About this role
Join the team building an AI-first company.
Hostinger serves more than 5.5 million clients across 150 countries, but we're still excited about what we're creating next.
AI is changing how we build products, support customers, work together, and solve problems. It helps us move faster, spend less time on repetitive work, and focus on bigger ideas.
If you want your work to influence both what we build and how we build it, we'd like to meet you.
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Your role at Hostinger
Join Hostinger's YouTube team and help us make every video impossible to scroll past. As Youtube Thumbnail Designer, you'll own the visual packaging of every video - designing thumbnails that communicate value in a split second and drive click-through rate, all while keeping a consistent, recognizable channel identity. Thumbnails are your primary focus, but the role goes wider: you'll also shape the channel's broader visual design, from community posts and banners to channel art and playlist covers, so everything viewers see looks sharp, cohesive, and on-brand.
Curious to learn more? Connect with your team: Ryan Priddey, Head of Youtube
Your day-to-day
Design high-impact thumbnails for new videos, shorts, and back-catalog refreshes.
Turn video ideas into impactful visuals.
Create multiple concepts per video and work with the YouTube Analyst running A/B tests to find the highest-performing option.
Use CTR and audience data to iterate and continuously raise click-through performance.
Maintain and evolve a consistent visual system across the channel: typography, color, layout, and branding.
Collaborate with content creators, video editors, and the team leads to align thumbnails with video hooks and messaging.
Manage a steady, high-volume production pipeline and hit publishing deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Stay on top of YouTube trends, competitor thumbnails, and platform best practices.
Report on thumbnail performance and identify areas of new opportunity.
Leverage data to drive actionable decisions that inform and help the channel grow.
Design the channel’s wider visual assets: community posts, channel banners and art, and promotional graphics.
Create supporting social and campaign graphics that extend the channel’s look across platforms.
Keep the full visual system consistent and on-brand across every touchpoint, not just thumbnails.
What will help you succeed
Proven experience designing YouTube thumbnails, ideally at volume.
A strong portfolio demonstrating clear composition and thumbnails that drive performance.
High level of experience with design tool such as Photoshop, Figma, or Illustrator.
Sharp eye for typography, color, contrast, and visual hierarchy — you know how to make one focal point dominate.
Strong photo editing and compositing skills (cutouts, retouching, expressive subjects, clean backgrounds).
Versatility across formats and layouts - comfortable moving from thumbnails to banners, community posts, and promotional graphics.
Solid understanding of what drives clicks: curiosity, clarity, and emotion.
Comfort working with data and feedback, and iterating quickly.
High attentiveness to details combined with proactiveness.
Will have to work independently as well as in a collaborative yet demanding team environment.
High level of spoken and written communication in English.
Familiarity with the tech, AI or web-building space would be a plus.
Benefits you’ll love
🚀 360 Growth: We provide limitless learning opportunities: access to platforms like Reforge and CoachHub, global conferences, feedback culture, digital libraries, and industry-leading subscriptions. Advance your career with internal mobility, and grow with a team eager to share knowledge and support your success.
🎯 Freedom & responsibility: Work on your terms, whether from the comfort of home or anywhere in the world. With a home office budget, you can elevate your workspace. Enjoy the flexibility to manage your schedule while bringing your ideas to life in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
💪 Wellness simplified: Your health comes first with company-provided sick days, 20 paid suspension days, Headspace subscriptions, and recharge leave. Participate in wellbeing-dedicated events and simply enjoy the balance of a lifestyle that prioritizes wellness.
🎉 Work hard - play hard: Celebrate your achievements with company events like Town Hall, Meet the Client initiatives, team-building experiences, and workations. Celebrate life’s big moments with milestone gifts for weddings, new parenthood, and graduations.
Compensation
Salary depending on your experience and skills.
We’re always looking for experienced talent to raise the bar. If you’re excited about the role but the listed salary range doesn’t align with your expectations, we still encourage you to apply - we’re open to adjusting compensation based on the impact and value you bring.
Get ready to take your personal and professional growth to new heights! Join Hostinger today and be part of our journey 🚀
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