Galeries Lafayette Retoucher
- Location
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Department
- Creative, Design & Styling
- Industry
- Fashion, Apparel & Leather Goods
- Posted
- Apr 14, 2026
About Galeries Lafayette
A prestigious luxury fashion maison with global creative operations, producing runway, campaign and e‑commerce imagery. The employer operates within the high‑end fashion ecosystem, collaborating closely with photographic studios, creative directors and marketing teams to maintain the brand's visual identity.
Leading luxury fashion house in Paris seeks Retoucher for campaign and e‑commerce image post‑production. Full‑time position in Paris, France.
Role & Responsibilities
- Execute high‑end image retouching for campaigns, lookbooks, e‑commerce and social channels while preserving the brand's visual language.
- Perform colour correction, skin retouching, fabric and texture restoration, and composite assembly to professional standards for print and digital.
- Prepare and deliver final assets in required colour spaces and formats (CMYK/TIFF for print; sRGB/JPEG for web) with strict file naming and version control.
- Collaborate with photographers, art directors, stylists and e‑commerce producers to translate creative briefs into final imagery.
- Maintain and refine post‑production workflows, presets and retouching libraries; ensure consistency across seasonal collections.
- Quality‑assure incoming and outgoing files, manage deadlines and escalate technical issues to production or external vendors when necessary.
Qualifications
- Professional portfolio demonstrating advanced fashion and commercial retouching for campaigns and e‑commerce.
- Excellent eye for colour, tone, texture and composition; strong understanding of skin, fabric and jewellery retouching.
- Proven ability to meet tight production schedules while maintaining exacting quality standards.
- Fluency in French and professional working proficiency in English (spoken and written) preferred.
Skills
Experience
Typically 3+ years of professional retouching experience in fashion, luxury goods or high‑end commercial photography environments; demonstrable campaign and e‑commerce work is required.
Education
Diploma or degree in photography, graphic design, visual arts or equivalent professional experience preferred.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Culture
The workplace combines atelier‑level attention to craft with the pace of an international fashion house. Teams are collaborative and cross‑disciplinary, operating to exacting aesthetic standards and tight seasonal deadlines.
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