Retoucher in Basingstoke

🚀 Senior Creative Retoucher

📍 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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