Xanadu Studio is looking for an experienced Photoshop Designer who wants to work at the intersection of fine-detail image craft and AI-driven production.
This role combines strong retouching and compositing fundamentals with hands-on experience refining and correcting AI-generated imagery to a polished, photoreal standard.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Creative
- Perform high-quality photo compositing, blending multiple sources into seamless final images
- Retouch faces, hands, skin, and fine details with precision and realism
- Clean up, remove, or add objects and elements within a scene convincingly
- Apply cinematic color grading to establish mood, tone, and visual consistency
- Ensure lighting, shadows, and anatomy read as natural and physically accurate
AI Integration & Execution
- Refine and correct AI-generated images, fixing common generation artifacts such as:
- Hands
- Faces
- Textures
- Warped details
- Composite AI-generated assets with live-action or other generated elements into cohesive final shots
- Maintain visual consistency across characters, environments, and shots throughout a project
- Upscale and finish generated assets to delivery-ready quality
- Iterate quickly across multiple versions to reach creative and technical benchmarks
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Photoshop designer/retoucher in an agency, studio, freelance, or similar environment
- Strong command of the Adobe Suite, especially Photoshop
- Lightroom and Illustrator experience is a plus
- Excellent eye for realism, lighting, and anatomy
- Experience with AI image generation tools
- Strong skills in:
- Compositing
- Retouching
- Object cleanup and addition
- Color grading
- Fast learner with high adaptability to new tools and workflows
- High attention to detail, especially in visual consistency and output quality
What This Role Offers
- Direct exposure to AI-first imaging and production workflows
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge branded and narrative visual content
- High creative involvement with rapid iteration cycles
- A strong learning curve across both traditional retouching and emerging AI tools
- Opportunity to help shape the future of the studio's image-finishing pipeline
Who This Is For
Designers with a sharp eye and strong technical retouching skills who want to go beyond traditional compositing and actively work with AI-generated imagery—refining, correcting, and elevating it to a polished, photoreal standard.
