Retoucher / Compositing Artist (m/f/d)
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About this role
- Campaigns you’ll actually recognise – for brands like BMW, Porsche, OPEL, Bentley, Hyundai and more
- A tight-knit team of specialists who care about craft, quality and getting the details right
- Room to grow – especially if you’re curious about CGI, AI workflows or motion
- High-end hardware and a well-organised production pipeline
- A beautiful office in Frankfurt’s Ostend – with a huge kitchen, surrounded by restaurants and a creative neighbourhood
- A company that’s been in the game since 2001 – stable, independent, internationally connected (Frankfurt, Hamburg & LA)
- Direct communication, no unnecessary overhead – your work matters here
Tasks
- High-end retouching for automotive stills – clean, precise, photorealistic
- After Effects compositing for motion: integration, motion graphics, finishing, look and grade
- CGI/real mix: plate cleaning, keying, masking, tracking, shot finishing
- Keeping the visual look consistent across entire campaigns – from hero shots to full series
Requirements
- Senior-level retouching skills – you know how light, surfaces and reflections work and you can make a CGI render look real
- Strong After Effects compositing (roto, masking, tracking, layering) – not just templates, but real problem-solving
- A sharp eye for detail, materials and realism – the kind of work that holds up at 100%
- Clean file management, reliability and a team-first attitude
- Nice to have: automotive production experience
- Nice to have: AI workflow experience (ComfyUI or similar)
We’re looking for talent with experience in the following areas:
Senior Retoucher (m/f/d), Compositing Artist (m/f/d), Postproduction Artist (m/f/d), Retoucher (m/f/d), After Effects Artist (m/f/d), Motion Designer (m/f/d), CGI Artist (m/f/d), VFX Artist (m/f/d), Digital Imaging Artist (m/f/d), Digital Artist (m/f/d), Colorist (m/f/d), Finishing Artist (m/f/d), Flame Artist (m/f/d), Nuke Artist (m/f/d), 3D Compositing, Packshot Retouching, Automotive Retouching, High-End Retouching, Beauty Retouching, Product Retouching, Compositing, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, Nuke, Flame, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4D, Houdini, KeyShot, Blender, Unreal Engine, CGI Integration, Plate Cleaning, Keying, Chroma Key, Green Screen, Masking, Rotoscoping, Tracking, Camera Tracking, Motion Graphics, Look Development, Color Grading, Shot Finishing, Matte Painting, AI Workflows, ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, Generative AI, Automotive, Advertising, Campaign Production, Stills, Motion, Film, Postproduction, Image Editing, Creative Agency, Production Company, Full-time, Permanent, Frankfurt, On-site
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