🚀 Senior Creative Retoucher
đź“Ť London | Studio-based
A fantastic opportunity has opened for a Senior Creative Retoucher with extensive FMCG packaging experience to join a busy, established creative studio
.
This is a highly specialist role for someone who combines exceptional creative retouching skills with strong technical knowledge of colour, repro and print production. You'll need a particularly strong understanding of food and beverage imagery, including the ability to create beautifully realistic compositions from multiple photographic element
s.
You'll remain very hands-on while also acting as a senior member of the team, supporting other retouchers, maintaining quality standards and helping ensure imagery remains consistent across large packaging rang
es.
What you'll be d
oing• Creating high-end imagery and complex compositions for FMCG packa
ging• Retouching and combining food, ingredients and product photography to create natural, realistic serving suggest
ions• Working confidently with light, shadow, perspective and colour to produce convincing finished ima
gery• Colour correcting and preparing imagery with consideration for print and production requirem
ents• Evaluating creative concepts and identifying opportunities to enhance imagery through retouc
hing• Maintaining visual consistency across large product ranges and multiple
SKUs• Working closely with design, artwork and production teams to resolve technical imaging challe
nges• Managing a high volume of projects while maintaining exceptional quality and attention to de
tail• Supporting and mentoring other retouchers and sharing technical expertise across the
team• Acting as a senior point of contact for retouching projects when requ
ired
What they're lookin
g for• 5+ years' professional creative retouching exper
ience• Strong FMCG packaging experience, ideally across food and/or beverage b
rands• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating high-end creative and technical retou
ching• Advanced Adobe Photoshop s
kills• Excellent comping skills, particularly combining ingredients and food imagery into realistic composi
tions• Strong understanding of light, shadow, perspective, colour correction and image qu
ality• Good technical understanding of colour separation, print and repro require
ments• Experience working with brand guidelines and maintaining consistency across large packaging r
anges• Comfortable working within a fast-paced, high-volume creative enviro
nment• Previous experience mentoring or supporting other retou
chers• Digital photography experience would be advanta
geous
Why this role is ex
citing✨ Work on high-quality FMCG packaging and consumer
brands✨ Combine creative image-making with sophisticated technical reto
uching✨ Take a senior role within an experienced creativ
e team✨ Influence quality standards while remaining hands-on crea
tively✨ Work across varied, challenging imagery where exceptional craft really m
atters
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