Who We Are: At Huda Beauty, our Vision is to lead in creating a democratized beauty industry where power is given back to people to define, create, and enjoy beauty for themselves! Launched by award-winning beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan in 2013, Huda Beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brands. As a company, we are fueled by purpose and not profit. This allows us to approach things differently so that we can create products, content, and a community like no other. A lot has changed since our launch in 2013, but something that will forever remain at the core of Huda Beauty is our focus on business excellence and our unwavering passion for kindness!
Summary: We are looking for a talented and meticulous Post Production Artist to join our in-house Agency team. Reporting to the Head of Photography, this role will be responsible for the retouching, finishing, and preparation of high-quality photographic assets across Huda Beauty’s brand ecosystem, including campaign, beauty, product, editorial, social, and e-commerce imagery.
The ideal candidate has advanced technical expertise in Photoshop and a highly refined eye for beauty retouching, color, tone, texture, skin, hair, product detail and composition. They will be responsible for translating approved creative direction into polished final imagery while maintaining a high level of consistency, accuracy, and visual quality across a high volume of assets.
Please note that this role is a 12-month fixed term role.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Retouch and finish high-end beauty, product, campaign, editorial, fashion, and lifestyle photography from initial selects through final delivery.
- Execute advanced beauty retouching across skin, complexion, hair, makeup, eyes, lips, hands, and other fine-detail areas while maintaining a natural and realistic result.
- Retouch product and packaging imagery, with a strong understanding of materials, reflections, highlights, texture, shape, and color accuracy.
- Apply color correction, grading, compositing, masking, background cleanup and extensions, image reconstruction, and other advanced Photoshop techniques as required.
- Work closely with the Head of Photography, photographers, Art Director, and creative team to interpret creative direction, briefs, mood boards, and retouching notes and translate them into polished final imagery.
- Maintain consistent visual quality across campaign, editorial, digital, social, print, and e-commerce assets.
- Manage multiple retouching projects and high volumes of assets, prioritizing work effectively to meet agreed timelines without compromising quality.
- Conduct final quality checks and prepare imagery for delivery, ensuring retouching, color, technical specifications, file formats, dimensions, and resolutions meet requirements.
- Maintain organized layered working files, exports, and archived assets in line with established file management standards.
- Support the Head of Photography in developing and maintaining efficient retouching workflows, standards, and processes.
- Brief and guide external retouching vendors as required, establishing clear retouching standards and references to ensure consistency and quality across delivered imagery.
- Stay current with evolving retouching techniques, Photoshop capabilities, AI-assisted tools, and emerging technologies relevant to digital image production.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience as a Retoucher, Beauty Retoucher, Digital Artist, or in a comparable photography post-production role.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-end beauty, product, editorial, campaign, and commercial retouching.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, including strong expertise in masking, compositing, frequency separation, dodge & burn, color correction, cleanup, and image reconstruction.
- Strong working knowledge of Lightroom and Capture One.
- Exceptional understanding of skin, hair, makeup, texture, light, shadow, reflection, materiality, tone, and color.
- Strong understanding of product and packaging retouching, including reflective and transparent materials.
- Strong understanding of color management and output requirements across print, digital, social, and e-commerce.
- Ability to interpret creative briefs, mood boards, art direction, and retouching notes and translate them into polished final imagery.
- Exceptional attention to detail with a highly developed visual eye and strong understanding of beauty and commercial image aesthetics.
- Ability to maintain a high level of consistency across large volumes of imagery.
- Experience working under tight deadlines in a fast-paced creative or production environment.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively.
- Collaborative approach with strong communication skills and the ability to respond constructively to creative feedback.
- Experience working within beauty, fashion, luxury, or high-end commercial photography is preferred.
- Experience working with global brands and assets distributed across multiple markets is a plus.
- Experience with AI-assisted imaging and emerging digital production tools is a plus.
Benefits
- Monthly “Self-Love Days” - at company discretion
- Premium Medical/Dental/Vision coverage for employee plus dependents
- Monthly coaching sessions with our in-house Success Coach
- Employee discounts on all Huda Beauty products
- Quarterly product gifting
Huda Beauty is committed to building diverse and inclusive teams and upholding an equal employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire stellar individuals regardless of their race, color, ancestry, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical conditions, disability, or veteran status. If you need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.