Description
Trove Brands is looking for an experienced Lead Photo Retoucher to lead their in-house retouching team and help define the visual quality of imagery across their portfolio of brands.
The Lead Photo Retoucher will be responsible for leading and supporting a small team of in-house retouchers, performing high-end retouching across lifestyle, campaign, product, and PDP imagery, and establishing and maintaining consistent retouching standards across Trove Brands.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and supporting a small team of in-house retouchers
- Performing high-end retouching across lifestyle, campaign, product, and PDP imagery
- Creating polished, natural-looking imagery while maintaining realistic skin, texture, materials, lighting, shadows, and product details
- Establishing and maintaining consistent retouching standards across Trove Brands
- Leading the PDP color-approval process
- Reviewing and approving retouched imagery to ensure a consistently high quality bar
- Partnering closely with photographers, art directors, designers, and production teams to understand creative intent and deliver against the final vision
- Providing clear, actionable feedback and helping develop the creative and technical skills of other retouchers
- Maintaining strong color-managed workflows using calibrated monitors, approved profiles, physical product samples, and established output standards
- Performing advanced color correction, skin work, compositing, masking, cleanup, reconstruction, and other complex Photoshop work as needed
- Helping improve retouching workflows, documentation, quality-control processes, and production efficiencies
- Managing multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining consistency, accuracy, and attention to detail
The ideal candidate will have approximately 5+ years of professional photo retouching or commercial post-production experience, a strong portfolio demonstrating high-end lifestyle, campaign, product, and/or commercial retouching, and advanced to expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
Benefits include:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care
- 401k package with employer matching
- Paid Time Off
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Full indoor basketball/volleyball court
- Fully equipped fitness center
- Yoga studio
- Meditation/Nap room