Part-Time YouTube Thumbnail Designer | Travel, IRL & Storytelling Content

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🚀 Our client is a globally recognized storytelling movement on a mission to inspire people to seek discomfort, live fully, and forge deeper connections. What began as a daring 30‑day challenge among friends in Montreal has blossomed into an international community of millions. Today, they produce emotionally charged videos, podcasts, merchandise, and live events—all rooted in the belief that life’s most meaningful experiences happen outside your comfort zone. Their YouTube channel alone commands over 9 million subscribers and brings in millions of views each month. They've partnered with notable figures, including Will Smith in a streaming‑event stunt that reached over 100 million viewers, and have created transformative content like documentaries and narrative-driven podcasts.

Role Overview:

As our Thumbnail Designer, you’ll be responsible for designing 1–3 weekly thumbnails for our IRL YouTube channels. You’ll collaborate with our creators and production team to create emotionally compelling, curiosity-driven visuals that drive clicks.

This is more than making things look pretty. It’s about understanding the story, the emotion, and the psychology behind why people click – and building a mini movie poster that makes someone feel like they have to know what happens next.

** Role is open to all LATAM **

Your responsibilities:

• Design 1–3 click-magnet thumbnails each week
• Come up with original thumbnail ideas that align with the core video message and emotional hook
• Use your Photoshop mastery and photo manipulation skills to create realistic, powerful visual composites. Keep assets organized for workflow ease on future projects.
• Coordinate with our production team to plan and capture the best possible assets such as facial expressions, framing, etc
• Meet deadlines consistently (and early, if you can)
• Research our previous thumbnail designs to adhere to our design style so our thumbnails have consistency and feel like “Yes Theory”, while also bringing your own creative flare
• Use performance data to tweak and improve thumbnail ideas for maximum impact
• Re-run past thumbnail tests with altered designs

Requirements

• Available to work Part-Time
• 1+ years experience in Graphic Design
• You work well in remote environments where creativity, speed, and quality all matter
• Strong sense of visual storytelling, emotion, and audience psychology
• You feel comfortable collaborating across creative teams (creators, editors, producers)
• You’re not afraid to take creative swings, learn from the misses, and iterate
• You're reliable and obsessed with the little details: lighting, angles, facial micro-expressions, color grades
• You don’t rely on AI only

Nice to have:

• Experience working with IRL, travel, or docu-style creators
• You’ve used CTR data and A/B tests to improve thumbnails
• You think like a viewer and title-writer
• You can shoot or direct thumbnail photo sessions