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 opportunity is 100% remote in the United States, with a starting commitment of 4 hours per week.
Qualification for this opportunity requires
- Submission of a design portfolio link
- Completion of a demo project
- At least 8 hours of synchronous meeting availability between 1:00 PM and 5:00 Central Time on weekdays, for the next 3 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
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.