Senior Manager, Retoucher
Date: Feb 20, 2026
Location: New York, NY
Company: Chobani
Summary
As the Senior Manager, Retouching, you will lead the craft, quality, and execution of retouching across the Chobani brand. You’ll set the visual standards for post-production, ensuring every image from campaign photography to packaging and ecomm meets the highest level of polish, consistency, and brand integrity.
This role is both hands-on and strategic: you’ll own complex retouching work, build scalable workflows, partner closely with Creative and Studio leadership, and guide external partners or freelancers to deliver best-in-class results.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute high-end retouching, color correction, and compositing across studio, campaign, packaging, and digital assets
- Own the visual quality bar for all post-production outputs, ensuring consistency across channels and touchpoints
- Establish and maintain retouching standards, best practices, and workflows that scale with the team
- Partner with Creative Directors, Designers, Producers, and Project Managers to align on creative intent, timelines, and delivery expectations
- Manage post-production timelines and prioritize workloads across multiple concurrent projects
- Oversee external vendors, freelance retouchers, and production partners, providing clear direction and quality control
- Develop and maintain file prep, crop, color, and output specifications across print, digital, and retail formats
- Troubleshoot technical issues and recommend tools, systems, and efficiencies to improve production
- Support studio shoots as needed with on-set color and post-production planning
- Mentor junior team members and help elevate craft across the broader creative organization
- Champion and uphold Chobani’s brand guidelines and visual standards
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional retouching or post-production experience, preferably within an in-house creative team or agency
- Advanced expertise in Photoshop and professional retouching workflows (color, lighting, compositing, texture work, file optimization)
- Strong understanding of print production, prepress, color management, and digital output requirements
- Experience leading projects and managing vendors or freelance talent
- Exceptional attention to detail and a strong eye for light, color, and realism
- Ability to balance hands-on craft with strategic thinking and process building
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
- Self-sufficient, proactive, and solutions-oriented
About Us
Chobani is a food maker with a mission of making high-quality and nutritious food accessible to more people, while elevating our communities and making the world a healthier place. In short: making good food for all. In support of this mission, Chobani is a purpose-driven, people-first, food-and-wellness-focused company, and has been since its founding in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, an immigrant to the U.S. The Company manufactures yogurt, oat milk, and creamers – Chobani yogurt is America's No.1 yogurt brand, made with natural ingredients without artificial preservatives. Following the 2023 acquisition of La Colombe, a leading coffee roaster with a shared commitment to quality, craftmanship and impact, the Company began selling cold-pressed espresso and lattes on tap at cafés nationwide, as well as Ready to Drink (RTD) coffee beverages at retail. In 2025, Chobani acquired Daily Harvest, a modern brand offering consumers nutritious, delicious and convenient ready-to-make meals.
Chobani uses food as a force for good in the world – putting humanity first in everything it does. The company's philanthropic efforts prioritize giving back to its communities and beyond. Chobani manufactures its products in New York, Idaho, Michigan and Australia, and its products are available throughout North America and distributed in Australia and other select markets.
For more information, please visit www.chobani.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Chobani is an equal opportunity employer. Chobani will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any basis including, but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military and/or veteran status, marital status, predisposing genetic characteristics and genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws.
The salary range for this full-time position is $121,000.00 - $190,300.00, + bonus + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Chobani provides a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, disability insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement. To help save for the future, all employees are eligible for a 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay. To support growing families, we provide fertility and childcare assistance, and 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay after six months of continuous employment. In addition, we provide wellness resources which include an employee assistance program, fitness discounts, a wellness reimbursement, on-site gym access (certain locations) and a monthly wellness newsletter to connect you with resources and timely information. We offer various types of paid time of including: 120 hours of paid time off, 11 holidays, and paid volunteer time off.
Nearest Major Market: Manhattan
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City