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Professional Photoshop Artists

Toptal
Location
Anywhere in Europe and South America
Posted
5 days ago
Department
Supply Operations
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or later) with a licensed copy of Photoshop
  • Demonstrable professional portfolio in at least one of the six categories: matte painting, campaign compositing, game & UI assets, print & packaging pre-press, portrait retouching, e-commerce retouching
  • Ability to work independently and at your own pace
  • Comfortable publishing work openly under CC-BY-4.0
  • No use of generative AI or other software besides Photoshop
What the job really is

The role involves working as a professional Photoshop artist to complete client-style briefs while your editing process is recorded. You'll be expected to deliver layered PSD files and final outputs based on specific creative tasks across various disciplines, including matte painting and portrait retouching. This position emphasizes the importance of capturing the nuances of your editing process for research purposes, with work published openly under a Creative Commons license.

Things to weigh
  • Extremely urgent role with immediate start required
  • Work is recorded and published openly, which may impact privacy or proprietary concerns
  • Individual contributor role, no team collaboration allowed
  • Tasks are time-limited to 1-3 hours, which may affect work-life balance
Job score3/5
Benefits1/5
Freshness5/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity5/5
Pay transparency0/5

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