Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Senior Retoucher & Graphic Designer

Graphic DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeJohannesburg, South AfricaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Mastery of high-end product, skin, and surface retouching techniques, including texture, color, and lighting correction.
Use advanced Photoshop workflows, including smart object structuring, non-destructive editing, masking, layer comping, and file preparation for large-scale outputs.
Understand brand identity systems and interpret and implement brand guidelines across multiple asset types and markets.
Translate campaign concepts into polished visual assets and guide composition, tone, and narrative.
Apply layout, typography, and balance across static and motion assets, with an understanding of multi-channel design.
Work with accurate color spaces and ICC profiles for web, print, and packaging outputs.
Interpret complex creative briefs into actionable outputs with strong visual coherence.
Understand cultural tone, aesthetic preferences, and market-specific visual nuances.
Ensure visual consistency across print, digital, social, point-of-sale, and packaging formats.
Stay current with visual culture, creative industry trends, and innovations in AI-assisted design and retouching.
Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Know retouching plugins, neural filters, batch processing, and AI-assisted touch-ups, and maintain ongoing knowledge of AI advancements.
Follow file naming conventions, folder structures, specification compliance, and platform formatting requirements.
Use Figma, Frame.io, and Marcel AI tools.
Design and refine post-production pipelines, action-based workflows, and handoff processes.
Manage multiple deadlines in fast-paced environments while maintaining quality.
Maintain precision and error-free final delivery, including pixel-perfect output.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality image retouching across multiple media platforms while meeting creative standards and maintaining efficiency and consistency.
Serve as a quality gatekeeper, working closely with Art Directors, Client Service, and sometimes clients.
Oversee the creative visual direction and quality of projects produced across the agency.
Drive innovation in visuals, align output with client brand strategy, and ensure cohesion in production delivery.
Lead and assist creative visual direction and uphold the integrity of the agency’s art output across global campaigns.
Ensure global brand consistency across markets, meet campaign timelines, and uphold clients’ visual identities.

Overview

As the Senior Retoucher & Graphic designer you will be responsible for high-quality image retouching across multiple media platforms, ensuring creative standards are met while maintaining efficiency and consistency. This role often serves as a quality gatekeeper, working closely with Art Directors, Client Service, and sometimes clients. Overseeing the creative visual direction and quality of projects that are output across the agency. This includes driving innovation on visuals and aligning with client brand strategy, and ensuring cohesion in production delivery.

Striving in leading and assisting the creative visual direction and uphold the integrity of the agency’s art output across our global campaigns. Ensuring global brand consistency across markets, meeting campaign timelines, and upholding the visual identity of our clients brands.

Responsibilities

Creative & Visual Skills

• Expert Retouching ProficiencyMastery in high-end product, skin, and surface retouching techniques (texture, color, and lighting correction)

• Advanced Photoshop WorkflowSmart object structuring, non-destructive editing, masking, layer comping, file prep for large-scale outputs

• Visual Brand StewardshipDeep understanding of brand identity systems; able to interpret and implement brand guidelines across multiple asset types and markets

• Art Direction & Visual StorytellingAbility to translate campaign concepts into polished visual assets, guiding composition, tone, and narrative

• Design SensibilityEye for layout, typography, and balance across static and motion assets; understanding of multi-channel design

• Color Management & ProfilingSkilled in working with accurate color spaces and ICC profiles for web, print, and packaging outputs

Strategic & Conceptual Thinking

• Creative Brief InterpretationAbility to distill complex briefs into actionable creative outputs with strong visual coherence

• Cross-Market AdaptationUnderstanding of cultural tone, aesthetic preferences, and market-specific visual nuances

• Visual Consistency Across FormatsAble to ensure uniformity across print, digital, social, POS, and packaging visuals

• Trend AwarenessIn tune with visual culture, creative industry trends, and innovations in AI-assisted design/retouching

Qualifications

Technical Proficiency

• Adobe Creative Suite (Expert-level):Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign

• AI Tools & Workflow Enhancers:Knowledge of retouching plugins, neural filters, batch processing, and AI-assisted touch-ups, consistent learnings of AI advancement

• File Management & Delivery:Rigorous about file naming conventions, folder structures, spec compliance, and platform formatting

• Collaborative Software & Tools:Figma, Frame.io, Marcel AI tools

Operational & Workflow Skills

• Creative Workflow OptimizationSkilled at designing and refining post-production pipelines, action-based workflows, and handoff processes

• Time & Priority ManagementConfident juggling multiple deadlines in fast-paced environments while maintaining quality

• Attention to DetailZero-tolerance for errors in final delivery; precision-driven in pixel-perfect output

About the Company

Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Publicis Groupe runs advertising, media buying and digital transformation services for companies that want to reach consumers, coordinate campaigns and improve their business systems. Its agency network includes creative and media specialists, while Publicis Sapient builds and modernizes the technology behind clients' operations. Epsilon adds customer data and marketing technology that connect brands with audiences and measure campaign results. Clients pay for consulting, campaign creation and execution, with production and media costs billed through alongside the group's service work. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is headquartered in Paris, France.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 1926

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