Senior Photo Retoucher – Packaging & Brand Imaging

About the role

Aquent Studios is looking for a Senior Photo Retoucher to create premium, hyper‑realistic product imagery for global consumer brands. This remote role focuses on high‑end packaging and brand visual assets, requiring both artistic vision and meticulous technical execution.

Key responsibilities

• Create hyper‑realistic product images using advanced compositing, manipulation, and reconstruction techniques.
• Transform raw photography and stock assets into proprietary, brand‑specific visuals for packaging.
• Retouch and rebuild textures, surfaces, reflections, condensation, and lighting effects with precision.
• Perform sophisticated color correction and CMYK conversions while maintaining strict brand consistency.
• Collaborate with creative and production teams through multiple feedback cycles.
• Maintain organized, non‑destructive layered files with advanced masking and adjustment workflows.
• Optimize final assets for high‑resolution print production across various packaging formats.

Required profile

• Expert‑level proficiency in Adobe Photoshop with strong working knowledge of Illustrator and Bridge.
• Deep understanding of high‑end retouching workflows for packaging, branding, or consumer product imagery.
• Strong creative instincts and visual problem‑solving ability.
• Exceptional attention to detail and consistency.
• Advanced knowledge of print production requirements, including color management, bleed, trapping, and substrate considerations.
• Experience creating imagery for large‑scale commercial print and packaging.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, cross‑time‑zone environment.

Required skills

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Bridge
• Advanced compositing
• Texture rebuilding
• Color correction
• CMYK conversion
• Print production knowledge
• Color management