Senior Creative Retoucher

JR United Kingdom; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Creative Retoucher to enhance imagery across multiple platforms. The role demands creativity and technical expertise, ensuring the crafting of high-end, photorealistic images while collaborating with varied team members. Candidates must demonstrate strong attention to detail and have a rich portfolio showcasing their skills in visual language.

Qualifications

• Excellent skills in combining visual elements into a cohesive image.
• Ability to create high-end photorealistic imagery.
• Strong retouching skills with keen eye for colour and detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead and craft beautiful images for client's marketing materials.
• Collaborate closely with Art Directors and team members.
• Use initiative and communicate effectively across teams.

Skills

Compositing

Photorealistic Retouching

Attention to Detail

Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe CC

Job description

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Hybris - 2-3 days onsite per week, Swindon

Senior Creative Retoucher

The role of the Senior Creative Retoucher is to push the boundaries of what we do, creatively and technically. To develop and perfect our imagery by supporting the graphic communication of our client’s marketing materials for all media types, globally. This involves simple to complex photorealistic retouching of high-end product stills through to full room-set/location lifestyle and beauty imagery.

You will lead visually and creatively, setting the gold standard by crafting beautiful images that communicate our client’s engineering obsession. Your use of software will be innovative, and workflow and pipelines will be implemented skillfully to ensure the final output is of exemplary standard.

Working independently or within teams, you will use your initiative, dive deep into briefs, and communicate fluently with both commercial and creative teams. The role offers opportunities for creative input, proactive development of your work, and close collaboration with Art Directors, Team Leaders, and the Head of Art through key stages of image creation.

As a senior member of the image team, you will demonstrate high initiative and commitment to the team’s success. Flexibility and adaptability are essential. We promote a culture of knowledge sharing across the team, which is vital for skills development. A collaborative approach to learning ensures a two-way flow of knowledge, with team members eager to learn and teach.

As an artist, you have mastered production and post-production tools of your choice and possess a fundamental understanding of what makes a successful image. Light, form, surface texture, and colour are your core elements. You know how and where to use them for maximum effect. Your desire to improve and perfect images is driven by attention to detail and a pursuit of excellence.

Your portfolio should showcase mastery of visual language, demonstrating both basic skills and innovative, intelligently crafted solutions. It should reflect a broad and deep interest in art and exhibit extreme attention to detail.

Core skills

• Compositing: Excellent skills in combining visual elements into a cohesive image, creating the illusion of elements being shot in one scene. Knowledge of managing assets from various 3D and 2D packages.
• Understanding of how light behaves in real-world conditions to produce high-end photorealistic imagery, from traditional photography or CG experience.
• Retouching: Excellent, subtle, sympathetic, and realistic retouching skills. A keen eye for colour and detail is essential. Ability to confidently manipulate images during pre-visualisation meetings. Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and good working knowledge of other Adobe CC applications and RGB to CMYK workflows.

Optional skills

No CGI skills required, but interest in developing these by working with the CG team can enhance your photorealistic retouching and career growth.