Creative Retoucher in Manchester

Job description

Job Title: Creative Retoucher

Location: Manchester / Hybrid

Department: Studio / Creative

Job Type: Full-time

Company Overview

Sumwon Studios is a fashion brand group, with an innovative and creative approach to developing & designing direct-to-consumer fashion brands for a diverse global customer base.

The current brands we run are MISSGUIDED, KIZN, SUMWON and AiiRZ. Our team of talented designers, trend forecasters, and industry experts collaborate seamlessly to bring our vision to life.

We leverage our expertise in market research, consumer insights, and design excellence to create brands that resonate with consumers. We are proud to have forged a strategic and exclusive relationship with one of the largest fashion retailers in the world. This partnership enables us to expand our reach and distribute our brands to a global audience of over 150 million customers. Where others perceive limits, we perceive opportunities.

We're building our team ready to challenge everything and embrace bold, new-age thinking. We honour and celebrate individuality, building an international space where everyone can feel inspired and thrive.

Role Summary

We’re on the lookout for a skilled Creative Retoucher with a keen eye for detail and a flair for design to join our in-house studio & creative team. This is not a role that focuses on product/e-commerce retouching – instead, you’ll be working across editorial, campaign, social, and marketing imagery, bringing our visuals to life through expert retouching and supporting the wider team with graphic design tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform high-end retouching of campaign, editorial, and social imagery, ensuring consistency with brand aesthetic.
• Support the creative team with graphic design tasks such as campaign layout design, typography treatments, and visual asset creation.
• Retouch skin, clothing, and environments to a polished but natural standard, maintaining realism while enhancing impact.
• Work closely with photographers and creative team to follow creative direction and apply post-production techniques accordingly.
• Assist in preparing imagery for various digital and print channels including social media, website banners, email campaigns, lookbooks, and press assets.
• Organise and maintain retouching file structures and ensure efficient asset management.
• Stay up to date with retouching and graphics trends, design techniques, and fashion imagery to help evolve the brand’s creative output.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 2+ years of experience in creative image retouching within fashion, beauty, or editorial environments.
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop with strong skills in masking, colour correction, frequency separation, and non-destructive editing.
• Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Illustrator.
• A strong portfolio showcasing creative retouching and design work.
• Ability to interpret and maintain a consistent visual aesthetic across projects.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative, proactive and open to feedback.
• Understanding of social-first content and visual storytelling.

What's on offer?

• 25 working days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Health Scheme
• 30% employee discount on all Sumwon Studios brands
• Company social events
• Creative work environment
• Competitive salary
• Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
• Pension contributions employee 5% employer 3%

Why Join Us?

• Work in one of the fastest-growing DTC fashion groups globally
• Be part of building trend-led brands that challenge the status quo
• Real ownership, real responsibility, real impact
• A culture that celebrates individuality and rewards creativity
• Opportunity to be part of a dynamic, innovative and fun organisation.
• Collaborative and supportive work culture with opportunities for professional growth and development.
• An engaging and supportive work environment
• A very modern office to work from

Sumwon Studios is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion within our work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

16-08-2025

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English