About Oh Polly

Founded in 2015, Oh Polly creates high-quality, innovative designs that are trend-driven, meeting our customers’ needs in an ever-evolving market without compromising on our global responsibility and ethical values. Our business model is social first, centred around our industry-leading Instagram and Facebook accounts. 2020 saw the launch of Bo+Tee, Oh Polly’s much-loved gym and activewear brand, followed by the launch of Swim in 2021, focusing solely on stylish swimwear. Fast forward to 2024 and we now have a combined following of over 10 million across the brands, selling products in almost every single country around the world. Operating internationally across key sites Glasgow, Wirral, London and LA, the business has grown to over 400 employees. As we continue to expand our global presence, we are looking for talented, driven and ambitious individuals to join the Oh Polly team! Here, you can expect an environment to flourish, develop and take your career to the next level.

The Role:

We have a vacancy for a Lead Retoucher (maternity cover) within our in-house team at Oh Polly. We’re looking for someone who can support and mentor a talented team of retouchers as the company grows and continues to produce high-quality creative and e-commerce imagery.
The role will be divided into a mix of retouching, quality control, team development and process control. Demonstrating your skill with the technical aspects of retouching, you will complete tasks to best practice with a deadline-driven mentality.

Responsibilities: 

• Reporting to the Senior Visual Content & Retouching Manager, you will collaborate in keeping on top of project scopes, workloads, resourcing and project opportunities.
• Deliver retouch projects across a range of disciplines including Campaigns, E-commerce & Social Media in line with the latest Oh Polly guidelines. 
• You will be constantly aware of targets and the business goals to achieve quality across a large shoot volume to strict deadlines.
• Communicating across all areas, you will build strong relationships with the Ecom shoot teams, creative, graphics designers and retouchers to communicate daily quality control issues, reshoots and priorities.
• Train, motivate and mentor team members, highlighting development opportunities to senior management to help support individual growth.
• Working closely with senior management to deliver the business goals, deliver assets on time and set daily priorities.
• Working ad hoc projects and working on a variety of projects when required.
• Developing and actively seeking up-to-the-minute editing techniques with a creative flair and passion for detail.
• Maintaining the highest level of attention to detail and quality control as possible.
  

Skills and Requirements: 

• 5+ years experience in a similar role.
• Exceptional eye for detail, colour and grading with the ability to advise creative.
• Degree in Photography, Digital Arts or Graphic Design with Advanced knowledge of Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite & Capture One.
• Ability to retouch a wide range of images that involve complex cleanup and colour correction.
• Proactive and able to show initiative to foresee/resolve issues related to post-production workflow.
• Must be organised and can manage personal workload while providing support to the Senior Visual Content & Retouching Manager.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with an ability to change priorities quickly and accept change with a positive attitude.
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, hardworking with a positive attitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• 3D Software experience is a plus.
  

What's on offer?

• 50% discount on all Oh Polly, Bo+Tee products.
• Salary: £DOE
• Hours: Monday – Friday 9.00-5.30
• Learning and Development opportunities.
• Corporate gym membership.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 25 days annual leave + an extra day for your Birthday
• Company Pension
  
  

This Company is an equal opportunities employer
Oh Polly job positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.