AddressWe aim to provide an environment for creative minds from different backgrounds to thrive, bringing a wide range of skills and experiences to everything we do. As a purposeful, values-driven brand, we are committed to be a force for good in the world as well, creating the next generation of sustainable luxury for customers, driving industry change and championing our communities.
PURPOSE
The Creative image retoucher position is a Maternity Cover. The purpose of this role is to ensure the successful planning, workflow, and delivery of our Creative Image Post-production within the Creative Media department, collaborating closely with stakeholders. Responsibilities include coordinating with project leads, booking resources, aligning with producers for shoot dates, briefing retouchers based on creative and technical requirements, and managing post-production workflows to ensure timely and budget-compliant delivery of images to stakeholders. This role provides direct support to the Senior Post Producer, Creative Image, to maintain our high level of creative and technical expectations on every project for multi-channel execution.
RESPONSIBILITIES
In House Retouch Resource:
- Schedule and book retouching resource for centrally managed projects.
- Challenge briefs and lead on realistic time frames and costs.
- Traffic workflow, gathering feedback from Creative whilst aligning timeframes with project stakeholders.
- Update and escalate status of project to Project Leads.
- Delivery, quality control and archival of the finished assets.
Retouching and Photographer's Agencies:
- Brief Requirements.
- Plan Schedules.
- Negotiation and management of project budget.
- Traffic workflow and quality control at feedback stage.
- Project Timeline and Creative Feedback management.
- Delivery, quality control and archival of the finished assets.
Project Lead:
- Lead on Content Post Production of Projects, Events and Campaigns.
- Support Senior Post Producer on Tier 1 campaigns.
- Support Senior Post Producer with management of location/on site team, planning and delivery of high-pressured projects such as Pre-styling, Lookbooks, and Runway Shows.
- Manage direct feedback from design teams.
- Brief Requirements working with IT and Creative.
Budget management:
- Ensure workflow tools are always up to date with Project, Resource and budget line items.
MEASURES OF SUCCESS
- Post-production schedules are respected and adhered to.
- Retouchers and Agencies understand the brief and are able to work with clear direction.
- No bottlenecks in workflow.
- Projects delivered on time and budget.
- Images look as good as possible given time and budget allowed.
- Production, Art Direction, Retouching Teams, Graphic Design, Digital Design, Project Management, CGI, Video, Design Team, Marketing, PR, External Production and Post-Production Partners.
- Develop strong relationships across business to improve ways of working.
EXPERIENCE
- Demonstrate experience working within a Post Production Agency/Team
- Degree in Photography, Graphic Design or Media
- Experience working in a team across mixed skill sets and media disciplines.
- An understanding of the design and print process.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
- Ideally experience working within the luxury fashion industry.
- Professional knowledge of Photography and experience with Image software such as CaptureOne & Adobe Creative Suite.
