CTR without cheap tricks
We design for the click and for the brand. If it looks like bait, we redo it.
04 — Thumbnails
Thumbnail
design.
Click-worthy covers that still look like they belong to the channel. Faces, type and colour built to win the click without looking like bait.
YouTube coversCTRPackagingDesign
01 — Desk
What we
deliver.
- 01
Episode covers
A thumbnail for every upload, built from the cut so the face and the title agree.
- 02
Channel systems
A look that holds across a catalogue—type, colour, crop—so the grid reads as one brand.
- 03
A/B variants
Two or three covers per video so you can test the hook without a reshoot.
- 04
Title pairing
Thumbnail and title written as a pair, not two separate briefs.
02 — Why us
How we
cut it.
Readable at stamp size
If the face or the line doesn’t read at 160 pixels wide, it isn’t done.
Tied to the cut
The cover comes from the edit, so the promise on the tile matches the video.
03 — FAQ
Questions before
we cut.
A cut or a stills dump helps. We can also design from a brief and a face frame if the edit is still moving.
A typical YouTube retainer is one to three covers per episode, plus variants if you test.
Yes. Send a grid of recent covers and we’ll lock a system, or we’ll build a new one if the channel needs a reset.
We can. Title and thumbnail work better as one package than as two separate jobs.
04 — Next
Need a cover that
gets the click?
Send the cut or a still. We’ll come back with a tile that belongs on the channel.
05 — Also on the desk
Other
services.
01
Short form
Reels, Shorts and TikToks cut for watch-time, not just the algorithm. Hooks, captions and pacing built for the feed.
02Long form
YouTube and brand films with pacing, packaging and retention built in—from the cold open to the end screen.
03Podcast
Clean audio, tight cuts and video versions ready to publish—from the long conversation to the clips.
05Social media
Calendar, posting and growth handled so the brand can stay on camera. YouTube, Instagram and the rest of the feed, run as one desk.