Retoucher & Product Photographer

Hawes and Curtis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawes & Curtis is seeking a Product Photographer & Retoucher to join our in‑house Studio & Production Services. You will shoot a range of products including jewellery and manage post‑production to a high standard, ensuring accurate colour and true product representation.

We require 2–4 years in an ecommerce studio, expertise in Photoshop and Capture One, and the ability to work at pace. This is a hybrid role with four days on‑site and one day from home in the UK.

Qualifications

• Education: degree level in photography or equivalent.
• Minimum 2–4 years of proven experience in an e‑commerce studio.
• Excellent punctuality and organisational skills.
• Proficiency in shooting and retouching across still life, mannequin and flat lay apparel.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and shoot a variety of products including jewellery.
• Retouch still life, mannequin, flat lays and on-model images to daily postproduction targets.
• Ensure colour accuracy and true representation of products.
• Name, file, and maintain digital assets following workflow procedures.
• Collaborate with other studio departments to resolve product issues before distribution.
• Maintain image quality, file sizes, and adherence to guidelines.
• Meet daily and weekly deadlines and demonstrate initiative within a team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communicator

Self-motivation

Deadline oriented

Education

Degree level in photography or equivalent

Tools

Capture One

Wacom Tablet

Profoto Lights

Mac OS

Video editing experience

AI software experience

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word)

Job description

Hawes & Curtis is a quintessentially British heritage brand with a legacy in luxury shirting, fine tailoring, and stylish casualwear. With a strong reputation for quality and timeless design, we are proud to dress the modern gentleman and woman with impeccable craftsmanship and style.

The Role

The role of Product Photographer & Retoucher sits in our in-house Studio & Production Services department, where you will provide specialist expertise to ensure that all photography & post-production requirements are executed to a professional level to the brand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and shoot a variety of products including jewellery.
• Retouching a variety of product types including still life, mannequin, flat lays and on model to a strict daily postproduction target.
• Retouch images to a high standard in both quality and quantity.
• Ensure colour consistency & correction on images ensuring they are consistent and a true representation of the product.
• Name and maintain digital asset file. Follow workflow procedure with structure organisation and upload images to web servers.
• Crop images and maintain file size specification guidelines.
• Perform quality assurance on all images.
• Be responsible for completion of work to daily and weekly deadlines
• Showing initiative and creativity within part of a team, which is constantly improving its imagery.
• Carry out ad hoc duties for the studio.
• Work collaboratively & liaise with other departments involved in the studio process to ensure that all product issues are flagged and retouched before distribution.
• Ensure work is completed in accordance with postproduction guidelines and use approved ways of working.
• Maintain the digital asset library and the integrity of folder structures.
• Check that all files adhere to asset naming conventions.
• Support with team administration tasks and coordination and workload when required and during periods of annual leave.
• A strong and confident communicator.
• An excellent working knowledge of Photoshop is essential.
• Strong retouching techniques and eye for detail.
• Self-motivation to hit deadlines and initiative to work as part of a team.
• Strong understanding of colour correction.
• Proven ability to work efficiently on a high volume of images to meet deadlines.
• Good knowledge of photography and lighting equipment
• Excellent punctuality record.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Education qualification to degree level of photography or equivalent.
• Retouching and shooting product photography.
• Work in a fast-paced friendly studio environment dealing with still life, mannequin and flat lay apparel photography.
• Minimum 2-4 years of proven experience working in an e-commerce studio

Software and Technical Skills

• Capture one
• Microsoft office, excel and word
• Wacom Tablet
• Profoto Lights
• Mac OS
• Video shoot & editing experience
• AI software experience

*Please note this role is based 4 days on-site with 1 day wfh