# Thumbnail Designer - Company: [Plot Pointe]() - Location: United States - Team: Content Production - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: May 13, 2026 ## Job description # **The Role** We are hiring a Lead Thumbnail Designer to own the visual front door of every long-form video PlotPointe publishes on YouTube. This is a senior, leadership-level role for a designer who can sustain elite individual output while building and leading a team that scales with our publishing volume. PlotPointe ships around 48 long-form YouTube videos a month, and the bar for every one is a 9% click-through rate. You will design at that bar, run A/B tests as a default operating rhythm, read YouTube Studio data fluently, and within months hire and lead a thumbnail team built around your standards. ## **What You'll Be Responsible For** * Driving a sustained 9%+ CTR across the long-form publishing slate of roughly 48 videos a month. * Designing thumbnails personally at lead-level quality while building the systems that allow a team to match your bar. * Recruiting, training, and managing a thumbnail team that grows alongside our channel portfolio. * Setting visual standards across typography, facial expression direction, contrast logic, composition, and asset prep workflows. * Running A/B testing as a default behavior. Designing the test, reading the result, and iterating fast. * Turning impression, CTR, and average view duration data into design decisions. * Collaborating with writers, editors, and channel leads to align thumbnails with story hooks and audience intent. * Owning quality control across every thumbnail that ships under PlotPointe channels. * Building a sourcing pipeline of strong designers you can grow the team with. ## **What We're Looking For** * 4+ years designing thumbnails for storytelling channels at scale. * Demonstrated personal track record of 8 to 10%+ CTR on channels delivering 1M+ views per video, supported by analytics you can speak to. * Steady-state experience producing 20+ thumbnails per week. * Fluency with YouTube Studio analytics, A/B testing methodology, and CTR benchmarking by niche. * Experience leading or training designers, with the appetite to build a team further. * Strong communication skills and confidence working across editorial, production, and channel leadership. * Experience using AI tools ## **What You Bring** ### Candidates should bring a portfolio of high-CTR work backed by performance data, examples of design decisions defended with analytics, and the operational maturity to lead a team without losing the individual bar. We care about how you communicate, how you give feedback to junior designers, and how you carry yourself inside a high-volume publishing schedule where decisions move daily. ### **Skills** * YouTube thumbnail design * A/B testing methodology * YouTube Studio analytics * Adobe Photoshop and Creative Suite * Visual storytelling and hook design * Team leadership and mentorship * High-volume creative production ## Apply [Apply on Plot Pointe]() Canonical job page: