Ai Graphic Designer

# FREELANCE AI PRODUCT GRAPHIC DESIGNER / PHOTOSHOP RETOUCHER

**Employment Type:** Freelance / Project-Based Contractor
**Work Setup:** Remote – Philippines
**Compensation:** **$2 USD per completed image**

We are looking for skilled **AI Product Graphic Designers / Photoshop Retouchers** to join our growing creative team.

This is a **freelance, project-based contractor role and is not full-time employment**. Projects are assigned as client work becomes available, so weekly volume may vary and there is no guaranteed minimum number of projects, images, hours, or income.

We are specifically looking for designers who can create **realistic, high-quality e-commerce product images using Photoshop and AI tools while keeping every important product detail completely accurate**.

Making an image visually attractive is not enough.

You must be able to recognize when AI has changed a product's logo, packaging, proportions, colors, materials, text, or other important features—and know how to manually correct those problems in Photoshop.

## What You'll Be Creating

Projects may include:

* E-commerce product advertisements
* AI-assisted product photoshoots
* Lifestyle product compositions
* Product photo manipulation
* Product retouching
* Photorealistic product composites
* AI-generated backgrounds
* AI-generated environments
* AI-generated models combined with real product assets
* Meta advertising graphics
* TikTok advertising graphics
* Amazon product creatives
* Shopify creatives
* Social-media product images
* Product-focused direct-response advertisements
* Creative variations for testing

Depending on the assignment, you may receive:

* Original product packshots
* Brand guidelines
* Product information
* Reference images
* Creative briefs
* Existing product assets

Your job is to transform those materials into polished, realistic, ready-to-publish creative while maintaining **complete product accuracy**.

## Compensation

**$2 USD per completed image.**

Graphic-design projects will commonly be assigned in batches.

Typical examples include:

* **7-image set = $14 USD**
* **15-image set = $30 USD**
* **3-image lifestyle pack = $6 USD**
* **5-image lifestyle pack = $10 USD**
* **10-image lifestyle pack = $20 USD**

Lifestyle packs will typically contain approximately **3–10 images** and may be used for social-media or e-commerce campaigns.

The final number of images will vary depending on the project.

The standard compensation remains:

**$2 USD per completed image.**

## Key Responsibilities

You will be expected to:

* Create realistic e-commerce product images using **Adobe Photoshop and approved AI-generation tools**.
* Generate backgrounds, environments, lifestyle scenes, or models using AI when appropriate.
* Combine AI-generated imagery with original product assets.
* Manually composite original product assets into generated scenes when required.

You must maintain complete accuracy of:

* Logos
* Packaging text
* Product colors
* Product proportions
* Scale
* Materials
* Textures
* Product features
* Labels
* Product claims

You will also be expected to:

* Match perspective realistically.
* Create accurate lighting and shadows.
* Build realistic reflections.
* Match depth, scale, and product placement.
* Recognize AI-generated errors.
* Correct AI errors manually rather than relying entirely on regeneration.
* Perform professional masking.
* Perform high-quality retouching.
* Create realistic compositing.
* Perform color correction.
* Use non-destructive Photoshop workflows whenever appropriate.
* Follow creative briefs and brand guidelines accurately.
* Follow reference images, file-naming conventions, and delivery specifications.
* Maintain organized editable working files.
* Review your own work carefully before submitting it.
* Apply feedback accurately.
* Avoid repeating mistakes that have already been corrected.
* Communicate missing assets, unclear instructions, technical problems, or possible delays **before the deadline**.
* Identify problems early and propose practical solutions.

## Source-File Organization

Your Photoshop files should be professionally organized with properly named:

* Layers
* Layer groups
* Masks
* Smart objects
* Linked assets

Editable source files must be delivered when requested.

## What We're Looking For

Ideally, you have:

* At least **3 years of professional experience** in graphic design, product retouching, photo manipulation, or e-commerce creative production.

Exceptional portfolios may be considered in place of the experience requirement.

You should have advanced Adobe Photoshop skills, including:

* Masking
* Compositing
* Color correction
* Lighting
* Shadows
* Reflections
* Perspective matching
* Smart objects
* Non-destructive editing

You should also have:

* Proven experience creating realistic product photo manipulations.
* Experience creating lifestyle product compositions.
* Experience producing photorealistic AI-assisted product photoshoots.
* Experience creating advertising images.
* Experience combining AI-generated environments or models with original product assets.
* Strong understanding of scale and proportion.
* Strong understanding of perspective.
* Strong understanding of lighting and materials.
* Exceptional attention to product accuracy.
* Ability to recognize AI errors and manually correct them in Photoshop.
* Ability to follow detailed creative briefs.
* Ability to work independently.
* Strong file-organization habits.
* Reliable communication.
* Ability to consistently meet agreed deadlines.
* Ability to receive direct feedback and complete revisions quickly.
* Strong problem-solving and ownership.

## Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following is a plus:

* Established e-commerce brands
* Direct-to-consumer brands
* Meta advertising creatives
* TikTok advertising creatives
* Amazon product graphics
* Shopify product creatives
* AI image generation
* Inpainting
* Outpainting
* AI upscaling
* Reference-controlled generation
* Reviewing another designer's work
* Creating creative workflows or SOPs
* Basic AI image-to-video workflows

Approved AI subscriptions and generation credits may be provided for company projects when required.

# HOW TO APPLY

Please email your application to:

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Use a clear subject line such as:

**Graphic Designer Application – Your Name**

## 1. Send Your Graphic Design Portfolio

Please send **5 of your strongest and most relevant product-design samples**.

