Our Team
Vistaprint is seeking a Photography Retoucher to join its Creative Services team and support the production of high quality photography assets for our worldwide marketing and web site campaigns.
In this role, the Retoucher will work closely with the in-house photographer and imaging team to prepare and deliver new product photography into our digital asset management (DAM) platform. This role will focus on preparing product photography for use within our scene rendering platform, in addition to day-to-day image retouching responsibilities. To succeed in this role, you must have a strong eye for detail, be comfortable with learning new technologies/tools, be highly proactive, and possess strong Photoshop skills. The Retoucher is also a key member of our new product launch team and will play a key role in helping to launch thousands of new products on the Vistaprint web site. In addition to your Photoshop and retouching skills, you should have experience working on high-visibility projects within a fast-paced environment. This is a production- level role and requires an energetic personality to consistently deliver a high-volume of work.
What You Will Do
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Upload, format and prepare product photography for use on our proprietary scene rendering platform for Vistaprint.com
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Retouch, color correct, crop, and upload product photography
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Retouch digital images according to style guides
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Mask parts of products
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Strong color correction skills to ensure color consistency across all images per product
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Strong attention to detail
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Crop digital images and maintain file size specifications
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Support and maintain digital asset organization within the company’s digital asset management (DAM) tool
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Upload images to digital asset management (DAM) tool in accordance with established procedures
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QA of images on scene rendering platform and take point to investigate/resolve any technical and creative issues
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Perform quality assurance on all images
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Receive creative direction from designers, photographers, and senior retouchers and make corrections when necessary
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Suggest ways to constantly improve the workflow. Take initiative and be proactive about helping the retouching team and other studio teams.
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Complete any other ad hoc imaging duties when required
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Some data entry required
Your Qualifications
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High technical proficiency in Mac OS X, Photoshop, and Wacom pen tablet (preferred)
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High proficiency working in MS Windows environment and using PCs
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Ability and desire to learn additional technologies and applications
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Strong knowledge of masks and masking techniques
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Proficient with Photoshop’s pen tool
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Complete understanding of smart objects
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Strong retouching and color correcting skills
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Proven experience retouching product photography
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A complete understanding of layers. Including but not limited to, modes, adjustments and structure
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Excellent eye for detail
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Proactive, motivated, dedicated, and able to take initiative
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Deadline-oriented, flexible, organized and able to handle competing priorities
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Strong written and verbal communication skills
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Strong collaboration skills in order to work effectively with a team of designers, project managers,
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engineers and marketing associates
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Sense of humor is a must
Education & Experience
Visual Arts, Design related degree and/ or equivalent work experience
Expert knowledge of Adobe Software suite
Prior experience working with a digital asset management (DAM ) system is a plus
Proven ability to work efficiently and produce a high volume of retouched images
Proven ability to work to strict deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment
Nice to have
- Use AI tools to create and refine images, ensuring alignment with Vista brand guidelines, and making refinements to enhance consistency across products.
- Generating, scaling, optimizing and editing products and backgrounds using different AI tools.
- hotography skills, 3D skills
Why You'll Love Working Here
We encourage our engineers to think like owners – to continue to act small as we grow. Every team defines their own roadmaps, and uses the programming languages and technologies that suit them best. This helps us have a big impact at the enterprise level while still feeling small and nimble. We have a Remote-First operating model and culture, with team members in over 15 countries and 30 US states, offering autonomy and the flexibility to work from home. Cimpress also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together.
About Us
Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Cimpress Technology develops cutting-edge, best-in-world software that our mass customization businesses use to create personalized physical (and digital) products, for over 17 million global customers. Our businesses can choose the solutions that work for them, or assemble any custom combination they need. This makes it easier and faster to do things like introduce new products, reach customers and track orders. And this kind of innovation keeps customers coming back.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Cimpress exists to help our customers live their dreams. Each dream is unique – and the Cimpress team needs to be as well. We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Cimpress is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.
