Senior Manager, Retoucher

Chobani • New York, NY

7d • $121,000 - $190,300

About The Position

As the Senior Manager, Retouching, you will lead the craft, quality, and execution of retouching across the Chobani brand. You’ll set the visual standards for post-production, ensuring every image from campaign photography to packaging and ecomm meets the highest level of polish, consistency, and brand integrity.
This role is both hands-on and strategic: you’ll own complex retouching work, build scalable workflows, partner closely with Creative and Studio leadership, and guide external partners or freelancers to deliver best-in-class results.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional retouching or post-production experience, preferably within an in-house creative team or agency
• Advanced expertise in Photoshop and professional retouching workflows (color, lighting, compositing, texture work, file optimization)
• Strong understanding of print production, prepress, color management, and digital output requirements
• Experience leading projects and managing vendors or freelance talent
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong eye for light, color, and realism
• Ability to balance hands-on craft with strategic thinking and process building
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
• Self-sufficient, proactive, and solutions-oriented

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute high-end retouching, color correction, and compositing across studio, campaign, packaging, and digital assets
• Own the visual quality bar for all post-production outputs, ensuring consistency across channels and touchpoints
• Establish and maintain retouching standards, best practices, and workflows that scale with the team
• Partner with Creative Directors, Designers, Producers, and Project Managers to align on creative intent, timelines, and delivery expectations
• Manage post-production timelines and prioritize workloads across multiple concurrent projects
• Oversee external vendors, freelance retouchers, and production partners, providing clear direction and quality control
• Develop and maintain file prep, crop, color, and output specifications across print, digital, and retail formats
• Troubleshoot technical issues and recommend tools, systems, and efficiencies to improve production
• Support studio shoots as needed with on-set color and post-production planning
• Mentor junior team members and help elevate craft across the broader creative organization
• Champion and uphold Chobani’s brand guidelines and visual standards

Benefits

• Chobani provides a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, disability insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement.
• To help save for the future, all employees are eligible for a 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay.
• To support growing families, we provide fertility and childcare assistance, and 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay after six months of continuous employment.
• In addition, we provide wellness resources which include an employee assistance program, fitness discounts, a wellness reimbursement, on-site gym access (certain locations) and a monthly wellness newsletter to connect you with resources and timely information.
• We offer various types of paid time of including: 120 hours of paid time off, 11 holidays, and paid volunteer time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed