The Senior Digital Retoucher will oversee all asset color retouching which includes marketing, lifestyle, product photography and CGI for West Elm and its verticals. This role will establish color and QC workflow in addition to retouching style guides and SOPs for internal use as well as vendors and marketplace partners. This role will oversee retouching team and report directly to the VP of Creative Operations.
Responsibilities Include
Ensure color consistency across product collections and assets.
Retouch all Marketing assets and be the final QC on all product assets to ensure color matches back to actual product samples and west elm established retouching standards – crops, white balance, light exposure, etc.
Ability to perform complex image work to compensate for imperfections in product samples and cleaning up sets. ie. cloning out scratches in wood and seams in walls and floors, adjusting fabric colors to balance to the merchandise.
Production of high quality, consistent and creative results in a timely manner.
On set quality assurance and color expert on all images.
Adhere to color correction standards.
Maintain file size and crop specification guidelines.
Oversee progress of daily/weekly workflows, manage, and prioritize workload.
Maintain digital asset file/structure organization and naming conventions.
Ensure the accuracy and consistency of the image capture process and CGI asset creation.
Serve as the technical and color expert relating to the capture process and tool functionality.
Receive creative direction from Photographer, Art Directors, and Creative SVP.
Oversee Retouching Style Guides & SOP’s for internal, vendor, marketplace
Release images (making selects and tracking images’ status).
Attend photo shoots as needed to assist with special projects that require a imaging perspective (i.e. Strip ins, complex compositions).
Qualifications And Experience
3+ year’s experience retouching and tracking high volume images.
Experience in managing a team of retouchers
Highly proficient in all aspects of digital image quality and output. File size, light, color balancing and retouching.
Demonstrate flexibility and resourcefulness in a fast-paced environment.
Working knowledge of basic print production or prepress file prep is not required but very helpful.
Familiarity with studio tools, lighting, technical software and systems.
Formal training in the use of digital camera systems is a plus.
Detailed and solution orientated
ensuring all others teams’ needs and deadlines are met
Understanding of, and appreciation for the west elm aesthetic and goals.
Ability to manage multiple deliverables concurrently and be highly organized
Strong organizational, interpersonal, and proactive communication skills.
Strong management and strategic capabilities (experience in working closely with non-technical team members)
Ability to wear many hats with a “do whatever it takes” attitude
Reliable, self-starter—can also work in cross-functional situations.
Ability to work efficiently against tight deadlines and lead process improvements and operational implementation/execution
Working knowledge of print and digital color spaces and processes.
Familiarity with production tools like project management platforms (Airtable, Workfront, Done Done, WCM)
Familiarity with Data Asset Management systems.
The expected starting pay range for this position is $80,000 - $95,000 annually. Applicable pay ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, compensation may include a variety of other components like benefits, paid time off, merit, and bonus opportunities.
About Us
Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn teen, pottery barn kids, Rejuvenation, Mark & Graham, west elm, or Outward. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries
Retail
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