Overview
Sr. Image Editor - Ecomm
About Catalyst Brands
Catalyst Brands is a leading U.S.-based retail organization formed in 2025 through the merger of JCPenney and SPARC Group, combining multiple iconic fashion brands under one umbrella. The company manages a diversified portfolio of well-known brands including Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Nautica, Lucky Brand, and JCPenney. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Catalyst Brands focuses on delivering modern retail experiences while leveraging the heritage of established global brands. With a workforce of over tens of thousands and multi-billion-dollar revenue, the organization operates at a large scale across retail, e-commerce, and supply chain domains. The company emphasizes innovation, digital transformation, and customer-centric strategies to enhance brand value and consumer engagement. Catalyst Brands is expanding its global presence, including a growing capability centre in India that supports technology, digital operations, and analytics. It aims to drive operational excellence and business growth by integrating technology, data-driven insights, and efficient retail practices.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Retouch, enhance, and color-correct images to meet customer expectations and comply with JCPenney Brand Standards, Photography Guidelines, Style Guides, and Promotional Toolkits.
- Interpret and execute image retouching and color correction guidelines to consistently achieve JCPenney quality standards.
- Perform image editing and remediation activities as detailed in specification guides provided by Image Management.
- Upload, edit, and manage product imagery, including creation of swatches, ensembles, hover images, visual navigation assets, marketing tiles, and other image or video-based creative content.
- Remediate image issues by removing duplicate images, correcting image alignment, updating colors and color names, extending backgrounds, and resolving other image quality concerns.
- Maintain proficiency in both CMYK and RGB color spaces, with a strong understanding of color management, print profiles, and monitor calibration processes.
- Ensure daily color calibration of software and monitors to maintain consistency with the Home Office production environment.
- Adhere to established file management, workflow, and production guidelines as defined by the Pre-Press team.
- Consistently execute quality assurance processes, test plans, and reviews to ensure the accuracy and quality of deliverables.
- Analyze image quality trends and provide divisional-level insights, recommendations, and corrective actions to reduce recurring image issues and improve overall content quality.
- Contribute to the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of image guidelines, SOPs, quality standards, and workflow documentation.
- Track imaging volumes, productivity metrics, and time spent on assignments to support accurate capacity planning and budget forecasting.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to address image-related issues, provide feedback on recurring quality concerns, and drive continuous improvement.
- Learn and adopt new production technologies, tools, automation solutions, and creative workflows as required.
- Utilize Adobe Creative Suite effectively, with working knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Participate in brainstorming and ideation sessions to develop innovative solutions that enhance the digital shopping experience for customers.
- Monitor team workload, coordinate with technical teams for issue resolution, and support the tracking and publication of team KPIs and performance metrics.
- Collaborate effectively with global cross-functional partners to ensure timely delivery of projects and business objectives.
- Train, mentor, and support new team members by sharing process knowledge, best practices, and quality standards.
- Demonstrate strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills while successfully managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Contribute as a proactive, self-motivated, and collaborative team member with a continuous improvement mindset.
Key Skills
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in image editing, retouching, creative design, or related digital production roles.
- Experience in retail e-commerce and global organizations is preferred.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating image editing, retouching, color correction, and creative production expertise.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across global teams.
- Quick learner with strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and consistently deliver high-quality results within deadlines.
- Positive attitude and proven ability to build strong cross-functional relationships in support of business objectives.
REPORTING/WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
- Reports to Manager/Sr. Manager
- Partner with internal teams and all pyramids within the organization
- Partner with external resources, agencies, vendors, and contractors
- Interacts frequently with other headquarters leaders and with senior leadership at JCPenney
Knowledge and Skills
- Expert Photoshop skills required. Should be highly proficient in retouching, masking, color correction, photo manipulation, and compositing images.
- Understanding of color management and print profiles
- Extensive Adobe Suites expertise with an emphasis on InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop
- Excellent communicator
- Self-starter, organized
- Attention to detail
- Experience executing high volume marketing programs
Education Qualification: - Any bachelor's degree or Diploma in Visual Arts
Pay Range
INR ₹0.00 - INR ₹0.00 /Yr.