Senior Retoucher

Give your career a breath of fresh (countryside) air.

For the colourful and carefree who make the most out of life, Joules is the British country lifestyle brand that encourages all of life’s adventures.

At Joules, we design clothing, accessories and homeware for all the family. We are inspired by nature. We have fun. And we care.

It’s been quite a journey from when we started way back in 1989and we're staying true to our roots As a team that is always wanting to do better, we’re pleased that the adventure is as exciting as ever. We think it’s your time to join in the fun.

**SENIOR RETOUCHER - HYBRID WORKING**

The role of **Senior Retoucher** sits in our spectacular Studio & Production Services department where you will be responsible for planning, managing and delivering all work that comes into the post-production team. Working in close partnership with the Production Managers and other studio team leaders, the Senior Retoucher has a clear understanding of the wider business and global requirements.

Leading the post-production team in delivery of industry leading brand and product photography, the Senior Retoucher mentors the team and monitors the workflow to ensure deadline attainment for all deliverables.
- Day to day as a _**_Senior Retoucher:_**
- Manage post-production team resource, work closely with the other team managers to proactively plan and deliver requirements across all channels including ecommerce, campaign, wholesale, external and internal marketplaces.
- Day to day management of the post-production team.
- Allocation of schedules and special projects.
- Support production management team in the delivery of targets and department goals.
- Track team performance and report on KPI’s and team activity.
- Manage the process for outsourced imagery with 3rd party suppliers.
- Monitor 3rd party supplier images, ensuring that technical and creative image specifications are adhered to.
- Monitor consistency of colour correction across image collections ensuring final assets are true and accurately represent the product.
- Contribute to any creative projects.
- Manage & maintain the digital asset library and the integrity of folder structures.
- Check that digital assets adhere to asset naming conventions.
- Contribute to seasonal studio style guide reviews.
- Flag any concerns with production management if images are not compliant with style guide or creative briefs.
- Review current processes and workflows to ensure operation is optimised and make recommendations for improvement.
- Safeguarding compliancy when working with 3rd party suppliers, certifying processes are aligned to in-house studio and adhered to stands set out in the style guide.
- Develop new talent, ensuring the team is upskilled to the business needs and recognising gaps in skillset.
- Create, develop, and maintain effective working relationships and communications with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver industry leading content for product and brand imagery.
- Support team during peak production with retouching a wide spectrum of digital assets from high volume to high-end.
- Mentor and train team at all levels with advanced techniques and process.
- Provide continuous feedback and development through daily internal quality control process and performance manage as required.

**_ What we need you to have:_**
- Technical expertise of retouching: creative studio and location imagery, advanced understanding of skin treatment, ecommerce imagery.
- Deep understanding of image contrarians.
- Experience in the studio and production industry with a breadth of understanding of post-production processes.
- Highly organised with ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload.
- Expertise gained from both inhouse or agency studios experience.
- Understanding of industry practice.
- Awareness of current and emerging retouching trends.
- An interest in current and emerging fashion trends particularly in ecommerce.
- Experience in training and developing talent.
- Experience of managing teams and providing motivational leadership.
- Experience of running 1- 1s, development reviews, disciplinary reviews and measures and identifying training programmes.
- Calm under pressure.
- Operational and tactical thinking with the ability to dynamically assess ever changing situations and make informed decisions and recommendations.
- Experience of managing both creative and operational functions.
- Client facing, articulate, able to reference service level agreements and business requirements.
- Established relationships with post-production suppliers and partners.
- Knowledge of studio, production and creative disciplines.
- Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
- Mac literate, with expert levels in adobe photoshoot and working knowledge of capture one pro, Microsoft Excel and Word Skills.
- Established relationships with 3rd party production companies.

**_ What you’ll ge