Product Retoucher / Render
Somewhere
Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R22,200 – R46,250 ZAR. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Role:Freelance Product Retoucher / Render Artist
Priority Location:Latin America (LATAM) or South Africa (SA)
Working Hours:Flexible / Project-based (ad hoc alignment with European or US time zones as needed)
Salary Range:$1,200 – $2,500 USD per month (The final offer is at the client’s discretion and depends on the candidate’s interview results, skills, and experience.)
Type of contract:Independent Contractor
Type of job:Remote
About the Company:
Our client is an innovative health, fitness, and lifestyle brand known globally for its premium health and performance products. Built on a culture of design excellence, speed, and continuous evolution, the company offers a high-autonomy environment where creativity directly impacts high-profile commercial partnerships. As an independent contractor, you will enjoy full remote flexibility while working on high-visibility assets alongside an agile, international team.
About the Role:
As a Freelance Product Retoucher / Render Artist, you will play a key role in customising prospective customer presentation decks to support the company's global expansion into private-label and co-branded retail. In this role, you will adapt master pitch decks by swapping brand marks, recolouring 3D renders, and re-compositing hero photography to match each prospect's brand identity. This is an exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented artist to take ownership of a fast-turnaround visual pipeline and directly influence high-stakes client acquisitions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Customize templatized pitch decks for prospective clients by seamlessly integrating custom brand marks, logos, and running headers/footers.
Customize templatized pitch decks for prospective clients by seamlessly integrating custom brand marks, logos, and running headers/footers.
* Recolour 3D product renders (body, lid, agitator, handle, and accent trims) across multiple core SKUs to match specific brand palettes or custom colourways.
Recolour 3D product renders (body, lid, agitator, handle, and accent trims) across multiple core SKUs to match specific brand palettes or custom colourways.
* Adjust and re-composite lifestyle and hero photography using color grading, spot relighting, and advanced masking to ensure realistic product representation in new colour schemes.
Adjust and re-composite lifestyle and hero photography using color grading, spot relighting, and advanced masking to ensure realistic product representation in new colour schemes.
* Maintain strict visual consistency by preserving house layouts, grids, typography systems, and copy structures across all presentation updates.
Maintain strict visual consistency by preserving house layouts, grids, typography systems, and copy structures across all presentation updates.
* Deliver high-quality, client-ready PDF decks alongside fully editable source files within strict 2–3 day turnarounds.
Deliver high-quality, client-ready PDF decks alongside fully editable source files within strict 2–3 day turnarounds.
* Manage an ad hoc visual pipeline averaging approximately 5 pitch projects per month, balancing quick colour swaps with full brand overhauls.
Manage an ad hoc visual pipeline averaging approximately 5 pitch projects per month, balancing quick colour swaps with full brand overhauls.
Qualifications:
* Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in high-end product retouching, color grading, and 2D/3D render compositing (Required).
Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in high-end product retouching, color grading, and 2D/3D render compositing (Required).
* Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign for complex masking, relighting, color matching, and deck layout preservation (Required).
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign for complex masking, relighting, color matching, and deck layout preservation (Required).
* Proven experience with Pantone and brand colour-matching systems (Required).
Proven experience with Pantone and brand colour-matching systems (Required).
* Comfortable recolouring 3D product renders, either from source files (KeyShot, Blender, Cinema 4D) or via 2D compositing from flat renders (Required).
Comfortable recolouring 3D product renders, either from source files (KeyShot, Blender, Cinema 4D) or via 2D compositing from flat renders (Required).
* Strong portfolio demonstrating product recolouring, render editing, and retouching expertise (Required).
Strong portfolio demonstrating product recolouring, render editing, and retouching expertise (Required).
* Prior experience working in fast-paced agency, eCommerce, or multi-client visual pipelines (Preferred).
Prior experience working in fast-paced agency, eCommerce, or multi-client visual pipelines (Preferred).
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R22,200/month, this role is on par with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($1,200/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
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About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 1819 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →