Content Retoucher in London

Job Description

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Job Title: Content Retoucher

Location: London, SW11 8BZ (Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite)

Duration: 12-month contract initially

Rate range: £285 to 345 per day on PAYE

Summary:

• We're looking for a Content Retoucher to support the delivery of artwork for original TV shows and films on platform.
• Working closely alongside our content designers and art directors, you'll take approved concepts and compositions through to final, pixel-perfect execution - ensuring every image is production-ready, consistent, and true to the creative direction established for each title.
• This role sits downstream of concept and design, focusing on the craft of finishing: high end retouching, clean compositing, and precise grading across cover art.
• You'll work from layered files, unit photography, and episodic stills, and will often be the last set of hands on an asset before final production and publishing.
• As an experienced member of the team, you're expected to work entirely autonomously, exercise strong craft judgment on ambiguous or complex assets, set technical standards for the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take design approved compositions through to fully finished, on-platform-ready artwork.
• Perform advanced retouching (skin, wardrobe, environment, cleanup) while preserving the tone and intent set by the content designer and art director.
• Execute precise compositing work across multiple source assets - stills, unit photography, and layered PSDs - ensuring seamless integration and consistent lighting/perspective, even on the most technically demanding assets.
• Apply grading and colour correction to match established visual direction across a title's artwork set.
• Own file hygiene standards (layer structure, naming, resolution, colour space) and ensure smooth handoff to production pipelines.
• Partner closely with content designers and art directors to understand creative intent, flag technical constraints, and proactively troubleshoot problem assets before they become blockers.
• Manage multiple assets/titles in parallel across competing deadlines, prioritizing independently and escalating only when necessary.
• Contribute expertise to defining best practices as the volume of original titles scales

Essential Skills:

• 6+ years professional experience in high-end retouching, ideally within entertainment, editorial, advertising, or streaming/on-platform creative.
• Expert-level Photoshop skills, with deep mastery of advanced retouching, masking, and compositing techniques.
• Exceptional eye for detail, colour accuracy, and consistency across large asset sets.
• Extensive experience working with layered PSDs, raw stills, and mixed-resolution source material.
• Strong ability to interpret and faithfully execute another designer's creative direction, rather than originate it.
• Comfortable working at pace against tight deadlines without compromising quality.
• Highly organised, with strong file management and version control discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to work fully autonomously and exercise sound craft judgment under pressure.
• Clear understanding of formats and templates, ability to understand production ready files.
• Experience with frame extraction/grading from motion footage, or familiarity with entertainment/streaming asset specs.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.