Photo Retoucher Shoe Montage Production

KDCI Outsourcing; Pasig; On-site; PHP 357,000 - 580,000; Full time

Job summary

KDCI Outsourcing is hiring a full-time Photo Retoucher who specializes in shoe montage production. Youll transform multiple footwear product angles into clean, polished montage images that follow the brands guidelines and production standards.

This role requires a sharp eye for detail, strong product-retouching skills, and knowledge of footwear imagery. Youll work on color correction, background cleanup, and high-volume production to deliver production-ready assets.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional experience in footwear photo retouching, shoe montage production, or a closely related role.
• Portfolio demonstrating footwear retouching and montage work (required).
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, including layers, masking, selections, retouching, color correction, and compositing.

Responsibilities

• Shoe Montage Production: Create clean, consistent montages by combining multiple product angles into a single image.
• Footwear Retouching: Retouch footwear materials, refine shadows, highlights, textures, and remove distractions.
• Color Correction & Consistency: Match colors to actual products and maintain consistency across angles.
• Background & Asset Preparation: Standardize backgrounds and prepare assets to required formats and specs.
• Production & Workflow Management: Meet production timelines, follow naming conventions, and keep files organized.
• Quality Control & Collaboration: Participate in reviews, apply client feedback, and communicate with teams.

Skills

Attention to detail

Visual judgment

Time management

Communication

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Job Description:

About the Role

KDCI Outsourcing is hiring a full-time Photo Retoucher who specializes in shoe montage production. Youll transform multiple footwear product angles into clean, polished, and consistent montage images that follow the brands guidelines and production standards. This role calls for a sharp eye for detail, strong product-retouching skills, and a clear understanding of footwear imagery - someone who can take creative direction and turn it into accurate, professional, production-ready assets. Experience with footwear retouching, color correction, background cleanup, and high-volume production is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Shoe Montage Production

• Create clean, consistent shoe montages by combining multiple product angles into a single composite image

• Ensure all product angles are properly aligned and presented consistently

• Maintain accurate proportions, symmetry, perspective, and positioning throughout each montage

• Ensure the final montage accurately represents the actual footwear product

Footwear Retouching

• Perform detailed retouching of footwear materials - leather, fabric, mesh, stitching, soles, and other product details

• Refine shadows, highlights, reflections, and textures for a polished, realistic appearance

• Remove imperfections and visual distractions while preserving the products natural appearance

• Maintain consistent product shape and presentation across different angles

Color Correction & Consistency

• Perform accurate color correction to closely match the actual product

• Maintain consistent colors across multiple product angles and images

• Ensure colors align with client-approved references and specifications

Background & Asset Preparation

• Standardize backgrounds according to approved templates and requirements

• Prepare final assets to required dimensions, formats, and web specifications

• Optimize files so theyre ready for publishing or further production

Production & Workflow Management

• Complete assigned work within established production and publishing timelines

• Follow approved naming conventions and folder structures

• Keep working files, source files, and final assets organized

• Follow established version-control and client handoff procedures

• Track tasks and updates using the preferred project management platform

Quality Control & Collaboration

• Participate in regular quality checks and creative reviews

• Apply client feedback accurately and consistently

• Communicate clearly with the client and internal teams via Slack, Microsoft Teams, or other approved channels

• Raise questions or flag concerns when requirements are unclear

Required

• At least 2 years of professional experience in footwear photo retouching, shoe montage production, or a closely related product-retouching role

• Proven hands-on experience creating shoe/footwear montages from multiple product angles

• A portfolio demonstrating footwear retouching and montage work (required)

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, including: layers, masking, selections, advanced retouching, frequency separation, color correction, and compositing

• Strong experience in product color correction and color accuracy

• Solid understanding of composition, symmetry, proportion, perspective, and product presentation

• Experience with high-volume product catalogs and structured production workflows

• Strong attention to detail across large batches of images

• Ability to interpret creative direction and translate it into final assets

• Comfortable following established brand guidelines, templates, and quality standards

• Ability to work efficiently against production deadlines

• Willingness to complete a practical retouching test or technical evaluation during recruitment

Preferred

• Experience working with international clients or creative teams

• Prior experience in footwear, fashion, e-commerce, or consumer-product photography

• Experience with standardized product imagery for e-commerce platforms

• Familiarity with structured creative-production and QA processes

Work Traits
Detail-oriented, strong visual judgment, quality-focused, patient and precise, proactive, independent and responsible, receptive to feedback, collaborative and organized, reliable and accountable, adaptable and professional communicator.

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