Job Description

The Opportunity:

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a Midweight Retoucher to join our talented team, adding experience and depth to our already established line up. You should possess a strong understanding of the latest Creative Suite, keep up with emerging trends and actively drive innovation within the Retouch department.

We work across multiple clients from the Iris portfolio, most notably Adidas, Samsung, Brita Alcon, Suzuki, Samsonite, Nectar, and Jack Daniels. We cover sports, fashion, automotive, product, and lifestyle imagery in every sector of advertising.

The main Adidas work is across the Terrex Range for extreme sports along with other category work. Samsung is across all Phone, Tablet, Computer and Wearables categories. Our team also have an added CGI depth which is utilised across various clients and forms part of our offering.

Key responsibilities as a Midweight Retoucher will be to:

• Manage projects and suggest improvements, adding value from the brief through to the execution and delivery.
• Lead campaigns and collaborate with the team on bigger projects.
• Work across the network supporting our offices in the U.S, Europe and Asia.

What We\'re Looking For:

We are all about craft and quality and the successful candidate will be full of creative energy.

• Someone with a high level of creative & technical retouching and CGI ability to perform a flawless and high level of CGI and retouching, including product build and origination, and for retouch composition work, clean up, enhancement, masking, colour grading of photography across the range of clients at Iris.
• Experience working towards daily targets, deadlines and managing delivery.
• Natural and effective collaborator, working closely with photographers, creatives and producers running the projects.
• Someone with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Good organisational skills, planning, managing your time and meeting deadlines.

The Software We Use:

Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D or other 3D Software a bonus.

Who are we?

About Iris:

We\xe2\x80\x99re Iris. We\xe2\x80\x99re For the Forward. A creative, strategy and innovation company that uses the power of participation to excite progress for businesses. Whether you\xe2\x80\x99re a designer, copywriter, editor, art director or studio manager, we\xe2\x80\x99re inviting you to participate in progress \xe2\x80\x93 moving yourself and the world forward with every piece of work you create.

Our Office:

London is our HQ. In our riverside office you\xe2\x80\x99ll find 300 talented people working with ambitious client partners. We\xe2\x80\x99re the lead strategic & creative agency for adidas TERREX, Pizza Hut Delivery and Abrdn. And we\xe2\x80\x99re a specialist partner for NIVEA and Samsung, to name a couple.

The Iris Character:

We have five core behaviours that we look for to help us to build a culture that fosters true progress: Courage, Storytelling, Collaboration, Empathy and Commitment.

\xe2\x80\x8bWhat\'s in it for you?

• Flexible working \xe2\x80\x93 we offer you a balance of home and office working and the opportunity to choose your days when it suits you best.
• Core hours \xe2\x80\x93 whether you want to enjoy an early gym session or pick up your children from school, you have the option to manage your own hours.
• Vitality private health care.
• BUPA dental care.
• Pension scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity package.
• 4 months full pay after 1 years\xe2\x80\x99 service.
• 6 months full pay after 2 years\xe2\x80\x99 service.
• Enhanced Paternity package.
• 4 weeks full pay after 1 years\xe2\x80\x99 service.
• IVF support \xe2\x80\x93 giving you flexibility to attend appointments and recover from procedures.
• Additional Parental support \xe2\x80\x93 meaning you can be there for your family\xe2\x80\x99s important moments\xe2\x80\x99.
• Personal access to our independent Financial Advisor.
• Group income protection.
• Sabbatical after five years of service.
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Weekly football and yoga sessions.
• Perkbox platform \xe2\x80\x93 giving you access to a wide range of discounts and curated wellbeing content.
• Client discounts \xe2\x80\x93 adidas, Dreams and Feather & Black.

Holiday:

• 25 core days\xe2\x80\x99 holiday.
• Three extra days can be used for religious holidays.
• Plus your birthday day off.
• Plus an extra day after three and five years of service.
• Climate Exchange Day.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

\xe2\x80\x98FOR THE FREE\xe2\x80\x99 is our global DE&I strategy. Its aim is to create a business where everyone feels free to be themselves and has the same opportunity and access to progress. Our DE&I strategy encourages courageous thinkers who champion outsider perspectives. \xe2\x80\x98FOR THE FREE\xe2\x80\x99 has three main pillars of activity:

Diversity - We want to invite difference. To be an organisation that is fully representative of different groups and reflects the city, country and world that we live in. We value our talents\xe2\x80\x99 lived experiences \xe2\x80\x93 including gender, race, class, disability, neuro-diversity and sexual orientation.

Equity - We want to be fair to everyone. To remove barriers for individuals and groups and provide the bespoke access, support and opportunities that are needed to fully participate in our organisation. We are levelling the playing field.

Inclusion - We want everyone to feel at home. To provide a place where people can be themselves, express their unique identity and contribute to the life of our community.

Privacy Statement:

If you decide to apply for a role at Iris we will only keep the data provided by you for 2 years from the date we receive it, following which your data will then be destroyed. We have a legitimate interest to process the data you provide us and we will protect your rights in accordance with all applicable data legislation. If at any point you decide you would like us to delete the data we hold or have any more questions please get in touch with us.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large. We are For The Forward.

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