Packaging Retoucher
Join our award-winning team known throughout the industry for imaginative problem-solving, innovative ideas, and absolutely stunning design.
Primarily, the Packaging Retoucher position is to work as an integral member of the wider team to create gold standard, repro-ready artwork images, honouring design vision to achieve the best result in the final production.
Whilst accuracy and thoroughness are key components of the Retouchers role, it must be coupled with an inquisitive nature, a keenness to problem solve and an ability to react to time sensitive challenges with positivity and a can-do attitude.
Alongside the digital nature of the work, good verbal communication skills are a must to navigate projects.
An eye for all things creative and an excellent understanding of colour within production perimeters. A good Retoucher must be creative, and be confident to share opinions that deliver both technically and with aesthetic quality.
Responsibilities
- Translate creative concepts into polished, print-ready artwork images for packaging, maintaining the highest standards of quality.
- A sound understanding of packaging artwork and print processes.
- Approach workstreams with an inquisitive nature and a keenness to problem solve and react to time-sensitive challenges with positivity and a can-do attitude.
- Show ambition to learn and explore innovative solutions, staying at the cutting edge of the packaging design world.
- Good communication skills, keeping the CS & Creative teams updated.
- Guide the CS team on retouching requirements, flagging constraints that may impact project delivery timelines.
- Maintain a positive, supportive, and calming influence in the production team, with a professional and constructive manner.
Experience/Skills Necessary
- A history of producing captivating print ready images as a Packaging Retoucher or in a similar role at a pack design / repro agency
- Essential experience in FMCG packaging. Experience in large range adaptive rollouts projects would be advantageous.
- Photoshop wizardry is a must. Fluency in illustrator and other Adobe Creative packages is beneficial.
- Knowledge of packaging print processes and an understanding ability separations (DCS) and managing proofs.
- Attention to detail and a keen eye for design aesthetics.
- Excellent communication and collaborative mindset, building strong relationships with project teams.
We embrace individuality and diversity and employ irrespective of background, age, ethnicity, colour, gender, disability, sexual or religious orientation and marital status. We invest heavily in our people and help them drive their personal development. We offer very competitive salaries, exceptional benefits and WFH flexibility.
- Team
- Design
- Role
- Retoucher
- Locations
- London, Tunbridge Wells
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
OUR CULTURE.
People talk a lot about culture these days. JDO genuinely invests a huge amount of time in theirs because we believe a happy team is a more creative team. We believe that the people you work with are as important as the brands you work on and that work should nurture wellbeing as well as pay the bills. Our greatest strength is our people, and we support every individual to excel.
Packaging Retoucher
Join our award-winning team known throughout the industry for imaginative problem-solving, innovative ideas, and absolutely stunning design.
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