Photo Retoucher

Photo RetoucherReporting to: Sr. PhotographerLocation: Onsite in our Park City, UT Headquarters officePay: $50,000 annual salary  Backcountry is seeking an experienced Photo Retoucher with a strong Digi Tech skillset to support the Marketing Photo and Creative Teams. Do you have perfect color vision? Do you sweat the details? Do you light up over cohesive color stories? Do you geek out over metadata and file organization? And do you have experience in high-end digital photo retouching? This role is responsible for executing the final look and feel for imagery across a variety of brand campaigns and marketing channel use in both digital and print. The Photo Retoucher will be a part of the Marketing Photo and Creative Services Team.  About the Job Support the Marketing Photo and Creative Teams on projects across Backcountry.com, Competitive Cyclist.com,  SteepAndCheap.com, and Backcountry’s owned brands.   Provide retouching for studio images (including but not limited to clipping paths, masking, composite images, background smoothing, replacement, or extension, removing items, replacing items, color correcting products and skin tones)  Provide Digital Tech services for Studio Photographer during photoshoots (including CaptureOne set up, filenaming, file organizing and backup, basic metadata entry, and initial color treatment as needed)  Provide consistent color treatment for location imagery and retouching as needed (including but not limited to color corrections, dodge and burn, remove or replace, dust clean up, composite multiple exposures or sequences, attention to skin tone and product details)  Provide final color and retouching for all brand campaigns and various marketing channel uses  Deliver final images optimized for a given output use (I.e. various types of digital and print)  Collaborate on seasonal color treatments  Execute consistent look and feel across all image uses  Adherence to technical photo file management standards  Digital Asset Management (DAM) of imagery  Collaboration with Art Director, Photographers, and Designers  Stay up to date on retouching technology and techniques to best serve the team and the business and provide input on process improvements   Maintain, and update, process standards documentation   Potential for other duties depending on initiative and experience   Qualifications Must provide: Strong portfolio demonstrating a variety of retouching work with before and after examples  Bachelor's Degree or similar in related photo field or equivalent work experience   2-3 years experience with high-end or commercial photo retouching   2-3 Years experience in a digi tech environment and systems  Expert in photography software including CaptureOne and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Camera Raw, Lightroom, Bridge)  Expert-level experience with retouching and up to date on new and emerging retouching tools and technology   Experience with collaboration tools (such as DAM tools, project management tools, filesharing, and communication tools)  Experience with Microsoft programs, Sharepoint, and OneDrive a plus   Ability to take, discuss, and execute on constructive feedback  Perfect color vision and a strong eye for details and composition  Highly organized, a stickler for following naming standards and file management protocol, with the ability to work on multiple projects in a given time period  Ability to use feedback to enhance and streamline performance and process   Demonstrates flexibility in a fast-paced work environment   About Backcountry Our mission is to connect people to their passions. Our five online stores—Backcountry, Competitive Cyclist, MotoSport, Bergfreunde, and SteepandCheap—aim to supply our customers with the gear, knowledge, and inspiration necessary to get out there and chase down life’s greatest moments. We do this by providing the biggest and best assortment of premium outdoor products, a superior shopping experience, personalized Gearhead expertise, lightning-fast and accurate fulfillment, and inspirational, informative, and community-centered content.  We take this concept seriously, both personally and professionally, which for employees translates to careers with growth potential and the ability to take ownership and make an impact daily. Perks such as an excellent gear discount, an annual summer Adventure Contest, summer barbecues, and a pet-friendly office make for a fun work environment. Backcountry employees will have the benefit of working with colleagues who are passionate about their careers as well as the outdoors. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and disability & life insurance, paid maternity and paternity leave, 401(k) matching, and Flexible Spending Accounts.  #LI-SE1#Corporate

Salary : $50,000