Job Title: Photographer/Retoucher Company: 1-800-Flowers Location: Burr Ridge, IL (on-site) Schedule: Full-time, ~40 hours per week (limited time off during holiday seasons) Pay:$25.00 – $30.00 per hour
Role Overview:
Retouch and edit e-commerce product photography for web, mobile, and marketing.
Use Adobe Photoshop and Capture One to enhance and crop images for multiple formats.
Upload, organize, and manage digital assets.
Collaborate with Art Design, Creative, Merchandising, and Marketing teams.
Provide feedback to photographers and support the studio workflow.
Requirements:
3–5 years of experience in image editing or retouching.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Capture One).
Experience in an e-commerce photography studio preferred.
Strong organizational and communication skills.
Portfolio showcasing retouching and product photography.
Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k) with matching
Paid time off + 9 paid holidays
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Employee discount (30% across brands)
Referral program and potential annual merit-based increases
This role combines creative photography and high-end retouching, with strong pay and benefits through a major national brand. But it’s in-person in Burr Ridge, IL, and holiday time off is limited.
I’ve shot/retouched bouquets for peak season, and the biggest time sink was exports and color consistency. Set up Capture One process recipes with tokens for SKU and view (e.g., BR123_hero, BR123_alt1) to batch web/mobile/marketing sizes in one click, and grab a gray card frame per SKU so reds and greens stay consistent through retouching.
On flower sets, I tape a mini ColorChecker to the first frame of each SKU and build a Capture One style from that so the reds and greens don’t wander shot to shot. Then I run a Photoshop action that auto trims, pads to square, converts to sRGB, and saves with SKU_view in the filename so exports happen hands‑off during the rush.
Leaning yes at $30/hr on-site. Tbh the lifesaver for me on flower e-comm was tethering to Capture One with a fixed Kelvin/tint and a saved style that nudges reds and trims green saturation, so Photoshop is just dust/shadow cleanup.
@owhu624 That tracks — my one add: keep a CPL on the lens and a polarizing gel on the key to cross‑polarize; it nukes vase/cellophane glare so cutouts are clean, but you’ll lose about 1–2 stops and sometimes over‑dull petals, so flip it off for the hero.