Senior Creative Retoucher

As senior creative retoucher, you will be responsible for supporting the Creative Director with the running of the retouching team, along with completing creative and technical retouching tasks to the highest standard. You will be passionate about imagery and retouching, and will have solid experience in food and/or beverage packaging with an exceptional eye for detail. This role will require you to demonstrate your artistic flair by creating digitally beautiful compositions with an understanding of the technical and colour work requirements. You will be able to manage your own workload and are able to hit deadlines within an extremely fast-paced art studio.The Company:Tjarks and Tjarks has 30 years of experience designing and producing brands that win at the retail shelf. Our clients trust us time and again, over decades, to lead them through the changing dynamics of the shopper world and to design packaging that ensures their brands are picked first. We deliver our 360 design to artwork philosophy efficiently, faithfully, and accurately, across the globe. We create and produce as one seamless, joined-up team of experts, all under one roof.Overall Responsibility:Retouch responsibilities:To produce creative, accurate and beautiful images to tight deadlines and within budget.Provide retouching estimates and support team members.Photographic responsibilities including simple ingredient/food shot photography.Responsible for product imagery, processing, retouching, comping and image evaluation.Colour correction and creating natural looking images including full image composing with an understanding of creating light, shade and integration.Evaluate designs to identify where retouching can maximise the image.Manage a high volume of work at a fast pace to a consistently high standard, ensuring that all requirements of the brief are met within timescale and budget.Liaise with account managers and provide full details of images used for invoicing purposes.Ensure file construction is in line with best practice and bespoke company requirements.Technical and brand guardianship:Brand guardianship – manage consistency checks and alignment, with full understanding of master elements and brand style guide requirements, and application.Improve brand knowledge to be able to problem solve and recognise the requirements for each brand, and track large SKU numbers for brand consistency.Support and manage where necessary master asset guidance and building, ensuring technical accuracy.Upskill RT team in technical knowledge, including colour work and repro requirements.Complete technical checks, and advise the team on particular jobs where required.Work in conjunction with the artwork department on technical imaging problem solving where required.Technical knowledge on print specifications and application, adjust retouching to suit technical specifications.Team responsibilities:Assist the Creative Director in setting a new standard for quality and independence in the team.Enhance and work with the Creative Director to create an engaging, inclusive, and inspiring culture; be on hand to support and share knowledge with team members.Mentor and/or manage retoucher(s) as required and assist with onboarding, training, developing and motivating team members.General responsibilities:Deputise for the Creative Director as required and be the retouching point person in absence.Grow into the right-hand person for the Creative Director.Champion the company’s core values and high standards.Job Skills and Qualifications:5+ years of retouch experience.FMCG packaging retouch/photographic experience.Passionate about retouching/imagery.Understanding of food and/or beverage packaging artwork and demonstration of applying retouching accordingly.Comping ingredients together to create serving suggestions essential.Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the principles of light, shadow, perspective and spatial awareness (for comping).Understanding and application of CMYK, spot conversion, and desktop colour separation (DCS).Portfolio showing quality pieces and various types of retouching.Portfolio showing complex colour correction/channel work desirable.Experience in managing and/or mentoring team members.Used to working in a fast-paced, high-volume creative environment.Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop/Creative Suite/MAC experience.Knowledgeable about colour work/correction.Knowledgeable about image size/quality and lighting.Highly creative with good visual awareness and a keen eye for detail.Knowledge of digital photography would be advantageous.Experience of applying mid dot% and working with printers ink limitations (total ink coverage) advantageous.Attributes:Conscientious, reliable, good attendance and timekeeping standards.Excellent attention to detail and works with precision.Highly organised, disciplined and able to manage and prioritise workload.Honest, trustworthy, and able to work unsupervised.Demonstrates initiative, is creative and contributes ideas.Pragmatic approach to problem solving without cutting corners.Friendly, approachable, respectful and a positive team player.Flexible, adaptable, calm whilst working under pressure.Professional with excellent communication skills.Proactive, takes ownership of daily tasks with a can-do attitude.Must be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business.Job Description –

the job description is written at a specific time and is subject to change as the demands of the business and role develop. The role requires flexibility and adaptability and the employees of the company need to be aware that they may be asked to perform tasks and be given responsibilities not detailed on this job description.Equal Opportunities –

as a company, we adhere to and promote equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of any characteristic as protected by law.Data Protection

– any information we receive as part of an enquiry about opportunities with Tjarks and Tjarks Design Ltd including personal contact details, CV and email address will be kept and used for recruitment purposes for a period of at least one year. You can view the Privacy Notice at

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– we welcome direct applications either in response to one of our advertised vacancies or on a speculative basis. Please email your CV and covering letter to

careers@tjarksandtjarks.com

. Due to the volume of applicants only successful applicants will be contacted.

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