Senior Creative Retoucher

JR United Kingdom; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency seeks a Senior Creative Retoucher to push the boundaries of visual imagery. You will lead projects, collaborating with Art Directors and teams to create photorealistic images while maintaining high standards. This role offers creative autonomy and the chance to showcase your mastery in an environment that values innovation and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Mastery of production and post-production tools.
• Portfolio showcasing mastery of visual language and attention to detail.
• Deep understanding of real-world light behavior.

Responsibilities

• Develop and perfect imagery for client marketing materials for all media types.
• Lead creative image development, collaborating closely with teams.
• Craft beautiful images that communicate engineering obsessions.

Skills

Compositing

Lighting

Retouching

CGI

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe CC

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06.06.2025

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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 and full room-set/location lifestyle and beauty imagery.

You will lead visually and creatively, setting the gold standard in crafting beautiful images that communicate our client’s engineering obsession. Your use of software is innovative, and workflow and pipelines are implemented skillfully to ensure 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 a good level of creative input, proactively leading your work development and collaborating closely with Art Directors, Team Leaders, and the Head of Art at 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, vital for skills development, fostering a collaborative approach to learning where knowledge flows both ways.

As an artist, you have mastered your production and post-production tools and possess a fundamental understanding of what makes a successful image—light, form, surface texture, and colour. You are passionate about improving and refining your work, with attention to detail and perfection in everything you see.

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

Core skills include:

• Compositing: Excellent skills in combining visual elements convincingly, managing assets from various 3D and 2D packages.
• Lighting: Deep understanding of real-world light behavior to produce high-end photorealistic imagery, from traditional photography or CG experience.
• Retouching: Subtle, considered, realistic retouching with a keen eye for colour and detail. Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and a good working knowledge of Adobe CC applications, including RGB to CMYK workflows. Ability to manipulate images confidently during meetings.
• CGI: No specific skills required, but opportunities exist to develop skills by working alongside the CG team using 3D software.