Jewelry Retoucher

Julie Vos; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Julie Vos in New York City is seeking a Jewelry Retoucher to join the Creative team, delivering polished imagery for e-commerce, campaigns, and editorial content while upholding the brand's craftsmanship and standards. You will collaborate with Photography, Creative, and Marketing to refine product imagery, retouching metals, gemstones, and textures, and ensuring color accuracy across channels.

An eye for detail and timing in a fast-paced environment are essential.

Qualifications

• Experienced in professional retouching, preferably within jewelry, luxury accessories, fashion, or beauty.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional jewelry retouching and attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, including masking, clipping paths, adjustment layers, compositing, and non-destructive editing.
• Expertise in retouching reflective metals, gemstones, and intricate product details while preserving a natural, dimensional finish.
• Strong understanding of color correction, color management, and image preparation for digital production.
• Experience with editorial, fashion, or beauty retouching, including natural skin retouching and cohesive color grading, is a plus.
• Experience with Capture One and focus-stacked imagery is a plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and time management.
• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment.

Responsibilities

• Retouch jewelry imagery for e-commerce, still-life photography, marketing campaigns, and brand content.
• Retouch editorial and on-model imagery, refining skin, wardrobe, and backgrounds while preserving natural texture and authenticity.
• Remove dust, scratches, and other surface distractions while maintaining the integrity of each product.
• Refine reflections, highlights, and shadows to enhance shape, depth, and dimension.
• Color-match metals and gemstones to approved product references, ensuring consistent representation across all channels.
• Create precise masks, clipping paths, composites, and background cleanups as needed.
• Maintain consistent color, contrast, finish, and overall image quality across collections and seasonal campaigns.
• Organize layered working files and prepare final assets according to production specifications and deadlines.
• Continuously evaluate workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining exceptional quality.
• Partner closely with Photography, Creative, and Marketing teams throughout the post-production process.
• Interpret creative direction and incorporate feedback while maintaining Julie Vos brand standards.
• Help ensure a seamless workflow from image capture through final asset delivery.

Skills

Jewelry retouching

Attention to detail

Time management

Creative collaboration

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Capture One

Focus-stacked imagery

Job description

Julie Vos is a fashion jewelry brand created by CEO and designer Julie Vos. Since 2006, the brand has been guided by the belief that with inspiration and discipline, we create the beautiful world we live in - a philosophy reflected in every piece of jewelry and at the core of our company values.

The Jewelry Retoucher is a key member of the Creative team, responsible for producing polished, high-quality imagery that reflects the craftsmanship and beauty of the Julie Vos collection. This role partners closely with Photography, Creative, and Marketing teams to refine product and campaign imagery for e-commerce, digital marketing, and editorial content while maintaining the highest standards of quality, consistency, and product accuracy.

What You'll Do

Image Retouching

• Retouch jewelry imagery for e-commerce, still-life photography, marketing campaigns, and brand content.
• Retouch editorial and on-model imagery, refining skin, wardrobe, and backgrounds while preserving natural texture and authenticity.
• Remove dust, scratches, and other surface distractions while maintaining the integrity of each product.
• Refine reflections, highlights, and shadows to enhance shape, depth, and dimension.
• Color-match metals and gemstones to approved product references, ensuring consistent representation across all channels.

Post-Production Excellence

• Create precise masks, clipping paths, composites, and background cleanups as needed.
• Maintain consistent color, contrast, finish, and overall image quality across collections and seasonal campaigns.
• Organize layered working files and prepare final assets according to production specifications and deadlines.
• Continuously evaluate workflows and identify opportunities to improve efficiency while maintaining exceptional quality.

Creative Collaboration

• Partner closely with Photography, Creative, and Marketing teams throughout the post-production process.
• Interpret creative direction and incorporate feedback while maintaining Julie Vos brand standards.
• Help ensure a seamless workflow from image capture through final asset delivery.

Who You Are

• Experienced in professional retouching, preferably within jewelry, luxury accessories, fashion, or beauty.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional jewelry retouching and attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, including masking, clipping paths, adjustment layers, compositing, and non-destructive editing.
• Expertise in retouching reflective metals, gemstones, and intricate product details while preserving a natural, dimensional finish.
• Strong understanding of color correction, color management, and image preparation for digital production.
• Experience with editorial, fashion, or beauty retouching, including natural skin retouching and cohesive color grading, is a plus.
• Experience with Capture One and focus-stacked imagery is a plus.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and time management.
• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced creative environment.

This is an in-office position located in New York City.

We believe that it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, passionate, curious, and creative people to develop the exceptional jewelry that is our hallmark. Our employees' varied experiences and perspectives make our teams stronger and more dynamic, and we maintain a standard of kindness, empathy, encouragement, and respect for one another.

Julie Vos takes great pride in being an Equal Opportunity Employer, with a longstanding policy of hiring based on talent, skills, and potential alone. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, national origin, religion or belief, ancestry, gender identity, pregnancy or maternity, relationship status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.