Retouching Lead, Shopbop

Description

Shopbop is looking a full-time, 40 hours Monday-Friday, Imaging Lead (Image Processor) with digital retouching and team lead experience to support our Madison, WI and New York, NY studio locations. This lead position is a great opportunity for someone who is visually precise, computer savvy, deadline driven, and excels at leading/developing a team in a fast-paced, friendly work environment. The successful candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the balance needed between artistry, organization, communication and cooperation.

While this role is primarily remote, as a Lead position, it is strongly preferred to have weekly in-person attendance at the Madison, WI studio location 1-3 days a week.

Key job responsibilities
• Retouch a complex range of high-end fashion imagery for customer facing web use. Producing excellent quality edited assets for 170+ Product Photography images per day OR 75+ Editorial Photography images with a < 2% defect rate.
• Lead execution of creative direction and articulate rationale for decisions to support on-brand vision and team alignment.
• Work across regional teams and influence operational decisions.
• Review quality of work and provide feedback and training to peers and contingent workforce; audit output.
• Develop and implement processes to support team alignment and efficiency.
• Produce solutions for automation, enhance and maintains given scripts, builds custom applications for the post-production operations.
• Innovate process improvements for a variety of categories and initiatives.
• Troubleshoot with no procedure. Manage escalations on routine tasks, roadblocks and risks.
• Provide clear and concise communication.
• Retrieve and deliver digital assets using internal systems.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading a team in a fast-paced e-commerce high-fashion setting.
• 5+ years of experience using Adobe Photoshop, with expert understanding of actions, layer masking, adjustment layers, and industry best practices.
• Exceptional visual skills with strong understanding of naturalistic skin, fabric, color, light and shadow, and composition retouching.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to adapt to changes to meet workflow requirements.
• Ability to manage work processes, work quality, multitask, and prioritize tasks independently with limited error.
• Proven success collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Self-driven leader with exceptional problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to analyse data, detects trends and mitigates immediate risks by proposing and implementing short-term and long-term solutions.
• Ability to learn and lead proprietary internal tools.
• Experience with the Mac OSX.
• Link to current portfolio

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in Photography, Design, or other related art field.
• Knowledge of the fashion industry.
• Associates and/or bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
• 3+ years of experience using Excel.
• 3+ years of experience using an industry leading Digital Asset Management tool.
• Adaptability and interest of evolving GenAI workflows.


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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $57,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $123,900/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.