studio functions to align imagery with campaign guidelines.
• Prepare assets for print, OOH, digital, and social deliverables.
• Support e-commerce retouching needs during launches or peak periods.
• Maintain an organised and efficient workflow with timely asset delivery.
• Adhere to high quality JD campaign brand guidelines while meeting deadlines.
• Attend and contribute to team meetings; maintain studio tidiness; respond to communications.
• Work across the studio when required and advocate for the JD Studio Team.

Skills

Campaign retouching

Color grading

Compositing

Attention to detail

Paid social formats

Team collaboration

E-commerce image standards

AI-assisted tools

Quality control processes

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Retoucher (Campaign)

Responsible to:

Lead Retoucher

Responsible for:

Retouch Team (Campaign)

Department:

JD Content

Location:

The Sharp Project, Manchester

Role Overview:

We're seeking a campaign retoucher with a strong creative eye and the ability to elevate global campaign imagery for brand moments across digital, social, and retail. You will focus primarily on campaign and social content, with an understanding of e-commerce workflows for cross-team alignment. This role requires strong colour grading, image processing, a keen eye for detail, and strong compositing experience.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Retouch campaign and social imagery to a high creative standard
• Execute precise colour matching and image processing to maintain consistency across campaign sets
• Perform advanced skin retouching, environmental clean-ups, and creative enhancements
• Produce high-quality composites, seamlessly combining multiple elements
• Ensure accurate representation of product details within campaign imagery
• Collaborate closely with all studio functions to align imagery with campaign guidelines
• Prepare assets for a wide range of deliverables (print, OOH, digital, social)
• Support e-commerce retouching needs during launches or peak periods
• Maintain an organised and efficient workflow, ensuring timely delivery of all assets
• Adhere to high quality JD campaign brand guidelines whilst keeping an understanding of deadlines and turnarounds
• Attend and contribute to team meetings
• Maintain general tidiness of studio and equipment
• Respond promptly and positively to emails and other forms of communication
• Work across the studio when required
• Maintain a positive attitude and always strive to find solutions
• Be an advocate for the JD Studio Team

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

• 3-5+ years retouching for campaigns or advertising
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
• Proven experience creating complex composites for campaign‑level visuals
• Strong colour grading, colour matching, and image processing skills
• Keen eye for detail across skin, product, and environmental elements
• Clear understanding of paid social formats, cropping, and platform requirements
• Experience working within a creative team to interpret and execute visual direction
• Familiarity with e‑commerce image standards and processes

Nice to have

• Exposure to Quality Control processes for digital assets
• Understanding of site audits or multi-platform content checks
• Experience with a range of digital productivity, collaboration and project‑management tools
• Familiarity with basic video editing/colour grading experience
• Comfortable using actions and automation or AI‑assisted tools to streamline workflow
• Familiarity with AI tools for content creation