Hi, I’m Yana Fox, a high-end retoucher, photo editor, and color expert who loves elevating images to their most beautiful and truthful selves. I thrive on collaboration with art directors, photographers, and brands to deliver pixel-perfect results for beauty, fashion, product, and editorial campaigns. I’m energized by fast-paced environments and take pride in precise skin and hair work, texture integrity, and non-destructive workflows. I bring bold innovation and thoughtful teamwork to every project, expanding realism with AI-assisted finishing and meticulous color matching. My goal is to make final deliverables more beautiful and print-ready, one pixel at a time, while maintaining photographic integrity and client trust.…

Yana Fox

Hi, I’m Yana Fox, a high-end retoucher, photo editor, and color expert who loves elevating images to their most beautiful and truthful selves. I thrive on collaboration with art directors, photographers, and brands to deliver pixel-perfect results for beauty, fashion, product, and editorial campaigns. I’m energized by fast-paced environments and take pride in precise skin and hair work, texture integrity, and non-destructive workflows. I bring bold innovation and thoughtful teamwork to every project, expanding realism with AI-assisted finishing and meticulous color matching. My goal is to make final deliverables more beautiful and print-ready, one pixel at a time, while maintaining photographic integrity and client trust.…

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Hi, I’m Yana Fox, a high-end retoucher, photo editor, and color expert who loves elevating images to their most beautiful and truthful selves. I thrive on collaboration with art directors, photographers, and brands to deliver pixel-perfect results for beauty, fashion, product, and editorial campaigns. I’m energized by fast-paced environments and take pride in precise skin and hair work, texture integrity, and non-destructive workflows.

I bring bold innovation and thoughtful teamwork to every project, expanding realism with AI-assisted finishing and meticulous color matching. My goal is to make final deliverables more beautiful and print-ready, one pixel at a time, while maintaining photographic integrity and client trust.

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Language

Russian
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

AI, Retouching, Color, and Finishing Expert at Pattern Break Los Angeles
September 1, 2024 - Present
Responsibilities include high end retouching, color matching, balancing and correction, AI creation, and extensive quality control. This is a contract, fully remote position.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist
July 31, 2024 - July 16, 2025
Performed all aspects of digital retouching, compositing, and precise color correction for clients including Vanguard Staffing, FILA USA, The Line Studios, Sheer Science, and Plexaderm.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher
November 30, 2021 - July 16, 2025
Handled all aspects of image retouching and compositing, precise color correction, color matching, and color management including precise hair and beauty work for clients such as McCann Erickson/Craft Worldwide, Backbone Digital, and Vanguard Staffing.
Digital Retoucher at Conair Corporation
September 30, 2018 - July 16, 2025
Performed high end digital retouching of product, beauty, and lifestyle images, precise color correction, image composites, and managed time and priorities for multiple simultaneous deadlines.
Digital image Retoucher at WWE
December 31, 2017 - July 16, 2025
Detailed retouching and color correction/color balancing for print & digital assets. Quality control of approved files for large scale, high resolution banners, advanced complex masking for background replacements and comps, overseeing and approving in-house photo shoots for products and clothing strip ins, detailed skin and hair work maintaining natural appearance, resizing for digital assets, creating key art, and multitasking under tight deadlines.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher
September 30, 2016 - July 16, 2025
Extensive retouching and color correction work including DMAXing and color compensation for newsprint, creation of master art for multiple advertising mediums, composite retouching, complex masking and channel work, managing high volume workflow under short deadlines, focusing intensely on beauty, hair and skin work, and communication with designers and art directors for quick turnaround comp art creation.
High End Digital Retoucher at IMPACT DIGITAL
February 28, 2013 - July 16, 2025
Processed RAW files, retouched images with precise color correction, extended images for specific layouts, quality controlled approved files, performed advanced complex masking for background replacement, overseen and approved in-house photo shoots, detailed skin and hair work maintaining integrity, handled extreme extensions, met with clients to explain retouching processes, and efficiently managed time and multitasking for concurrent deadlines.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher
January 31, 2010 - July 16, 2025
Conducted extensive retouching and color correction including DMAXing and color compensation for newsprint, created master art for multiple advertising applications, performed composite retouching and complex masking, managed and prioritized work in high volume and short deadlines, focused on beauty, hair, and skin work, created comp art requiring close communication with designers and art directors, updated mechanicals in InDesign and outputted for final proofing.
Digital Imaging Specialist at Imagecraft Corp
January 31, 2007 - July 16, 2025
Performed high end retouching involving complex silhouetting, photo composition, precise color correction, involved skin and hair work, and preparation of files for various output methods.
Retouching, Color, and Finishing Expert at PATTERNBREAK AI
September 1, 2024 - November 21, 2025
Delivered retouching and digital composites for product photography, beauty, editorial, and lifestyle advertising. Rebuilt lost detail and imagery for complex photo restorations, maintaining photographic integrity.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Independent Contractor
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Performed high-end digital retouching of product, beauty, and lifestyle images for brand marketing and advertising. Produced precise color correction, color matching, and image composites. Managed timelines and deliverables under tight deadlines; collaborated with designers and art directors; produced key art, complex silhouettes, and resizing for digital assets.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Independent Contractor
September 1, 2016 - September 1, 2016
Freelance retouching work for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle imagery across major campaigns.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Independent Contractor
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017
Freelance retouching work across brands, scheduling and delivering with high-volume deadlines.
Digital Retoucher at Conair Corporation
September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018
Accurate photorealism for large-scale campaigns; extensive QA to guarantee impeccable final deliverables.
Senior Digital Image Retoucher at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) / Impact Digital
February 1, 2013 - February 1, 2013
Completed extensive retouching and color correction for master art to be used in international advertising campaigns; used advanced masking and channel techniques; updated mechanicals using InDesign; produced key art and complex silhouettes; managed client approvals and QC.
Retouching, Color, and Finishing Expert at Patternbreak AI
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Delivered retouching and digital composites for product photography, beauty, editorial, and lifestyle advertising. Rebuilt lost detail and imagery for complex photo restorations, maintaining photographic integrity.
Retouching, Color, and Finishing Expert at Patternbreak AI
January 1, 2025 - November 21, 2025
Remote, Los Angeles, CA based role focusing on AI-assisted retouching, color matching, and finishing for high-end campaigns; coordinated with clients through multiple approvals to ensure precise, print-ready deliverables.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Self-Employed / Freelance
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Performed high-end digital retouching for product, beauty, and lifestyle images; produced precise color correction and image composites; managed timelines in fast-paced environments with overlapping deadlines.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Self-Employed / Freelance
September 1, 2016 - September 1, 2016
Dates correspond to multiple engagements: Mar 2013–Sep 2016; Oct 2016–Dec 2017; Feb 2010–Feb 2013. Focused on high-end digital retouching and color work for brand marketing and advertising.
Freelance High End Digital Retoucher and Color Specialist at Self-Employed / Freelance
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017
Continued engagements across Oct 2016–Dec 2017; Feb 2010–Feb 2013 emphasizing product, beauty, and lifestyle image retouching with precise color control.

Education

B.F.A. Illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2001
Associate Degree at Fashion Institute of Technology
January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2001
B.F.A. Illustration (Magna Cum Laude) at Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001
B.F.A. Illustration at Fashion Institute of Technology, NY
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001

Qualifications

Dean's List (G.P.A. 3.85)
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2001

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Retail, Professional Services