We are especially interested in:

* E-commerce product advertisements
* Product retouching
* Photo manipulation
* Lifestyle product compositions
* AI-assisted product photography
* Photorealistic AI advertising images

### You must also include:

**At least 2 before-and-after Photoshop examples**

Show:

* Original image
* Final retouched or manipulated result

**At least 2 AI-assisted product-image examples**

Show:

* Original product reference
* Final image
* Which parts were AI-generated
* Which parts were manually edited in Photoshop

**Applications without relevant product examples may not be reviewed.**

## 2. Confirm the Compensation

Please confirm in your email that you understand and accept our compensation structure:

**$2 USD per completed image.**

Projects are typically assigned in multi-image batches.

If you are not comfortable with this rate, please do not apply.

## 3. Answer These Screening Questions

Please **copy and answer all questions below** in your application email.

### Graphic Designer Screening Questions

**1. How many years have you professionally worked in graphic design, Photoshop retouching, product manipulation, or e-commerce creative production?**

**2. How would you rate your Photoshop ability from 1–10?**

Briefly tell us which Photoshop tasks you perform regularly.

Examples:

* Masking
* Compositing
* Retouching
* Color correction
* Perspective matching
* Lighting
* Shadows
* Reflections
* Smart objects

**3. Which AI image-generation tools do you currently use confidently?**

Please list only tools you have actual hands-on experience using.

Also mention whether you have experience with:

* Inpainting
* Outpainting
* Reference-image generation
* AI upscaling
* Product-consistency workflows

**4. Have you professionally created product advertisements or e-commerce creatives?**

If yes, briefly describe the types of products, brands, or platforms you have worked with.

**5. From the portfolio samples you submitted, which ONE image best demonstrates your product-compositing ability, and why?**

Briefly explain:

* What the original assets were
* What you personally created
* What was AI-generated
* What was manually edited
* What the biggest technical challenge was

**6. When combining a real product packshot with an AI-generated environment, what steps do you take to make the final result look realistic?**

Keep your answer short and focus on the most important steps.

**7. An AI-generated image looks excellent, but you notice that the product logo is slightly warped, the product is approximately 10% wider than the original, and its material has changed from matte to glossy. What would you do?**

Answer in 2–4 sentences.

**8. Would you ever submit an AI-generated product image that looks attractive if one important product detail is inaccurate? Why or why not?**

**9. Before submitting a finished product image, what are the five most important things you personally check?**

**10. How do you organize your Photoshop source files?**

Briefly describe your approach to:

* Layers
* Groups
* Masks
* Smart objects
* File naming

**11. If you realize you may miss a deadline because an important asset is missing or an AI-generation workflow is failing, when and how would you communicate this to the team?**

**12. What is your typical turnaround time for a standard e-commerce product image with simple-to-moderate Photoshop compositing?**

**13. What is your current weekly availability?**

Please list the days you are normally available to receive freelance projects.

**14. Please confirm: Are you comfortable accepting $2 USD per completed image?**

Answer **YES or NO**.

# Hiring Process

Candidates who pass the initial application screening may move through the following steps:

1. **Portfolio Review**
2. **10-Minute Quality-Control Assessment**
3. **Portfolio / Photoshop Interview**
4. **Standardized Paid Design Test**

## Portfolio Review

We may compare your finished images directly against the original product references.

We will specifically check whether you preserved:

* Logo
* Packaging text
* Product color
* Proportions
* Materials
* Product features

We may also ask you to explain exactly what you created manually versus what was generated with AI.

## Quality-Control Assessment

Shortlisted applicants may receive a product image containing intentional errors.

Examples may include:

* Warped logo
* Incorrect product color
* Incorrect shadow
* Changed product material
* Distorted proportions

You will be asked to identify the problems and explain how you would correct them.

## Portfolio / Photoshop Interview

You may be asked to open a Photoshop project that you personally created and explain:

* What was AI-generated
* What was manually edited
* How the product was composited
* What problems you encountered
* How you protected logos and packaging
* How you handled feedback
* What you would improve if you created the image again

You may also be asked to show your Photoshop layers and working-file organization.

## Standardized Paid Test

Final candidates may be asked to complete a **paid design test**.

For example, you may receive one clean product packshot and be asked to:

* Create one realistic **4:5 lifestyle product image**
* Generate the environment using an approved AI tool
* Composite the original product manually in Photoshop
* Preserve the exact product logo
* Preserve all product text
* Preserve product color
* Preserve product proportions
* Preserve materials
* Preserve essential product features
* Deliver the final image
* Deliver an organized layered PSD
* Briefly explain your process

The test may use a fixed **2–3 hour working window**.

Applicants completing the same test will receive the same core product, brief, reference, deadline, requirements, and compensation.

We do **not** use unpaid client work as an applicant test.

# How We Evaluate Designers

Candidates are primarily evaluated on:

* **Product Accuracy – 30%**
* **Photoshop & Realism – 20%**
* **Brief Compliance – 15%**
* **Composition & Brand Fit – 10%**
* **Source-File Organization – 10%**
* **Speed & Reliability – 10%**
* **Communication & Ownership – 5%**

Critical product inaccuracies—including incorrect logos, packaging text, essential product features, materials, or proportions—may disqualify a candidate regardless of how attractive the final image looks.

A strong portfolio alone is not enough.

We are not simply looking for the cheapest applicant or the most confident designer.

We want someone who repeatedly demonstrates:

* Product accuracy
* Realism
* Strong Photoshop ability
* Attention to detail
* Reliability
* Coachability
* Clear communication
* Problem-solving
* Ownership of their work

A great designer should not simply generate an attractive image.

They should recognize when something is wrong, manually correct it, protect the integrity of the product, communicate risks early, and consistently deliver organized professional work.