Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Morning Brew Inc. is a multi-channel media company that engages the next generation of business leaders with credible and entertaining content. They are seeking a freelance YouTube Thumbnail Designer to create highly clickable thumbnails and collaborate with producers and the Audience Development team to enhance their video content.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with producers at the onset of production to craft the most clickable title and thumbnail combinations
• Work with producers to create shot lists you’ll need for executing on thumbnails
• Create 3-4 thumbnail options per video, and address 1-2 rounds of notes before publish
• Collaborate with Audience Development team to create a unified style and feel for our thumbnails across the channel
• Archive work and projects to be stored in our centralized database

Skills

• Proven experience designing highly clickable thumbnails for creator-led YouTube channel(s)
• Capable of identifying and communicating successful design trends, both overt and subtle, to continue to refine and improve the channel's thumbnail style
• Strong familiarity with A/B/C testing thumbnail and title combinations and identifying which elements and content angles are worth testing against each other
• Regularly consumes YouTube content, including in the world of news, business, non-fiction, and explainers
• Obsesses over new and evolving trends and varying styles across the YouTube platform

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