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I'm a Senior Retoucher & Visual QA Specialist with 20+ years delivering high-end image retouching for advertising, print, and large-format campaigns. I'm experienced in integrating structured self-QA and brand compliance reviews directly into retouching workflows, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and regulatory standards, particularly within highly regulated environments such as financial services and the public sector. I'm also experienced in application testing and quality assurance, performing manual and structured tests on digital platforms to identify bugs, usability issues, and compliance discrepancies, ensuring software meets functional requirements and brand standards.…I'm a Senior Retoucher & Visual QA Specialist with 20+ years delivering high-end image retouching for advertising, print, and large-format campaigns. I'm experienced in integrating structured self-QA and brand compliance reviews directly into retouching workflows, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and regulatory standards, particularly within highly regulated environments such as financial services and the public sector. I'm also experienced in application testing and quality assurance, performing manual and structured tests on digital platforms to identify bugs, usability issues, and compliance discrepancies, ensuring software meets functional requirements and brand standards.

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I'm a Senior Retoucher & Visual QA Specialist with 20+ years delivering high-end image retouching for advertising, print, and large-format campaigns. I'm experienced in integrating structured self-QA and brand compliance reviews directly into retouching workflows, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and regulatory standards, particularly within highly regulated environments such as financial services and the public sector. I'm also experienced in application testing and quality assurance, performing manual and structured tests on digital platforms to identify bugs, usability issues, and compliance discrepancies, ensuring software meets functional requirements and brand standards.…I'm a Senior Retoucher & Visual QA Specialist with 20+ years delivering high-end image retouching for advertising, print, and large-format campaigns. I'm experienced in integrating structured self-QA and brand compliance reviews directly into retouching workflows, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and regulatory standards, particularly within highly regulated environments such as financial services and the public sector. I'm also experienced in application testing and quality assurance, performing manual and structured tests on digital platforms to identify bugs, usability issues, and compliance discrepancies, ensuring software meets functional requirements and brand standards.

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I’m a Senior Retoucher & Visual QA Specialist with 20+ years delivering high-end image retouching for advertising, print, and large-format campaigns.

I’m experienced in integrating structured self-QA and brand compliance reviews directly into retouching workflows, ensuring adherence to internal protocols and regulatory standards, particularly within highly regulated environments such as financial services and the public sector.

I’m also experienced in application testing and quality assurance, performing manual and structured tests on digital platforms to identify bugs, usability issues, and compliance discrepancies, ensuring software meets functional requirements and brand standards.

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Work Experience

Founder & Retoucher at Layehouse Fine Art Retouching

June 1, 2025 - Present

Oversee studio operations, client communication, contract management, and workflow organization. Conduct structured visual assessments to ensure accurate implementation of client instructions and technical compliance. Evaluate generated imagery and compositions, identify artifacts, structural inconsistencies, and deviations from source integrity across final assets. Adapted imagery for large-scale applications, including building-sized murals for the Mexican market, using advanced upscaling techniques and artifact-free scaling protocols. Collaborated with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones in LightHouse, Scotia Bank's in-house creative agency, managing asset delivery in a high-volume production environment.

Retoucher at Scotiabank

June 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026

Delivered high-end photo retouching for digital, print, and large-format advertising, applying rubric-based self-QA to ensure brand compliance, instruction adherence, and structural integrity while flagging potential policy violations per internal bank protocols. Reviewed generated and vendor-supplied imagery with retouching workflows, catching artifacts, masking inconsistencies, and preservation issues in unedited areas to maintain output quality. Adapted images for large-scale applications, including building-sized murals for the Mexico market, using advanced upscaling techniques and artifact-free scaling protocols. Collaborated with cross-functional teams across time zones in the in-house creative agency, managing asset delivery in a high-volume production environment.

Senior Retoucher & Production Artist at Engenho de Ideias

January 1, 2021 - June 1, 2025

Performed high-end image retouching and production art for public-sector clients; finalized layouts for print, out-of-home, digital, and social media; prepared production-ready files per vendor specifications; conducted structured quality checks across campaigns.

Freelance Photo Retoucher & Project Manager at AndProty Multimedia

January 1, 2013 - June 1, 2025

Provided professional image retouching and digital manipulation services for clients in South America; supported photographers with on-set planning to optimize post-production workflows for complex composites; coordinated multimedia project workflows, managed schedules, tracked assets, and ensured quality control and on-time delivery.

Retoucher at Studio Me

January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012

Worked on advertising campaigns requiring refined, high-end retouch across multiple industries, including global season campaigns.

Retoucher & Photographer's Assistant at Kromak Photography & Advertising

May 1, 2004 - November 1, 2010

Supported the studio's transition from film to digital workflows; assisted photographers with digital cameras, file handling, and computer-based processes. Progressed from basic image cleanup to advanced retouching, becoming lead retoucher for assigned clients. Oversaw production materials from studio and on-location shoots, processed and developed RAW files, and coordinated asset distribution to the retouching team.