Digital Imaging Specialist

What's the Short Version?

The Digital Imaging Specialist is integral for maintaining quality and standards for all imagery across the company. They are responsible for retouching, color correcting, and optimizing photography for all mediums, including print and digital formats, to meet brand standards. This role works cross-functionally between both web and print imagery, transitioning consistently between the two formats.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Color correct images for print and web referencing actual garments or swatch cards to ensure color accuracy.
• Implement color and file management standards to digital images, including retouching, enhancing, color balancing, silhouette creation, and adjusting catalog and web imagery.
• Utilize colorization skills to generate multiple colorways from a single image.
• Work closely with photographers, the creative team, the merchandising team and project managers to accurately represent products in catalogs and online.
• Output a variety of file formats for varying uses across the company.
• Help maintain image database organization – both on the server and in a future DAM solution.
• Maintain proper file naming and image protocol for upload and archiving.
• Occasionally work with external clipping vendors to send/retrieve clipped images with fast turnarounds.
• Communicate changes in production with department leads and/or project managers and pass along process adjustments to Senior Imaging Specialist for capturing in SOP.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

What Are We Looking For?

• 4-6 years of post production, retouching, or color correction experience.
• Fashion and/or retail experience.
• Experience with garment color matching and skin tone correction.
• Expert knowledge in file preparation, photo manipulation, retouching and product silhouetting in Adobe Photoshop within the Mac OSX environment.
• Working knowledge of InDesign
• Knowledge and understanding of RGB & CMYK color profiles.
• Superior eye for color and detail.
• Ability to retouch to specific set of requirements.
• Must be highly organized and process oriented to coordinate work flow, and thrive on time-sensitive projects while meeting deadlines.

What's Our Offer?

Salary Range: You`ll earn between $28.85 - $36.06 on an hourly basis, depending on experience.

Bonus: You`ll be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus up to 5% of base salary.

Paid Time Off: You`ll accrue paid time off on a weekly basis based on hours worked up to 112 hours per year to start. Employees also receive 8 paid holidays and 1 paid family day off.

Additional Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k plan and matches $1 for $1 up to 4% of earnings, matched & vested at every pay cycle
• Life insurance
• Short/long-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Pet insurance

What Should You Expect?

Hybrid: SanMar's Eastpointe office is located in Issaquah, WA in the Seattle metropolitan area. Employees are required to work in our offices Tuesday through Thursday each week and additional days may be added based on business needs. Our standard working hours are 8:00-5:00 PST. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work environment is moderately quiet. Ability to work on computer for multiple hours with frequent interruptions. Quarterly travel may be required.