Full Time
400$/month + view bonus
60
Jul 5, 2026
We run a network of YouTube channels across several niches : history, military, firearms, men's lifestyle & advice, farming/homesteading — doing millions of views per month. We're hiring ONE full-time thumbnail designer.
The job:
A thumbnail exists for ONE reason: to make a stranger stop scrolling and click. That is thumbnail psychology, and it is the entire job. AI image skills WITHOUT thumbnail psychology are worthless to us — a beautiful image nobody clicks is a wasted image and wasted money.
1. Start with psychology, not pixels: from our brief, lock the focal point, the emotion, and the curiosity gap. The reason a viewer HAS to click
2. Generate the base image with AI (we provide the accounts and image-gen budget) through deliberate, iterative prompting. Every prompt decision made in service of the click, not of "looking cool"
3. Finish in Photoshop or Canva: fix artifacts, composite, color grade, add text that reads at mobile size - judged by one question only: does this make more people click?
If you think of thumbnails as art, do not apply. If you understand that a thumbnail is click psychology rendered as an image, keep reading.
**You're the right person if:**
- You already work with AI image tools (GPT 2, Nanobanana 2 experience is a must) and can show your work WITH the prompts. Personal projects and fan thumbnails count — client work is NOT required
- You have visual taste: you can look at two thumbnails and explain why one gets clicked and the other gets scrolled past
- You know Photoshop, or you're strong in Canva and willing to learn Photoshop fast
- You apply feedback ONCE — we tell you something, you never make that mistake again
- You want one stable long-term employer, not gig work
- Be willing to work late at night to match with my timezone
**What you get:**
- 400$/month starting salary - View bonuses WILL be added if your performance leads to results
- Reviews at 3, 6, and 12 months — strong performers reach ?30,000+ within the first year
- AI Image credits provided
- Full-time, long-term.
**Content note:** some of our channels cover military history and firearms in an educational/historical context. You must be comfortable designing thumbnails featuring weapons and war imagery.
**HOW TO APPLY — we delete applications that skip any step:**
1. Your subject line must begin with: **MAGENTA FALCON**
2. Attach your 3 best thumbnails — real client work, redesigns of existing videos, or fan thumbnails all count
3. Attach 2 AI-generated images along with the FULL prompt(s) you used for each, including your iterations
4. Look at the thumbnail on this video:
5. Confirm your earliest start date
Generic or copy-pasted applications missing any of these 5 items will not be read.