Photo Retoucher (Digital Imaging Artist)

Photo Retoucher

Company: ATO Atelier Pte Ltd (Chun Tsubaki)
Location: Singapore
Employment Type: Full-Time

About Chun Tsubaki

Chun Tsubaki is a boutique creative production studio specialising in food, lifestyle, hospitality, and brand storytelling. We work with local and regional brands across commercial campaigns, photography, social media, and always-on content.

We are looking for a Photo Retoucher with strong technical retouching skills and a good eye for visual storytelling, design, and creative direction.

This is a creative role, with photo retouching and post-production as the primary responsibility, alongside opportunities to contribute to art direction, visual concepts, and campaign development.

You will work closely with our photographers, producers, and creative team to bring ideas from concept to final execution.

Key Responsibilities

Photo Retouching & Post-Production (Primary)

• Handle end-to-end retouching for commercial, campaign, food, product, lifestyle, and hospitality photography.

• Perform advanced colour grading, compositing, image manipulation, and detailed retouching.

• Maintain natural textures, accurate colours, and a high standard of commercial image finishing.

• Develop and maintain consistent colour treatments across different brands and campaigns.

• Work closely with photographers and creative directors to achieve the intended visual treatment.

• Prepare final artwork for digital, social media, print, and other commercial applications.

• Manage post-production timelines, file organisation, and quality control.

Art Direction & Creative Development

• Support the development of creative concepts, moodboards, visual references, and photography treatments.

• Translate campaign briefs into clear visual directions for photography, design, and social content.

• Contribute to styling, composition, lighting references, and visual storytelling approaches.

• Work with photographers, stylists, and producers to maintain consistency between the proposed creative direction and final execution.

• Provide visual direction and feedback during pre-production, shoots, and post-production.

• Support creative pitches and presentations with visual concepts and treatments.

Graphic Design & Visual Content

• Design and adapt selected social media assets, campaign layouts, and marketing materials.

• Support basic graphic design requirements, including typography, layouts, and visual adaptations.

• Ensure design and photography assets follow each brand's visual identity.

• Explore new creative techniques, including AI-assisted image editing and visual development where appropriate.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in commercial photo retouching, art direction, graphic design, or related creative production roles.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and strong working knowledge of Lightroom or Capture One.

• Good working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and/or InDesign.

• Strong understanding of colour theory, composition, typography, lighting, and commercial photography.

• Proven ability to execute high-quality, natural-looking commercial retouching.

• A good eye for visual storytelling and the ability to translate references into practical creative directions.

• Able to manage multiple projects independently and work within production timelines.

• Comfortable collaborating with photographers, producers, stylists, and designers.

• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to take ownership of the final visual output.

Good to Have

• Experience working with food, beverage, hospitality, FMCG, or lifestyle brands.

• Experience developing campaign moodboards and photographic treatments.

• Experience art directing commercial or social media shoots.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted image generation and editing workflows.

• Basic motion graphics or video editing knowledge.

What We Offer

• Opportunities to work with established local and regional brands.

• Exposure to commercial photography, brand campaigns, and social content production.

• A collaborative creative environment with room to contribute beyond your core specialisation.

• Opportunities to grow your art direction capabilities while developing your technical craft.

How to Apply

Please send your CV, portfolio, and expected salary to [email protected].

Your portfolio should include examples of commercial photo retouching, ideally with before-and-after comparisons, alongside any relevant art direction, design, or campaign work.