Sr. Re-touch Artist

Job Purpose

The Senior Retouch Artist is responsible for high-end retouching of still photography for Ecom and Advertising Campaign visuals for watches & jewelry. This role requires a strong command of Adobe Photoshop and related tools, eye for detail and understanding brand aesthetics, color, texture.

Role & Description

Will also play a key role in maintaining an organized digital workflow, meeting deadlines and collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure quality and consistency across deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Retouch high resolution product and lifestyle images (watches, jewelry and other accessories like, pens, leather goods) for e-commerce, advertising and campaign usage.
• Maintain brand standards across all imagery - ensuring accuracy in color, texture and lighting.
• Manage file naming, version control and structured folder system for easy access and archiving.
• Ensure timely delivery of retouched files inline with deadlines.
• Collaborate (online) with other team members, photographers designers to interpret retouching brief effectively.
• Apply advanced skills.
• Ensure consistency in retouching style across different collections and brands
• Prepare and deliver final files in correct formats as briefed
• Provide regular progress updates and report to the team leader (based in Dubai) on status and daily output.
• Stay updated with trends in image editing, AI tools.

Skills & Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in graphic design or in communication
• Minimum 4 to 5 years of experience in product retouching, preferably luxury or fashion.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
• Familiar with Lightroom, capture one, Adobe Bridge and other relevant software.
• Strong understanding of color, light and product texture & materials.
• Experience in retouching reflective surfaces, metal gemstones, hair & skin (For lifestyle or on model)
• Ability handle multiple projects and deliver on time without compromising quality.
• Organized proactive and detail oriented with strong file / folder management practices.
• Good communication skills (English, Hindi) both written and spoken and ability collaborate with other cross functional team.
• Experience in AI based tools / plugins and ability to adopt AI in daily workflow is a plus point.
• Knowledge of 3D & CGI is plus