🎨 YouTube Thumbnail Designer
I’m looking for a YouTube thumbnail designer to join my team. I run a YouTube growth agency, so thumbnails are one of the most important parts of what we do!
I need someone who's not just an excellent graphic designer - you also understand click-through rate (CTR) or are willing to learn and grow.
The goal would be for you to not only design great thumbnails when given instructions - but to be able to come up with your own ideas and take on more of the thumbnail strategy the longer we work together.
I'm looking for someone who is a good culture fit, and wants this to be their primary gig. In exchange for you prioritizing this role, I'm willing to provide training and a weekly retainer if you'd like.
Requirements
➜ Fast turnaround - 24 hrs max for new thumbnails, and quick with revisions.
➜ Collaboration - available on Slack for feedback and brainstorming. Sometimes I want to brainstorm or collaborate on a thumbnail because I don't have a specific idea. I'd like you to be available to develop ideas with me in Slack before designing. Or if the CTR on a client's channel or video is low, I'd love to be able to chat and come up with ideas and solutions together.
➜ Attention to detail - once you’ve worked on a few thumbnails for a specific channel, you should understand the style and not need me to repeat the same instructions every time. I can provide a guide for you to help with this! But some clients have hard set rules, like brand colours - and just because we're trying a new concept, doesn't mean we throw everything else out the window too.
➜ CTR-focused - you don’t have to be a full expert yet, but you should have an eye for what makes people click, or at least want to learn.
➜ Eager and ambitious - I want someone who is a good culture fit. You want to take ownership of your role, learn, hone your craft, and grow with the company.
Responsibilities
➜ Designing 5–10 thumbnails per week across different channels and niches. (This may increase)
➜ Iterating quickly when something doesn’t work (sometimes we’ll test multiple options).
➜ Available and responsive in Slack (you don't have too many projects on the go) - If I send notes or instructions, I should hear back within hours - not days.
I don't want to sound demanding but there are a number of projects and videos on the go every week, and it creates a bottleneck when thumbnails take days, revisions take even longer on top of that, and you aren't available in chat. The expectation is 5-10 thumbnails per week, which means a pace of 1-2 thumbnails per day.
➜ Willing to work in our ecosystem and share project files - I know some freelancers are secretive about their project files or charge extra, that just doesn't work in an agency setting, especially with different time zones. Sometimes another team member will need to make quick changes for the client if it's night time for you, and they need to be able to do that fairly easily.
➜ Must be an independent freelancer - no agencies or subcontracting. I want to work directly with the freelancer designing the thumbnails so we can grow and improve together.
Proposal
👉 When you apply, please include:
➜ Your portfolio (must include YouTube thumbnails).
➜ Your usual turnaround time for both new thumbnails and revisions.
➜ Your availability (how many thumbnails you can handle per week).
And if you have any questions, please ask!
I'll be contacting the top candidates for an interview, and after that will be a paid trial project.
