About Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood is one of the most iconic British fashion brands, renowned for its heritage, innovative design, and commitment to culture and activism. We care deeply about our people and the environment, and our core values — Gaia, Quality not Quantity, Activism, Culture & Heritage — guide us daily. If you share our passion for creativity, sustainability, and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
About The Role
We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Junior Image Retoucher to join our Ecommerce Team on a full-time basis for 12 months. This role will be based in our Merton office.
Key Responsibilities
Overview of the role and responsibilities
* Perform art working and image editing of photography to the highest standards. Adhering to quality control guidelines and feedback working on still life and model images.
* Highly proficient in the Adobe Suite and Capture One softwares.
* Work across a broad range of images and categories during ecommerce seasonal uploads and wholesale selling season (JOOR) to meet upload targets.
* Retouch a high volume of images, to include batch processing, resizing and cropping within the agreed timeline, with a key focus on still life and colour matching.
* Established technical ability pertaining to invisible mannequins, model, product and jewellery images.
* Quality control on editing and colour checking/matching images with garments/products to ensure consistent colour accuracy.
* Maintain and organise personal retouch workload and checklist priorities, ensuring assets are submitted onto the VW dropbox ready for approval from the Senior Retouchers or Image and Content Coordinator.
* Ensure a consistent and open communication is maintained with the Senior Retouchers, Image and Content Coordinator or Ecom Studio Operations Manager in order to feedback on any delays or changes to delivery schedule/deadline.
* Any other ad hoc tasks required.
(Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties and you may be required to perform additional duties to fulfil the requirements of the role)
Profile & Key Skills
* 2 years’ experience minimum within retouch/ edit field. A strong portfolio of creative work.
* Able to attend our SW19 office at least 3 times a week.
* Excellent Photoshop knowledge and a strong understanding of colour spaces and Mac systems.
* Advanced knowledge retouching specifically on still life, mannequin, and model.
* Composite retouch experience.
* Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate.
* Problem solving and decision-making skills – Solution focused.
* Ability to multitask, manage and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
* Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
* Proactive attitude to problem solving and improving systems.
* The capability to perform under pressure.Experience in an ecommerce setting is preferred.
* Commercially astute.
Benefits
* Staff discounts
* Health & Wellbeing support (includes Private Medical Health Insurance, EAP, Gym Discounts, Access to Financial Planning Service, etc.)
* Perkbox Discounts and Wellness Hub
* Cycle to work scheme
* Generous annual leave allowance
* Pension Scheme
* Training and hands-on experience
* Opportunities to build new skills and gain valuable industry knowledge
Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we recommend applying early to avoid missing out.
Vivienne Westwood is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local government laws. For our privacy statement please visit this link
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