Photo Retoucher – Shoe Montage Production

KDCI Outsourcing is hiring a full-time Photo Retoucher who specializes in shoe montage production. Youll transform multiple footwear product angles into clean polished and consistent montage images that follow the brands guidelines and production standards. This role calls for a sharp eye for detail strong product-retouching skills and a clear understanding of footwear imagery someone who can take creative direction and turn it into accurate professional production-ready assets. Experience with footwear retouching color correction background cleanup and high-volume production is essential.

Shoe Montage Production

• Create clean consistent shoe montages by combining multiple product angles into a single composite image

• Ensure all product angles are properly aligned and presented consistently

• Maintain accurate proportions symmetry perspective and positioning throughout each montage

• Ensure the final montage accurately represents the actual footwear product

Footwear Retouching

• Perform detailed retouching of footwear materials leather fabric mesh stitching soles and other product details

• Refine shadows highlights reflections and textures for a polished realistic appearance

• Remove imperfections and visual distractions while preserving the products natural appearance

• Maintain consistent product shape and presentation across different angles

Color Correction & Consistency

• Perform accurate color correction to closely match the actual product

• Maintain consistent colors across multiple product angles and images

• Ensure colors align with client-approved references and specifications

Background & Asset Preparation

• Standardize backgrounds according to approved templates and requirements

• Prepare final assets to required dimensions formats and web specifications

• Optimize files so theyre ready for publishing or further production

Production & Workflow Management

• Complete assigned work within established production and publishing timelines

• Follow approved naming conventions and folder structures

• Keep working files source files and final assets organized

• Follow established version-control and client handoff procedures

• Track tasks and updates using the preferred project management platform

Quality Control & Collaboration

• Participate in regular quality checks and creative reviews

• Apply client feedback accurately and consistently

• Communicate clearly with the client and internal teams via Slack Microsoft Teams or other approved channels

• Raise questions or flag concerns when requirements are unclear

Required

• At least 2 years of professional experience in footwear photo retouching shoe montage production or a closely related product-retouching role

• Proven hands-on experience creating shoe/footwear montages from multiple product angles

• A portfolio demonstrating footwear retouching and montage work (required)

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop including: layers masking selections advanced retouching frequency separation color correction and compositing

• Strong experience in product color correction and color accuracy

• Solid understanding of composition symmetry proportion perspective and product presentation

• Experience with high-volume product catalogs and structured production workflows

• Strong attention to detail across large batches of images

• Ability to interpret creative direction and translate it into final assets

• Comfortable following established brand guidelines templates and quality standards

• Ability to work efficiently against production deadlines

• Willingness to complete a practical retouching test or technical evaluation during recruitment

Preferred

• Experience working with international clients or creative teams

• Prior experience in footwear fashion e-commerce or consumer-product photography

• Experience with standardized product imagery for e-commerce platforms

• Familiarity with structured creative-production and QA processes

Work Traits
Detail-oriented strong visual judgment quality-focused patient and precise proactive independent and responsible receptive to feedback collaborative and organized reliable and accountable adaptable and professional communicator.