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ROB DICATERINO

Photo Retoucher, Retouching Manager, Post Producer

Retouching and post producing e-commerce, social media, lifestyle, and ad campaign imagery for brands
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, Capture One
Color management, monitor profiling and calibration
Image proofing platforms, digital asset management platforms, and project management platforms
Scoping, scheduling, budgeting, resourcing, producing, and managing retouching projects
Leveraging automation, AI, and vendors to increase scalability, quality, and turnaround times
Building, training, and leading successful, valuable, high performing retouching teams

Freelance
April 2024 – present

Retouch on model and still life product photos for luxury fashion, health, and lifestyle brands.
Provide retouching, post production, and workflow consulting to help studios improve speed, quality, and spending.

Square
October 2020 – March 2024

Photo post producer for Square’s newly formed photo retouching program, building and managing a high performing, go-to resource for the company.
Retouched and post produced hardware and in situ lifestyle imagery for social, print, product packaging, and ad campaigns, working closely with art directors and creative teams across product teams and business units.
Created and continually refined photo retouching request and intake process, tools, and automations, negotiated and built relationships with vendors, and doubled retouching volume despite tighter budgets.
Built custom KPI tracking tools to record and calculate retouching time and cost per image, resulting in highly accurate scoping and budgeting estimates, and showcasing the increase in retouching productivity to the higher ups.

Freelance
June 2020 – October 2020

Retouched on model and still life product photos for commercial brands.
Provided retouching strategy and workflow consulting to help studios improve efficiency, leverage automation, and elevate quality.
Launched the Adventures in Retouching podcast and website.

Splashlight
February 2017 – June 2020

Built and led the global photo retouching and video post production department, providing exceptional cost-effective service and scalability to major brands.
Managed multi-million dollar, high-touch photo retouching projects for David Yurman, Under Armour, Eileen Fisher, Target, Aldo, Victoria’s Secret, etc.
Delegated to on-site and remote retouchers, video editors, and external vendors to achieve challenging PnL goals and KPIs.
Worked closely with cross-functional partners to scope and budget projects, explore new technology solutions, and win new work.

Net-A-Porter
March 2013 – February 2017

Built, trained, and led the in-house luxury e-commerce and social media retouching team for Net-A-Porter, Mr Porter, and The Outnet.
Created custom training systems, resource planning tools, and KPI tracking tools to identify and solve blockers throughout the team and wider studio.
Improved individual retoucher performance by 40 percent overall, and tripled retouching capacity.
Partnered with our engineering team to build powerful new image uploading and proofing tools, resulting in same day turnaround.

Freelance
June 2012 – March 2013

Retouched on model and still life photos for fashion brands, including Lord & Taylor and Macy’s.
Restored, retouched, and color-corrected all 340 photos in the coffee table book Jersey Girls: The Fierce and the Fabulous.
Volunteer retoucher at Care for Sandy.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
June 2010 – June 2012

Retouched Martha Stewart Living and Martha Stewart Weddings magazines.
Was solely responsible for retouching photos of Martha Stewart herself.
Adhered to CMYK offset printing specifications, including ICC profiles, total ink densities, and minimum dot.
Worked with Adobe to help create and beta test iPad imaging and animation workflow for iOS apps at the iPad’s initial launch.
Tested retouching candidates, trained new hires, profiled and calibrated monitors, and maintained proofers.
Saved our department $95k a year by revamping our retouching request and intake process and bringing all retouching back in-house.