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YouTube Thumbnail Designer

  • Remote
  • Full-time
  • Fluent English
  • $36K+ / year
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If you can't design thumbnails like these, this job is not for you.

We work in education, specifically mortgage, finance, and real estate, so our thumbnails lean hyper-realistic: real locations, real buildings, real people. That takes technical skill and a real grasp of realism, while still earning the click.

Thumbnail: comparing four neighborhoods
NYC Homes Daily312K views · 3 weeks ago8.6x
Thumbnail: inside Billionaires' Row
Manhattan Living1.1M views · 2 months ago21.4x
Thumbnail: a $3,000,000 building tour
Home in New York684K views · 1 month ago14.2x
Thumbnail: mistakes to avoid when buying in Manhattan
Buy in Manhattan427K views · 5 weeks ago9.8x
Thumbnail: ranking areas from worst to best
City Living Guide251K views · 2 weeks ago6.3x

Hover a thumbnail to see it in the feed. Channel names and stats are illustrative.

About us

We work with some of the largest brands in the education space, specifically in mortgage, finance, and real estate. We're a done-for-you, full-service partner: we handle everything from strategy and ideation all the way to posting the video, and everything in between, so our clients don't have to.

This year alone, the clients we work with have seen around $85M in attributable sales, and we're growing fast. We're always looking for top-level talent who wants to join a growing company with a great culture.

We believe in creating high-level content that helps our clients build their brand, attract more business, and scale through inbound content marketing.

Our core values

Relentless Curiosity

Learning never stops. You enjoy growth personally and professionally.

Kind Candor

Honest feedback, both internally and externally, is a gift we gladly receive.

Extreme Ownership

Be the type of person people can always count on, both internally and externally.

Operational Excellence

Be the person who spots what is broken and makes it better.

The role and application process

You design scroll-stopping YouTube thumbnails that drive clicks, views, and channel growth for real estate professionals and the brands we work with. Every thumbnail is a bet on click-through rate, and you learn from the data on each one.

You work inside a production pod with editors, writers, and strategists, with 24 to 48 hour turnarounds. If that excites you more than it scares you, you're exactly who we're looking for.

How hiring works

  1. 1You apply
  2. 2We review
  3. $Paid trial
  4. 4Interview
  5. 5Offer

Responsibilities

  • Design 10 to 20 thumbnails a week (40 to 80 a month) with 24 to 48 hour turnaround.
  • Build and maintain a visual branding system for each client, and follow their brand style guides.
  • Design for YouTube search and browse behavior so every thumbnail earns the click.
  • Create A/B test variations and iterate quickly based on click-through rate.
  • QC your own work before submitting. Your manager shouldn't be catching mistakes you could have caught yourself.
  • Keep files and assets organized. If someone else needs to find your files, they should be able to.
  • Work with editors, writers, and strategists to help each channel grow by 100 to 1,000 subscribers a month.

Requirements

  • Fluent spoken and written English. Your walkthrough video must be recorded in English.
  • 2+ years of graphic design experience, with three YouTube thumbnails you are proud to share when you apply.
  • Strong proficiency in Photoshop, plus Illustrator, Figma, or similar.
  • You understand YouTube, click-through rate, and why people click.
  • Strong time management across multiple clients and deadlines.
  • Data-driven and detail-oriented, with strong quality control.
  • Real estate or professional services design experience is a plus.
  • You experiment with new AI tools, workflows, and approaches without being asked.

What success looks like

  • 95%+on-time delivery every month
  • 10 to 20thumbnails a week once fully ramped
  • 90%+approval on first drafts
  • 24 to 48 hrsturnaround on every thumbnail

Compensation and benefits

Around $36,000+ USD per year, based on volume, skill, and experience. Every position starts with a paid trial to make sure it's a fit on both sides.

  • Flexible, fully remote work
  • Established clients in mortgage, finance, and real estate
  • More clients as you prove results, and a full-time role once you run a full client slate
  • A path into creative leadership and strategy for people who perform
  • A structured production system with clear processes and support

Your Application

Four quick steps. About 10 minutes once your recording is ready.

Format your application with the same care you'll bring to a thumbnail. If your submission is sloppy, we'll assume your designs are too.

Make every link public. Set sharing to "Anyone with the link can view" (Google Drive, Docs, Loom, Dropbox, and so on). If we can't open it, we can't review it. Uploaded files are fine as they are.

About you

So we can reach you.

Please add your name.
Please add a valid email.
Please enter a valid phone number.
Software you design in(optional)

Your 3 best thumbnails

Upload them, share links, or mix both.

Loom / Video Breakdown

Submit a video of you walking us through your 3 thumbnails, 5 minutes or less.

English only

Record your screen with each thumbnail open, and talk us through it in English.

Use Loom (free) or any screen recorder. The thumbnails on their own won't count.

Show each thumbnail and talk us through:

  1. The idea or brief behind it
  2. Your thinking process while designing it
  3. What you'd change now, if anything
  4. Any AI in your process for creating it. Please explain in detail.

Sharing must be set to "Anyone with the link can view."

Please add a link or upload your recording.

Your workflow

A screenshot of your work in Photoshop (or your design tool), or the project file.

Drop screenshots here or browse PNG, JPG, or WebP · up to 5 images, 15 MB each
Please add a screenshot or a link.
Please pick a start window.
We review every application and reply by email. Your answers save automatically on this device, so you can leave to record and come back.