Image & Editing Manager

Job description

At H&M Creative Studios, we develop and deliver H&M’s customer-facing brand and content experiences globally. Bringing together strategists, creatives, designers, creators, producers and specialists, we are responsible for H&M’s global campaigns, editorial storytelling, creator marketing, organic social channels, e-commerce content, brand design and physical brand experiences. Together, we shape how millions of customers discover, experience and engage with H&M every day.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

As Image & Editing Manager, you'll lead the development of image and editing capabilities within H&M Creative Studio, ensuring exceptional visual quality across still image and video delivery. You will be responsible for setting standards, growing specialist capabilities and creating the conditions for teams and partners to deliver best-in-class content at scale.

You will: Lead and develop a team of experts across image and editing, fostering a culture of collaboration, craftsmanship and continuous development. Enable visual quality standards across still image and video production, ensuring consistency in lighting, colour, retouching, editing and final delivery. Secure efficient workflows, resource planning and operating models that support high-quality and scalable content production.

Build capabilities within image and editing to support the strategic priorities and future ambitions of H&M Creative Studio. Define and manage partnership strategies across editing, retouching and equipment suppliers, ensuring strong external collaborations and operational excellence. Drive continuous improvement across tools, processes and ways of working to elevate both creative quality and production efficiency. Collaborate closely with creative, production and operational teams to ensure a seamless end-to-end content creation process.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH You will be part of H&M Creative Studio and collaborate with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Producers, Photographers, Filmmakers and Production Managers, as well as external partners and suppliers. Together, you'll shape how our brand comes to life through inspiring visual storytelling across all customer touchpoints.

Qualifications

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for people with: Deep expertise in image and video production workflows, including retouching, editing, colour management and lighting. Hands-on experience within photography, retouching, editing or a similar visual production discipline. Proven leadership experience within a production, studio or creative environment. Experience managing, coaching and developing specialist teams. Strong understanding of visual quality standards and how to maintain consistency across large-scale content production.

Experience working with external vendors, partners and production suppliers. The ability to balance creative excellence with operational efficiency.

And people who are: Inspiring leaders who create clarity, trust and strong team engagement. Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with the ability to build strong partnerships across creative and operational functions. Curious and forward-thinking, always looking for opportunities to improve capabilities, tools and ways of working. Structured and solution-oriented, able to navigate complexity while keeping quality and business priorities in focus.

Passionate about visual storytelling, creativity and the future of content production.