Blue Nile is the largest online retailer of certified diamonds, engagement rings and fine jewelry. Our standards are amongst the highest of all jewelers. We provide a superior customer experience, extraordinary value and industry leading product quality and style. We obsess about our customers and are passionate about providing each customer with an amazing experience.

Job Summary:

We are currently looking for an in-house Image Retoucher extraordinaire to work with our first-rate photo studio. We need someone with extensive and accomplished experience with digital photo editing, color correction and image consistency on the team that produces our world-class product images. If you have a polished portfolio in the luxury retail space, a keen eye for detail, love efficiency, move quickly in a high-energy environment and live and breathe Photoshop, then we are looking for you.

Responsibilities:

Job responsibilities include:

• First-class image retouching for fast-paced commercial product photo studio
• Meticulous attention to detail, making sure to catch and remove even the smallest of image flaws
• Have an expert technical understanding of Photoshop combined with a practiced knowledge of file processing and color management
• Ability to follow strict guidelines in terms of file layering and organization
• Manage vendors, coordinating delivery of incoming and outgoing images. Image clipping is done offsite as well as some image cleanup and this role will oversee those transactions.
• Deftly match quality and color standards for product types and create color variations from a single base color sample.
• Research and Automation Implementation – Continue to improve and refine the color correction process with the use of other technologies. Research ways to improve the efficiency of the system.
• Proficiently color balance to standards, cropping, resizing, and sharpening imagery
• Touching up/editing out image flaws, dust, lens anomalies, etc.
• Batching and creating web ready graphics/imagery
• Extending and seaming backgrounds
• Uploading images to diligently organized server and assisting to maintain that organization
• Managing large quantities of files, ensuring nothing gets lost in the shuffle
• Has deep awareness of tight timelines and feels a sense of urgency to facilitate staying on schedule
• Anticipate problems in workflow and work ahead to create solutions
• Often called upon to locate and provide images to varying teams across the business
• Occasionally add keywords and rename images
• Display maturity and professionalism under pressure
• Collaborate and stay in constant communication with manager and 

Qualifications: (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Experience and Education)

• 5+ years’ experience in product image editing, manipulation and color correction.
• Exceptionally skilled at image manipulation and color correction using Photoshop
• Pays meticulous attention to details
• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Supreme composition skills and understanding of product scale
• Exemplary knowledge of photography and lighting
• Preeminent knowledge of Photoshop actions or other automation techniques required
• Self-motivated and able to adapt to a constantly changing environment, able to switch projects at a moment’s notice

Additional Abilities: (if applicable)

      Unique Abilities Required:      Photoshop God    

      Typical Amount of Travel: 0

Competencies:                 

Core:
Accountability, adaptability, customer focus, decision making, ethics and integrity, functional/technical skills, resourcefulness, results orientation, and teamwork.

Core Manager:
Building effective teams, business alignment, leadership, developing and motivating talent, and managing and measuring contributions.

Position Specific:
Attention to detail and ability to output flawless imagery, multi-tasking and capable of delivering against multiple image batches simultaneously, strong communication with other teams to ensure quality and consistency in image output, and dependable.