About This Role
Working closely with designers, production teams, and clients, you will help deliver visually impressive results for a variety of projects within the film, television, theatre, and live events industries. This is an exciting opportunity for a talented Photoshop specialist with a strong eye for detail, color, and visual storytelling.
Responsibilities
- Create high-quality digital matte paintings for film, television, and theatre productions
- Design realistic landscapes, cityscapes, interiors, and set extensions
- Produce and manipulate artwork for large-format scenic backdrops
- Retouch, composite, and color-correct photographic imagery
- Seamlessly blend photographic and digital elements to create convincing environments
- Prepare artwork for large-format printing across a variety of materials
- Ensure accurate lighting, perspective, atmosphere, scale, and color throughout all artwork
- Work collaboratively with designers, production teams, and clients to meet creative and technical requirements
- Maintain consistently high standards of image quality, resolution, and attention to detail
- Deliver projects within agreed production schedules and deadlines
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop
- Advanced skills in digital matte painting, photo compositing, and image manipulation
- Strong understanding of lighting, atmosphere, perspective, scale, and realistic environments
- Excellent retouching skills and a keen eye for detail and color accuracy
- Experience creating realistic visual environments for creative or commercial projects
- Ability to prepare high-resolution artwork suitable for large-format print production
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate creative briefs into high-quality visual results
- Ability to manage workloads effectively and work to tight deadlines
- A strong portfolio demonstrating Photoshop expertise, compositing, and matte painting skills
Nice to have:
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: Film, television, theatre, live events or scenic arts
- Large-format printing and production artwork
- Preparing artwork for high-resolution print output
- Stage design, set design or production design workflows
Benefits
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work on exciting and varied projects across film, television, theatre, and live events
- Join an established specialist with decades of industry experience
- Collaborate with a talented and passionate creative and production team
- See your artwork transformed into spectacular, large-scale environments used in productions and events
- Develop your skills while contributing to visually ambitious projects
Important Details
- Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Contract: permanent
Application Process
- Email your CV, portfolio, and examples of your compositing and Photoshop work
About the Company
Rutters UK is a leading specialist in large-format printing scenic backdrops, translights, stage floors, theatre cloths, and bespoke visual environments for the entertainment industry. They work across film, television, theatre, commercials, and live events, helping bring creative productions to life through high-quality printed artwork and spectacular visual environments.