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Shaheer S.

Expert Youtube Thumbnail Designer | High CTR Thumbnails & Strategist

Here's the part that stings: your video is getting shown to thousands of people. They're just scrolling right past it and your thumbnail is the reason why. And that one gap is quietly bleeding your channel dry. Think about the math. A viewer takes roughly 0.3 seconds to decide whether to click and in that moment, your thumbnail is the only thing they see. Not your title. Not your reputation. Just that one image. And 90% of the best-performing videos on YouTube use custom thumbnails so if yours looks like a template, you're already losing before the video even gets a chance. It gets worse. Over 70% of YouTube views happen on mobile, where your thumbnail shrinks down to almost nothing and a designer who "designs pretty" on a big screen has no clue their work turns to mush on a phone. Meanwhile a flat thumbnail keeps your CTR stuck at 1-2%, the algorithm reads that as "nobody wants this," and it quietly stops showing your video. Every single day you let that slide, the creators right next to you keep climbing past you. Here's where I'm different. I don't make thumbnails that just look good, I engineer them to perform. Every design starts with one question: what's going to stop someone mid-scroll? Click psychology, viewer behavior, contrast, emotion, the curiosity gap, that's the stuff I obsess over. 6+ years of studying what gets the click and what gets ignored. I've helped creators generate 150,000,000+ views, Worked With hundreds of Creators Including 7-9 Figure Entrepreneurs. No templates. No guesswork. Just thumbnails built to convert with fast turnaround, your brand guidelines respected, and unlimited revisions until it's right. Are you available this week to hop on a quick 1:1 session where About your Channel In detail and show you exactly how we can use the same strategy to grow your channel?

🇵🇰Rawalpindi, Pakistan$35/hr100% JSS4.76 (21)Since Jun 2024

Earnings and projects

MRR
$476

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#80,041 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#10,018 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$480

Last 6 months: $2.9k

World#64,163 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#8,080 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$11k

Billed in all: $11k

World#189,087 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#20,038 / 52.9k
Per project
$219

$130 in the last 6 months

World#257,618 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#32,307 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
22
95% fixed5% hourly
World#5,109 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#1,250 / 52.9k
Projects in all
50

Across 52 contracts

87% fixed13% hourly
World#61,171 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#9,576 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$11.1k+$480 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$10,500$10,750$11,000$11,250Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 8% in Cover Art Thumbnail

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  8. #327YouTube Thumbnail2,296 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #117Top 14%