Job Title: Midweight Retoucher
Department: Marketing
Contract type: Permanent
Location: This is a hybrid role, with 3 days a week based in The Fold's Bermondsey Head Office.
Role Purpose: Working closely with the Retouch team to deliver imagery to the highest quality aligned with our principles and aesthetic, across digital, print and marketing materials.
Areas of responsibility:
1. Image retouching:
* Reporting to the Lead Retoucher, working across all The Fold’s imagery including campaign, lookbook, ecommerce, cutout, still-life and portraits.
* Supporting the Lead Retoucher to perform all aspects of image retouching including colour correction, swatch matching, retouch and checking consistency between products.
* Leading the cutout imagery process and liaising with the photographer, giving feedback and annotations before final imagery is supplied.
* Actioning retouch notes and corrections in a non-destructive workflow, whilst proactively flagging when a request is more complicated and might have an impact on deadlines/overall quality of the final image.
1. Collaboration:
* Working efficiently and collaboratively as part of the retouch team.
* Outputting imagery to a variety of required formats, specs and crops depending on end use, working collaboratively with the graphics and marketing team to deliver multiple outputs.
* Working closely with the design and production team to fully understand the collection and required attributes needed for retouch.
* Developing strong working relationships with the wider team to gain a better understanding of the brand and collections, contributing to the development of your own work.
2. Quality control and organisation:
* Upholding a consistent and high standard of quality across all your work, always striving to learn and develop more effective techniques and efficient processes.
* Understanding current image processes and asset management, ensuring a good standard of image filing and organisation is kept.
* When necessary, responding to more reactive and urgent retouch requests, efficiently managing priorities and realistic deadlines.
About you:
* Minimum 2 years working in a similar retouching role in luxury fashion.
* Strong background and experience in retouching models, clothing and skin.
* Advanced knowledge of the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Capture One.
* Proficient in the use of Mac OS, Wacom tablets & Eizo monitors.
* Strong understanding of colour space and management.
* High attention to detail with a creative instinct.
* Self-motivated and highly organised.
* Ability to multitask and manage workload to meet tight deadlines.
* Team player and a positive 'can-do' attitude.
Benefits & Perks of working with The Fold:
* 25 days holidays (including bank holidays).
* Buy additional holidays.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Pension scheme.
* Enhanced maternity pay.
* Yearly gift voucher of £1,250.
* A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price.
* Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment.
* Eye Care.
* Summer Friday hours.
* Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea.
* Regular Social Events - including summer and Christmas parties.
* Volunteering.
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