Freelance​/CGI Artist​/Retoucher

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Hogarth is the Global Content Production Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media – both established and emerging.

The global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever‑changing world of today’s content experience.

We believe the best work happens when we’re together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That’s why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

A CGI Artist/Retoucher creates final imagery for use in advertising and marketing materials using any combination of CGI, AI, Photography and Illustration. The role requires expert knowledge in CGI programs such as Cinema 4D and Photoshop, file types, resolution and color management. Project types range from CGI creative retouching, AI background creations or additions, applying special effects, developing stylistic standards for specific clients and campaigns, to basic retouching, product updates and vehicle color shifts.

This role reports to the Group Design Director.

• Take responsibility for the quality, craftsmanship, timeliness, and profitability of every retouching project.
• Provide working solutions and education regarding Hogarth capabilities and processes to clients for successful execution of their projects.
• Encourage and maintain collaboration with Creative and Design teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, brand standards, brand image styles, and guidelines and creative excellence on all projects.
• Identify opportunities and develop measures to improve work process and quality of end product.

• Build long‑term, trust‑based relationships with clients and create positive experiences for all who interact with Hogarth.
• Establish new and foster existing relationships with Producers and Creatives with an eye toward creating more opportunities and business growth.
• Take ownership of projects and meet deadlines given.
• Take and follow directions from the Group Design Director, Production Artists, Designers, Client Engagement Leads, and/or agency Creatives.
• Maintain strong lines of daily communication with Group Design Director, Client Engagement Leads, Studio Resource Director and/or agency contacts through face‑to‑face discussions or email on project status.
• Work with Group Design Director, Client Engagement Leads, Studio Resource Director to assist with managing the day‑to‑day retouching workload.
• Communicate effectively with all Hogarth functional area leads to ensure cross‑disciplinary projects run smoothly.
• Solicit project feedback from Creatives and Producers and communicate back to the team.
• Proactively make decisions and ask questions to elevate the work and reduce the number of revisions.
• Have strong organizational skills relating to naming, saving and storing working and final files.
• QA work before delivering at each phase of the project with the ability to prepare and markup PDFs for work reviews.
• Accurately record time spent on projects.
• Strong time management skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in a field of Design, Creative, Fine Arts or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in CGI and Retouching.

No egos here. Just a shared drive to roll up our sleeves and make great things happen. Every project—big or small—gets our full energy because we believe in doing things right. It’s how we deliver real results without cutting corners.

We are real and authentic – with each other and in our work. Honest, direct…