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YunoJuno connects you with vetted freelance and contract retouchers who perfect images for fashion, beauty, product and advertising. Onboard, contract and pay them in 165+ countries, with compliance handled for you.
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Why hire a freelance retoucher?
Final images carry a brand's quality. A freelance retoucher brings the technical skill and trained eye to polish photography, from natural skin and product perfection to composites and color, and can work to tight production schedules.
Freelancers also give you flexibility. Add a retoucher for a campaign, a catalog, a launch or a backlog of images, or bring in a specialist in beauty, fashion or product, then scale back when the work is done. Before-and-after portfolios show their standard.
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How does hiring a freelance retoucher work on YunoJuno?
Create your brief
Browse and book retouchers
Contract, work and pay in one place
What does a freelance retoucher do?
A freelance retoucher edits and perfects photographs for publication and sale, on a project or contract basis. They correct and enhance images, from skin, hair and fabric to product surfaces, backgrounds and color, and build composites for advertising, e-commerce, editorial and packaging. Typical responsibilities include:
How much does it cost to hire a freelance retoucher?
Day rates for freelance retouchers vary with image type and complexity, seniority, volume, turnaround time, and location. Each freelancer's day rate is shown on their YunoJuno profile, so you can compare options against your budget before you get in touch.
Every year, YunoJuno analyzes data from the projects booked through the platform and publishes it in the Contractor Rates Report. Download the latest rates report to benchmark day rates and project trends.
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Timesheets & approvals
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"YunoJuno is a seamless experience and takes a lot of the stress away. Itreally helps from an agility and productivity perspective, quickly answering the business needs and helping to create a much more diverse and output-focused team. The quick payment of freelancers is a game changer — we have managed to reduce time to hire from a week to a couple of hours."
"There were a few critical results for us. The obvious one was keeping everything housed in one place — payments and keeping track of monthly spending. Perhaps more importantly, we were able to build up a bulletproof directory of talent. This has been super helpful for us as a team and as a business, across our regions."
Frequently asked questions
Hire a freelance retoucher when you have a campaign, catalog or product launch that needs polished images, when your studio is at capacity, or when you need a specialist look such as high-end beauty. They're also useful for backlogs, e-commerce volume and covering leave.
Retouchers specialize by image type. Beauty and fashion retouchers focus on skin, hair and fabric, product retouchers on surfaces, reflections and clean backgrounds, and others on compositing, automotive or interiors. Some handle high volumes, others high-end work. If you also need the shoot, consider a photographer. Match their portfolio to your image type and volume.
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Look for a mix of technical and visual skills:
- A before-and-after portfolio in your image type
- Advanced Photoshop skills and non-destructive workflows
- Natural, consistent retouching that suits your brand
- Color management and calibrated screens
- Compositing and masking skills
- Experience handling high volumes efficiently
- Ability to follow style guides and direction
- Reliability and clear communication
Useful questions to ask before you book:
- Can you share before-and-after examples?
- Which image types do you specialize in?
- Which software and workflow do you use?
- How do you keep a consistent look across a campaign?
- How do you handle volume and deadlines?
- How do you work with photographers and art directors?
- What is your typical turnaround and number of revision rounds?
- How do you deliver and name files?
The cost of a freelance retoucher depends mainly on image type and complexity, seniority, volume, turnaround time, and location. Freelancers set their own day rates, which you can see on their YunoJuno profile before you make contact.
For benchmarks, see YunoJuno's Contractor Rates Report, built from rates data on projects booked through the platform. For what it costs to use YunoJuno itself, see the pricing page.
Post a brief or search the network, and book a freelance retoucher based in or outside your own country. YunoJuno supports payments in 165+ countries and assesses worker classification for every engagement, so you can engage independent talent without managing the compliance work yourself. That includes US contractor compliance for 1099 and W-2 engagements and IR35 status determinations in the UK, as part of YunoJuno's wider global compliance coverage.
It is also fast. Onboarding takes under 5 minutes, worker classification around 15 minutes, and a contract can be in place in under 24 hours. YunoJuno also provides misclassification indemnification, adding protection if a classification is ever challenged.
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