Senior Retoucher & AI Image Specialist

Location: Purley, London, United Kingdom; hybrid with 4 days in the office and 1 day from home

Company

Tjarks & Tjarks is a private-label branding and packaging design agency delivering end-to-end design and artwork solutions for global retailers across packaging, food and beverage, beauty, FMCG and brand communications.

What you will do

• Deliver high-quality retouching for packaging, brand and campaign projects, including complex compositing, colour correction, image reconstruction, texture work and photorealistic enhancement.
• Create accurate product, ingredient and lifestyle imagery, product mock-ups, visualisations and presentation imagery.
• Use AI image-generation and enhancement tools to create, adapt and refine imagery within professional retouching workflows.
• Combine photography, CGI, traditional retouching and AI-generated elements to produce believable, production-ready images.
• Prepare images for print production while maintaining colour accuracy, brand consistency and technical quality.
• Collaborate with designers, artworkers, photographers, CGI specialists and account teams while managing multiple priorities and supporting image-production challenges.

Requirements

• Significant experience in high-end retouching and image production within packaging, branding, advertising or a creative agency.
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop skills and experience with compositing, colour correction, image reconstruction and photorealistic image enhancement.
• Practical experience using AI image-generation or enhancement tools within creative workflows.
• Strong understanding of colour, lighting, texture, perspective and image realism.
• Understanding of packaging design, print production and colour management.
• Excellent attention to detail, consistent quality standards and the ability to interpret creative direction and respond constructively to feedback.
• Strong communication, organisation and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a wider team and managing multiple projects in a fast-paced agency environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with food, beverage, beauty or FMCG imagery.
• Experience integrating CGI or 3D-rendered assets into photographic imagery.
• Experience creating packaging mock-ups and product visualisations.
• Interest in efficient workflows using automation and emerging creative tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent role based in the Purley studio with a hybrid schedule of four office days and one home-working day.
• Collaborative, supportive and creative culture guided by innovation, teamwork and purposeful contribution.
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of the agency’s image-production capabilities and share practical AI workflow knowledge.
• Work is expected to follow agreed standards for image quality, copyright, confidentiality and responsible AI use.