Full-Time | Remote | KrakenMedia
KrakenMedia is a digital media company specialising in building, growing, and managing successful YouTube channels.
We operate a portfolio of established channels with millions of subscribers and hundreds of millions of views, alongside newer channels we're actively developing and growing.
Our content spans everything from documentaries, history, and true crime to entertainment and educational content.
We're a small, ambitious team with a strong focus on creativity, audience engagement, and performance. We understand that succeeding on YouTube isn't just about making great videos. It's about knowing how to package those videos, capture attention, and consistently deliver content people want to watch.
We're looking for a talented YouTube Thumbnail Designer & Channel Manager to join our team.
This is a hands-on creative role combining thumbnail design with the day-to-day management and growth of several YouTube channels.
We're looking for someone who genuinely understands YouTube. Someone who knows what makes a great thumbnail, understands the importance of titles and packaging, and can look at a video's performance and identify opportunities to improve it.
You'll be working across both established channels with large audiences and exciting new projects we're looking to grow.
- Thumbnail Design: Creating compelling, high-quality thumbnails designed to maximise click-through rates while maintaining each channel's visual identity.
- Video Packaging: Working on titles and thumbnails together to create the strongest possible packaging for every upload.
- Channel Management: Managing uploads, scheduling, descriptions, playlists, and general channel operations.
- Performance Analysis: Monitoring CTR, impressions, audience retention, and other key metrics to understand what's working and what isn't.
- Testing & Optimisation: Running thumbnail A/B tests, reviewing results, and continuously improving performance.
- Creative Collaboration: Working closely with our editors, writers, and wider production team to ensure each video has the best possible chance of success.
- Channel Growth: Helping identify opportunities, develop content ideas, and improve the overall performance of our channels.
- Proven experience designing successful YouTube thumbnails, with a strong portfolio of previous work.
- A solid understanding of YouTube, including CTR, impressions, audience retention, and how the recommendation system works.
- Strong Photoshop skills or equivalent professional design experience.
- An excellent eye for composition, visual storytelling, and creating thumbnails that stand out.
- Experience managing YouTube channels and using YouTube Studio.
- The ability to understand different audiences and adapt your creative approach across multiple channels and niches.
- Someone who is organised, proactive, reliable, and comfortable managing their own workload remotely.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a small team.
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys YouTube and understands the difference between a thumbnail that looks good and one that actually gets clicks.
Experience growing or managing successful channels is a major advantage, but we're far more interested in what you've actually achieved than formal qualifications.
You'll have the opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of YouTube channels, including established brands with millions of subscribers.
We're a growing company with ambitious plans, and we're looking for someone who wants to play a meaningful role in that growth.
You'll have creative input, the opportunity to test new ideas, and the freedom to help shape how our channels look and perform.
Please send us:
- A brief introduction about yourself and your YouTube experience.
- A portfolio showing thumbnails you've designed, ideally with links to the videos they were used on.
- Examples of YouTube channels you've worked on or managed.
- Any performance results or improvements you've helped achieve.
We're particularly interested in seeing real examples of your work and understanding the thinking behind your designs.