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Our teams work across markets and disciplines to deliver high-quality creative content at global scale.</p> <h4><strong>The Role</strong></h4> <p>We are looking for a <strong>highly skilled Senior Retoucher</strong> to join our creative production team in India. This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in <strong>commercial, advertising, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and people-focused imagery</strong>, who has worked on campaigns for leading brands and understands the quality standards expected on global creative work.</p> <p>You will be responsible for taking professionally shot imagery and elevating it to a <strong>global campaign-ready standard</strong>, working closely with art directors, photographers, designers, producers, and creative teams across APAC and international markets.</p> <p>The ideal candidate has exceptional technical skills, a strong eye for detail, and the ability to understand the creative intent behind an image—not simply execute a brief.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Retouch and finish high-end imagery for <strong>global and APAC advertising campaigns</strong>, digital campaigns, social, e-commerce, and other brand communications.</li> <li>Work extensively on <strong>people, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and product imagery</strong>.</li> <li>Perform advanced <strong>skin, hair, beauty, body, wardrobe, and environmental retouching</strong> while maintaining a natural and premium finish.</li> <li>Ensure imagery meets the <strong>highest global commercial and brand-quality standards</strong>.</li> <li>Interpret creative direction and translate visual references and art direction into polished final imagery.</li> <li>Work with complex images requiring <strong>compositing, masking, colour correction, clean-up, background work, and image manipulation</strong>.</li> <li>Collaborate with photographers, art directors, designers, producers, and global creative teams.</li> <li>Manage multiple images and deliverables while maintaining <strong>consistency across an entire campaign</strong>.</li> <li>Work within established brand guidelines while also demonstrating creative judgment where required.</li> <li>Handle detailed feedback and revisions efficiently and accurately.</li> <li>Maintain strong file hygiene, layer structure, naming conventions, colour profiles, and production standards.</li> <li>Identify potential quality issues before final delivery and proactively suggest solutions.</li> <li>Support the team on technically challenging or high-priority global projects when required.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What We're Looking For</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>5-8+ years of professional retouching experience</strong>, preferably within advertising, creative production, photography, fashion, beauty, or a similar environment.</li> <li>Strong portfolio demonstrating <strong>high-end commercial retouching</strong> and campaign work.</li> <li>Experience working on <strong>people-centric imagery</strong>, particularly beauty, fashion, lifestyle, celebrity, or talent photography.</li> <li>Experience working on <strong>APAC and/or global campaigns</strong> is highly desirable.</li> <li>Advanced proficiency in <strong>Adobe Photoshop</strong> and professional retouching workflows.</li> <li>Strong understanding of <strong>colour, lighting, skin tones, texture, composition, and image quality</strong>.</li> <li>Excellent understanding of when to retain natural texture and when to make creative enhancements.</li> <li>Ability to work with high-resolution RAW/PSD files and complex layered compositions.</li> <li>Strong attention to detail and an exceptional eye for inconsistencies.</li> <li>Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively with creative and production teams.</li> <li>Comfortable working across multiple projects and tight deadlines without compromising quality.</li> <li>Strong communication skills and the ability to understand and respond to creative feedback.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>A Great Candidate Would Also Have</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience working with <strong>global advertising agencies, production studios, brands, or creative networks</strong>.</li> <li>Experience delivering work across multiple markets and adapting to different creative/brand requirements.</li> <li>Experience with <