Airrack

Role Description We're looking for a world-class freelance Thumbnail Concept Artist — the creative brain that comes before the design software ever opens. You take a video title or a raw idea and engineer a concept that stops the scroll: - Sketched out, psychologically intentional, and handed off to the designer with a complete production blueprint. - Includes lighting setup, camera angles, facial expressions, wardrobe, props, color direction, everything. You don't just make things look good. You know why things get clicked. You understand the human brain, creator culture, and the visual grammar of YouTube at a deep level — and you use all of it to build concepts that convert. Requirements - Concept and sketch multiple thumbnail ideas per video from a title or brief alone. - Generate high volumes of variations quickly and kill weak ideas fast. - Provide complete production direction to photographers and designers: lighting, camera angles, expressions, wardrobe, props, color, and framing. - Collaborate with the creative director and editors to understand the emotional core of each video before concepting. - Study top-performing thumbnails across YouTube consistently — understanding what drives CTR and why. - Take intense, direct feedback without ego and turn revisions around fast. - Bring new ideas proactively and push the team's creative vision forward. Qualifications - A portfolio that shows your concepting process — sketches, wireframes, mood boards, and variations, not just final designs. - Deep knowledge of what's performing on YouTube right now and why. - Experience concepting thumbnails for high-performing channels, ideally in lifestyle, challenge, prank, or viral content. - Ability to generate a high volume of ideas fast and cut to the best ones ruthlessly. - Thick skin — direct feedback is the norm here and you use it to get better. - Obsessive passion for YouTube, creator culture, and the craft of the thumbnail specifically. - Background in art direction, photography, or storyboarding is a strong plus. Preferred Qualifications - Experience concepting thumbnails for high-performing YouTube channels (lifestyle, challenge, prank, or viral content preferred). - Background in art direction, storyboarding, or visual development. - Familiarity with what makes thumbnails perform across different audience segments and video formats. - Ability to reference and analyze competitor thumbnails and extract strategic insight. Benefits - This is a project-based position which pays a base fee per project as well as performance bonuses. - Be part of a groundbreaking team creating content that millions of viewers love. - Opportunity to lead and innovate in a highly competitive digital media space.

Role Description We need someone who can get us into places and situations that seem impossible. You’ll take an incredibly long list of contacts from our team and work cold calls, cold emails, and LinkedIn outreach until you get multiple yeses. Think: convincing a cruise line to let us film on their ship, getting access to a location that doesn’t normally allow cameras, or locking down a vendor who’s never worked with a YouTube creator before. You’re the person who opens doors that nobody else can. What You’ll Do - Take contact lists built by our VAs and work through them via phone, email, and LinkedIn until you get yeses on locations, vendors, talent, and access. - Pitch Airrack and our video concepts to people who’ve never heard of us and get them excited to work with us. - Handle objections, negotiate terms, and close access deals for upcoming video concepts. - Work across multiple video concepts simultaneously, some of which are 3–6 months out. - Pass locked options and confirmed yeses to the Assistant Producer for production planning. - Track all outreach, follow-ups, and status in a shared system so nothing falls through the cracks. Qualifications - Experience as an SDR, BDR, ISA (Inside Sales Agent), or similar cold outreach role. - You’ve made 50+ calls in a day and it doesn’t faze you. - You’re great on the phone. You can talk to anyone, pitch anything, and handle rejection without losing momentum. - You follow up relentlessly. If someone doesn’t respond, you find another way in. - You want to work in content and entertainment. This is your way in. - Self-directed. You don’t need someone checking in on you every day to make sure the work is getting done. Bonus Points - You watch YouTube and understand why someone would want to be part of a video like this. - Experience with Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or similar outreach tools. Benefits - Work with an awesome group of talented, passionate people who actually enjoy what they do. - Instead of selling software to people who don’t want it, you’re getting us into the most insane locations and experiences on the planet. - Fully remote with flexible hours. We care about results, not when you’re online. - Room to grow into a full production role if that’s where you want to go. - Bonus incentives galore! The sky is the limit for your total compensation.