PlotPointe
Content Production
LeadThumbnailDesigner
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“Lead Thumbnail Designer at PlotPointe. Skills: Thumbnail design, A/B testing, YouTube analytics, Team leadership. 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”
What You'll Achieve.
Driving a sustained 9%+ CTR across the long-form publishing slate of roughly 48 videos a month
Industry & Context.
Turning impression, CTR, and average view duration data into design decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
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 testing methodology, and CTR benchmarking by niche, Experience leading or training designers, with the appetite to build a team further, communication skills and confidence working across editorial, production, and channel leadership, Experience using AI tools
What You'll Do.
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
and managing a thumbnail team that grows alongside our channel portfolio
Setting visual standards across typography
facial expression direction
and asset prep workflows
Running A testing as a default behavior
and average view duration data into design decisions
Collaborating with writers
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 designers you can grow the team with
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating with writers, editors, and channel leads to align thumbnails with story hooks and audience intent; confidence working across editorial, production, and channel leadership
Communication Scope
communication skills; confidence working across editorial, production, and channel leadership; how you give feedback to junior designers
Process & Methodology
operational maturity to lead a team
Full 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
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