Rowland
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©2026
Jake Rowland
jdrowl@gmail.com
646-376-9668
Skills
• Senior Digital Artist: team leader and lead artist on major advertising campaigns
• Advanced Adobe Photoshop: retouching, prep, color, and compositing for web/print, complex layering, masks, smart objects, in an organized non-destructive workflow
• Artificial Intelligence: 2D and video workflow in Google Veo, Nano Banana, Kling AI, ChatGPT
• Digital Illustration: Clients include Apple, Wired, Nike
• Intermediate C4D and Maya
• Raw file and film scan processing, color correction, archiving
• Professional photographer: Pro digital and film cameras, strobes and equipment
• Fine-art exhibition printing: large format Epson and Canon printers
Work History
2019-present:
Senior Digital Artist
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA
Full-time Staff Digital Artist/Retoucher for onsite and remote retouching for product launches and advertising campaigns for print and web. C4D and Maya. Creative conceptual design and retouching for UI graphics.
2019:
Retoucher (freelance)
Industrial Color, New York
Onsite and remote retouching for advertising campaigns for print and web.
Clients include: Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Campbell’s, Tiffany
2019:
Retoucher (freelance)
Deutsch Inc., New York
Onsite and remote retouching for advertising campaigns for print and web.
Clients include: Reebok, Newman’s Own, Budweiser
2017-2019:
Retoucher (freelance)
Esto Photographics, New York
Onsite and remote retouching for architectural photography agency
2013-2016:
JAM Editions Inc, New York
Co-founded and managed all aspects of fine-art printing studio producing gallery and museum exhibitions. Clients include: Benrubi Gallery, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Tate Modern
2013-2014:
Retoucher (freelance)
Duggal Visual Solutions, New York
Clients include: Ralph Lauren, Macy’s, Bath and Body.
2012-2013:
Retoucher/Exhibition Printing
LTI Lightside, New York
Lead digital technician. Worked with clients one on one to produce gallery and museum exhibitions.
2007-2012:
Retoucher (freelance)
Digital Color Concepts, New York
Clients include: Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Coach.
2006-2007:
Retoucher (freelance)
Urban Studios, New York
Clients include: DKNY, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren.
2006-2017:
Photographer
Gallery Stock
Still-life photographer for editorial and advertising clients
Volunteer Work
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Arms and Armor Department
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Works on Paper and Photography Department
Education
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, Photography