Artworker/Retoucher

Requirements

• Create and manipulate images, illustrations, and graphics for brands such as Time Out, Commercial Interior Design, Hotelier Middle East, and Caterer Middle East.
• Prepare artwork files for print and digital production.
• Collaborate with designers, editors, and other team members to ensure visual consistency.
• Retouch and colour-correct images to meet publication standards
• Ensure all artwork adheres to brand guidelines and style requirements.
• Responsible for managing individual product workflows alongside brand editors, ensuring images are created to brief and to deadline
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in digital and print production.

Essential Skills

• Education / Experience: At least five years relevant industry experience.
• Essential skills: fluent in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Desirable skills: experience in Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Languages: Fluent in English.

What we look for in candidates

• Creative across everything from cover design to how they respond to challenges.
• Competitive keeps a keen eye on the competition and wider industry for insights into trends.
• Energetic a strong sense of humour and high-frequency personality.
• Persuasive both internally and externally, with the ability to present ideas with credibility, sound reasoning and emotion.
• Accountable the ideal candidate is ready to take on responsibility for managing projects from concept to fruition, and has the ability to self-supervise in order to meet deadlines.
• Flexible understands the always-evolving nature of the media landscape, and is comfortable pivoting when priorities change.