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Cricut empowers people to make and personalize almost anything-from custom cards and apparel to everyday items and home decor. Our smart cutting machines, design apps, and materials make creativity easy and accessible for everyone. We believe everyone is born creative, and our mission is to put the power of handmade into the hands of all. With a passionate community of Makers around the world, Cricut helps turn inspiration into real, tangible creations-one project at a time.

Let's make.

As a Digital Retouching Specialist at Cricut, you'll bring our visual stories to life through expert retouching, compositing, color grading, and digital image creation. Working closely with photographers, producers, art directors, and creative teams, you'll transform raw photography into polished, customer-centric imagery that inspires customers to think, "Cricut is for me," while showcasing the quality and creativity of our products. 

You'll be responsible for retouching lifestyle and product photography, creating seamless composites, extending environments, maintaining color consistency, and preparing final assets for multiple marketing channels. You'll also embrace emerging AI-powered creative tools to enhance efficiency and expand creative possibilities while maintaining the craftsmanship and authenticity that define the Cricut brand. 

The ideal candidate combines exceptional technical expertise with a strong artistic eye, outstanding attention to detail, and the ability to manage a high volume of work while consistently delivering beautiful, production-ready imagery. 

A portfolio is required. Before-and-after examples demonstrating your retouching and compositing work are strongly preferred. 

Responsibilities 

• Retouch, composite, color grade, and prepare high-quality lifestyle and product photography for digital, print, retail, packaging, and marketing campaigns. 

• Create seamless composites, set extensions, object replacements, and other advanced image manipulations while maintaining a natural, believable final image. 

• Leverage AI-assisted creative tools alongside traditional retouching techniques to improve efficiency, solve creative challenges, and enhance image quality while maintaining brand standards. 

• Collaborate closely with photographers, Art Directors, producers, and other creative partners to understand creative intent, cropping requirements, and final deliverables. 

• Manage image workflows including RAW processing, proofing, feedback implementation, asset organization, keywording, and delivery through Cricut's digital asset management system. 

• Maintain consistency across color, lighting, composition, and photographic style while helping evolve Cricut's visual standards. 

• Partner with freelance retouchers and external creative partners as needed to ensure quality and consistency. 

• Associate's degree (A.A.S.) or higher in Photography, Digital Media, Graphic Design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. 

• 3+ years of professional retouching experience in a commercial photography, creative agency, or in-house brand environment. 

• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating advanced retouching, compositing, color grading, and image manipulation across lifestyle and product photography. 

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop with extensive experience in Adobe Lightroom and Camera RAW workflows. 

• Demonstrated ability to create seamless composites while matching lighting, perspective, color, texture, and photographic style. 

• Experience using AI-assisted creative tools as part of a professional retouching workflow, or a demonstrated curiosity and willingness to adopt emerging technologies responsibly. 

• Strong understanding of non-destructive editing workflows, layer organization, color management, file preparation, and output for multiple channels. 

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and meeting deadlines. 

• Collaborative, adaptable, and comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback in a fast-paced creative environment. 

• Experience working with premium consumer brands and high-end product photography is strongly preferred. 

We've Got You Covered

At Cricut, we take care of our people. Enjoy competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, a 401(k) match, generous PTO, tuition reimbursement, and a yearly lifestyle stipend to support your wellness and passions. You'll also receive exclusive employee discounts-and best of all, you'll be surrounded by some of the most talented, creative, and curious minds out there.

A Quick Note Before You Apply...

Cricut is in an exciting chapter of transformation. We're evolving fast-refining our strategy, growing our teams, and raising the bar across everything we do. This is an incredible opportunity for the right kind of person-but it's not for everyone.

We're looking for A-players-people who thrive in dynamic environments, turn challenges into momentum, and consistently deliver their best work. If that sounds like you, read on.

Here's what makes someone a great fit for this role (and for this moment at Cricut):

• You move with urgency. You don't wait for perfect clarity to act-you start, learn, and adjust.
• You set high standards. You take ownership, deliver quality, and hold yourself accountable.
• You stay focused when things move fast. You prioritize what matters most and tune out the noise.
• You collaborate like a pro. You elevate others, communicate clearly, and bring a low-ego, high-output energy.
• You embrace AI as part of your toolkit. From idea exploration to data analysis and creative problem-solving, you leverage AI to accelerate innovation and amplify impact-because technology and creativity go hand-in-hand here.

What to Do Next: Please attach your resume, cover letter and/or include links to your portfolio or other social presence. If you want to show your super powers in other ways - include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you're all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information.

Cricut is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This position is contingent on successfully completing a Criminal Background Check upon hire. Cricut participates in E-Verify.