Retouch Manager (12 month fixed term contract)

Reiss Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer in Greater London is seeking a skilled Retouch Manager to lead the Studio Retouch Team. This vital role involves managing workflows, ensuring premium quality imagery across all platforms. Candidates should have expertise in Adobe Photoshop, strong leadership skills, and a keen eye for detail. The position offers competitive salary and benefits, supporting creative collaboration within a dynamic team. Join us to elevate brand imagery and further develop your career within an inspiring environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company bonus

65% employee discount

Aviva DigiCare+ wellbeing services

Health support plan

Pension contributions

Enhanced parental leave

Electric Vehicle scheme

Cycle to Work programme

Season ticket travel loan

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading or supervising a retouch team within a fast-paced environment, ideally in retail fashion.
• Highly skilled in advanced retouching and image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop.
• Confident working on Mac OS and maintaining accuracy across high-volume workflows.

Responsibilities

• Managing daily workloads for the retouch team to ensure efficient workflow.
• Conducting thorough quality control checks on retouched imagery.
• Preparing image files, including colour matching and creating retouch notes.
• Performing advanced retouching to align with brand guidelines.
• Incorporating feedback from Creative and Product teams.

Skills

Leadership in retouch team

Adobe Photoshop expertise

Time management

Detail-oriented quality control

Collaboration and communication

Familiarity with Capture One

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Mac OS

Job description

What’s the role about?

We’re looking for a highly skilled and experienced Retouch Manager to lead our in-house Studio Retouch Team and ensure the delivery of premium, brand-aligned imagery across all digital platforms. This role is essential in maintaining the Reiss visual standard, driving workflow efficiency, and ensuring all imagery meets the creative direction set by the Creative Director and Head of Creative.

You’ll oversee the day-to-day management of the retouching function, ensuring all assets are delivered on time for product launches and editorial content. Working closely with photographers, stylists, production teams, and cross-functional partners, you will uphold consistency, accuracy, and excellence across every touchpoint of our ecommerce and campaign imagery.

This role is a 12-month fixed term contract.

Who you are

• Experienced in leading or supervising a retouch team within a fast-paced ecommerce or creative studio environment, ideally in retail fashion.
• Highly skilled in Adobe Photoshop with strong expertise in advanced retouching, image manipulation, and colour matching across model, still-life, and editorial assets.
• Confident working on Mac OS with Wacom tools, maintaining accuracy, consistency, and premium quality across high-volume workflows.
• Exceptionally organised with strong time management abilities, comfortable prioritising multiple deadlines and managing shifting workloads.
• Detail-oriented and experienced in delivering high-level quality control, ensuring all imagery meets brand and creative standards.
• A clear and collaborative communicator, able to liaise confidently with Creative, Product, Social, Merchandising, Content, and external partners.
• Familiar with Capture One, digital asset management systems, and studio workflow tools is beneficial.
• Adaptable, proactive, and passionate about elevating brand imagery and maintaining a high-performing creative environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing, delegating, and structuring daily workloads for the retouch team to ensure efficient workflow and timely delivery of all assets.
• Conducting thorough quality control checks and verifying the accuracy, consistency, and premium finish across all retouched imagery.
• Preparing image files including colour matching, resequencing, creating match shots, and producing clear retouch notes on contact sheets.
• Performing advanced retouching and image manipulation using Adobe Creative Suite, ensuring all imagery aligns with brand guidelines and creative direction.
• Actioning and incorporating feedback from Creative and Product teams, ensuring all ecommerce, editorial, still-life, and social assets remain on-brand and visually consistent.
• Overseeing the prioritisation of imagery selects against OPR sheets and partnering with Production and Trade teams to ensure all studio deadlines are met.
• Leading contact sheet reviews and approvals with the Head of Creative and Creative Director prior to asset upload.
• Establishing and refining streamlined processes across the retouching and studio teams, including collaborating with shoot teams to maintain visual consistency in lighting, model presentation, and overall output.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and company bonus.
• Up to 65% employee discount.
• Access to exclusive sample sales.
• Aviva DigiCare+ wellbeing services.
• Medicash health support plan.
• Workplace pension contributions.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• Electric Vehicle scheme via Octopus Energy.
• Cycle to Work programme.
• Season ticket travel loan.
• Plus further workplace benefits.

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Retouch Manager, don’t miss out - apply now!

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We recognise the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates.

It is our pledge that candidates will not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect.

We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they feel they meet all of the requirements listed. We want you to know that finding people who will add to our inspirational culture and have a learning mindset is incredibly important to us. Even if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, we’d still like to hear from you.