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I’ve worked as the main retoucher on commercial campaigns, including large-scale e-commerce productions for Amazon Egypt, JUMIA Egypt, where consistency, speed, and strict quality standards were essential. I’m comfortable handling high volumes of images while maintaining a refined, realistic result that respects each subject’s features and skin texture.
I’m used to remote workflows, tight deadlines, and collaborating with photographers and creative teams to match specific visual directions. I’m detail-oriented, reliable, and strongly invested in delivering work that looks professional, clean, and emotionally authentic rather than over-processed.
I’m especially interested in a role that offers clear creative standards, constructive feedback, and the chance to continuously refine my skills while working on diverse portrait projects. Stability, professional communication, and a well-structured workflow are very important to me, as they allow me to consistently deliver my best work.
I’m particularly interested in contributing to projects that combine technical excellence with strong visual storytelling, and where retouching is seen as a creative craft, not just a production step. I believe my experience in commercial standards and my passion for realistic portrait enhancement would allow me to add value to your team from day one.
The main difficulty was balancing speed with precision — ensuring accurate skin tones, clean details, and natural results across different models, lighting conditions, and photographers, all while responding to continuous feedback and last-minute changes from multiple stakeholders.
I overcame this by building a structured workflow, creating reusable actions and presets, improving my quality-control process, and communicating clearly with the production and photography teams to avoid misunderstandings early on.
This experience significantly strengthened my ability to work under pressure, manage time efficiently, and deliver reliable results in demanding production environments — skills that I continue to apply in every project I take on.
Dear Hiring Team,
I’m writing to apply for the Remote Portrait Retoucher position. I’m a professional photo retoucher with over eight years of experience working with portrait, fashion, and large-scale e-commerce photography.
In my recent roles, I served as the main retoucher for commercial campaigns, including projects for Amazon Egypt, where I handled high volumes of images while maintaining strict quality standards and natural, realistic results. My daily workflow includes advanced Photoshop techniques such as frequency separation, dodge & burn, precise masking, and color correction to ensure consistent skin tones and professional finishes.
What attracts me most to your team is your focus on high-quality portrait work and thoughtful, authentic retouching. I value clean, natural results that respect the subject’s character, and I believe this approach aligns strongly with your visual direction.
I’m highly comfortable working remotely, communicating asynchronously, and managing deadlines independently. I would be excited to contribute my experience, reliability, and attention to detail to your projects.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I would be happy to complete a test or share additional portfolio samples if needed.
Kind regards,
Ahmed Badr