Junior Retoucher — AI Imaging & E‑Comm (Remote)

Vineyard Vines; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Work-from-home days

Employee discount

Onsite gym

Commuter benefits

Job summary

vineyard vines is seeking a Junior Retoucher to support high‑volume image production for Campaign, Ecomm on-figure and laydown photography, and Social Media. You will combine traditional retouching with AI-assisted imaging, maintaining color management standards and image quality across channels.

The role partners with the Director of Imaging and E‑Commerce Art Director to drive consistency, efficiency, and innovation in workflows while meeting deadlines and upholding our brand guidelines.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years of retouching experience in commercial photography, fashion, retail, or E‑Commerce.
• Strong Photoshop skills including masking, compositing, cleanup, color correction, and non‑destructive editing.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted imaging tools and imaging workflows.

Responsibilities

• Retouch Campaign, ecomm on-figure and laydown photography for vineyard vines and other customer-facing channels.
• Maintain consistent product color, skin tones, garment details, backgrounds, shadows, and overall image quality.
• Understand and uphold established color management standards and best practices.
• Execute retouching, cropping, file preparation, and naming conventions within established deadlines.
• Follow Vineyard Vines corporate image guidelines and photography standards.
• Partner with the Director of Imaging and Art Directors to continually improve image quality and retouching efficiency.
• Coordinate with Art Directors, photographers, studio operations, sample management, and other partners to support imagery from capture through final delivery.
• Manage multiple priorities in a high-volume studio environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Use approved AI-assisted imaging and retouching tools to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining image standards.
• Support testing of emerging AI tools for masking, cleanup, color adjustments, background work, image extension, compositing, and repetitive production tasks.
• Partner with the Director of Imaging to identify manual processes that can be automated or accelerated.
• Assist with controlled AI image-creation testing for E-Commerce, including alternate colorways and PDP imagery.
• Help develop repeatable AI workflows, prompts, presets, Photoshop actions, and automation processes for the Imaging team.
• Document successful AI-assisted workflows and contribute to an internal library of approved processes.
• Stay current on emerging retouching, imaging, automation, and generative AI technologies.

Skills

Retouching

Color management

AI workflows

Communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in photography/digital imaging

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Capture One

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

vineyard vines is seeking a Junior Retoucher to support high‑volume image production for Campaign, Ecomm on-figure and laydown photography, and Social Media. You will combine traditional retouching with AI-assisted imaging, maintaining color management standards and image quality across channels.

The role partners with the Director of Imaging and E‑Commerce Art Director to drive consistency, efficiency, and innovation in workflows while meeting deadlines and upholding our brand guidelines.