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YouTube Thumbnail Design Intern at Deion

MyDataProduct
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Deion is the the done-for-you, anti-AI-slop Canva alternative for YouTube thumbnail design.

It's powered by Semantic Design Engine—our proprietary design automation algorithm that transforms YouTube video titles into custom thumbnails. Learn more at https://deion.io/.

We are looking for an undergraduate YouTube Thumbnail Design Intern for a 1099 internship contract. This internship is 100% remote in the United States.

Qualification for this opportunity requires

  • Submission of a design portfolio
  • Completion of a demo project 
  • At least 10 hours of synchronous meeting availability between 1:00 PM and 5:00 Central Time on weekdays, for the next 6 months

This role is not open to

  • Individuals on CPT/OPT/EAD
  • Recruiters
  • Agencies
  • Consulting companies
  • C2C arrangements

This role may be a good fit if

  • You excel at systematizing high-impact design into scalable, rule-based frameworks
  • Your work products demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and the ability to see the big picture
  • You are comfortable working 100% remotely as part of a distributed team
  • Your aptitude, mindset, and ability to learn quickly make up for shortcomings in your current skill set
  • You resonate with our core values:
  • ....... 1. High performance, engagement, and reliability
  • ....... 2. Proper prioritization, timeliness, and risk mitigation
  • ....... 3. Outcome ownership, accountability, and meritocracy
  • ....... 4. Systems thinking, modularity, and automation
  • ....... 5. Excellence in execution and hyper-detail orientation
  • ....... 6. Documentation and asynchronous work
  • ....... 7. Resourceful initiative

This role may require you to

  • Design eye-catching, semantically grounded YouTube video thumbnails
  • Translate intuitive graphic design decisions into objective symbolic and procedural rules
  • Provide "semantic feedback" to the Deion engineering team to help refine the visual logic, layout decisions, and aesthetic guardrails of Deion’s Semantic Design Engine algorithm
  • Use professional design software like Figma to create bespoke visual assets
  • Audit thumbnails produced via Semantic Design Engine to identify graphic design errors and propose systemic corrections
  • Collaborate with the Deion engineering team to translate graphic design principles into algorithmic rules
  • Communicate with Deion customers and users to better understand their unmet needs
  • Document design systems, style guides, and brand standards to support Semantic Design Engine’s modularity, scalability, and production-grade consistency across use cases
  • Collaborate with teammates using Slack, Notion, Google Meet, and/or other software

An ideal candidate has

  • Strong proficiency with professional design software (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.) as evidenced by an online design portfolio
  • A deep understanding of visual communication, typography, and the "thumbnail psychology" required to capture viewers’ attention
  • Demonstrated ability to semantically deconstruct an effective YouTube video thumbnail into its core components
  • The ability to explain aesthetic trade-offs and graphic design logic to technical peers
  • Effective modular thinking skills evidenced by the ability to break down large, intricate undertakings into a series of smaller self-contained tasks
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Emotional intelligence and coachability

About MyDataProduct

MyDataProduct (MDP) is an independent data product studio and the owner-operator of Deion.

Leveraging best-in-class talent, technologies, and techniques—we design and develop data-empowered software at the intersection of:

  • Jobs-to-be-Done-informed product strategy
  • Applied data science
  • Foundational data engineering, and
  • Stakeholder value obsession

Engineered with thoughtful precision, MDP data products are defined by:

  • Niche verticals & use cases
  • Full-job-cycle value propositions
  • ML-enabled capabilities
  • Synergistic data integrations, and
  • Hyper-personalization

All details of this job description are subject to change at any time, at the sole discretion of Deion or MyDataProduct.