YouTube Thumbnail Designer for Agency - Long-Term Work & Weekly Retainer Available

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 an excellent, reliable thumbnail designer to join the team. Not just an excellent graphic designer - you also understand click-through rate (CTR) or are willing to learn and grow when it comes to the strategy, not just the design. I can provide you with the strategy and concepts to begin with, but it's important that you don't need me to hold your hand forever. You should be able to think critically and apply our strategies and branding thumbnail to thumbnail - without me needing to reiterate our standards each time. I will have steady work for you and in exchange for you prioritizing this role, I'm happy to pay you a weekly retainer. Requirements ➜ Fast turnaround - 24 hrs max for new thumbnails and quick with revisions (on weekdays) ➜ 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 channels have hard set rules - and just because we're trying a new concept, doesn't mean we throw everything else out the window too. ➜ Collaboration and integration with the team - you must be available in our project management software where we'll assign tasks/thumbnails, and for feedback and brainstorming with the team. Sometimes I want to brainstorm or collaborate on thumbnails and establish a style for a channel. I need someone who is willing to work with and develop ideas with me to achieve my vision. Similarly, if the CTR on a channel or video is low, I'd love to be able to chat and come up with ideas and solutions together. Sometimes these may require a video call with the team. ➜ CTR-focused - you don’t have to be a full expert yet, but you should have an eye for what makes people click ➜ Fluent or bilingual in English. 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 (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. ➜ MUST be an independent freelancer - absolutely no subcontracting or agencies. I want to work directly with the freelancer designing the thumbnails. When different people create the thumbnails, then the style and quality doesn't match, and I have to keep explaining myself. So I MUST be working with the same person on every thumbnail ➜ Willing to work in our ecosystem and share project files - I know some freelancers are secretive about their project files or charge extra, but in an agency setting and with different time zones, that creates a huge bottleneck. Sometimes me or another team member will need to make quick changes for the client or one of our channels if it's night time for you, and they need to be able to do that fairly easily. 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). ➜ Are you independent and be making everything thumbnail? 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.