Perry Ellis International, Inc. represents a diverse portfolio of lifestyle apparel brands. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries owns and licenses nationally and internationally recognized brands including: Perry Ellis®, Original Penguin® by Munsingwear®, Laundry by Shelli Segal®, Rafaella®, Cubavera®, Ben Hogan®, Savane®, Grand Slam®, John Henry®, Manhattan®, Axist®, Jantzen® and Farah®. The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Nike® and Jag® for swimwear, and Callaway®, PGA TOUR®, and Jack Nicklaus® for golf apparel.

Summary:

Seeking a Digital Retoucher to work closely and take direction from the Creative Directors, Marketing, and Photography Department to realize photographic objectives through digital retouching and compositing.

Responsibilities:

• Execute and organize retouching of images that include advertising, e-commerce, and corporate high-end photography retouching
• Color corrections and color changes
• Fabric textures and patterns expertise a must
• Garment wrinkle removal
• Skin and beauty retouching
• Masking and path creation
• The ability to seamlessly create and produce complex compositing of two or more images into one background or different environments is required.
• Efficient turnaround of high volume count of imagery on a daily basis.
• Ability to process raw images and reformat files to multiple dimensions and file naming conventions.
• Delivery of files will include: server transfer, internal/external FTP or cloud-based upload, and internal delivery sites
• Communicate with Photography and Creative Departments to obtain any proofs and retouching information necessary to keep workflow moving.
• Ensure visual consistency of product images within projects, and across brands.
• Must have keen attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
• Ensure follow-up on projects with team members from each department.

Requirements:

• College degree in Fine Arts with four years of working experience or 5+ working years of fashion industry retouching experience.
• Photography background preferred.
• Knowledge of color profiles, proofing, channels, and conversions on both RGB and CMYK color spaces is a must.
• Experience in high-end fashion and product retouching for web and final print reproduction.
• Ability to handle high volume count of imagery on a daily basis.
• Advanced Photoshop skills with the main focus on fabric retouching, color correcting, and skin.
• Working knowledge of all RAW formats, PSD, TIFF, JPEG, and Vector EPS file formats.
• Four years of advanced MAC computer skills.
• Capture One Pro software
• Experience working within a server-based environment
• Must be able to manage multiple projects efficiently and independently; demonstrate excellent communication and organization skills; self-prioritize in a fast-paced environment; and work best under tight deadlines.
• Must be willing to take a retouching test.
• Good interpersonal skills and be able to work with all levels of management