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Luxury Bazaar ads & YouTube thumbnails

Social ads, thumbnails, flyers and a campaign pitch

Paid social ads, YouTube thumbnails, event flyers and social series for Luxury Bazaar, the luxury watch dealer where I’m creative director. Plus a Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty campaign I pitched in Photoshop.

Client
Luxury Bazaar
Role
Creative director & designer
Tools
Photoshop, Illustrator
Services
Content & social

The brief

Luxury Bazaar sells high-end watches and jewelry online and runs one of the biggest watch channels on YouTube. Every service it offers needs its own ad: buying a watch, selling jewelry, sourcing a hard-to-find piece, or checking how long a Rolex wait really is.

The challenge is that luxury buyers scroll past anything that looks like a discount flyer. The ads have to feel as premium as the watches, while still saying exactly what to do next.

YouTube thumbnails

Thumbnails for the channel, which grew from 210K to 506K subscribers while I ran the look. Each one sells a single idea at phone size: a fake watch, a 20% markup, a waitlist torn in half, a mystery box. My thumbnails there have hit an 8–10% click-through rate. More on my YouTube thumbnail design page.

YouTube thumbnail: two hosts with a Patek Philippe moon phase watch and the words IT WAS FAKEYouTube thumbnail: surprised host pointing at an Audemars Piguet with the words YOU PAY 20%
YouTube thumbnail: host tearing a Rolex WAIT LIST in half with flamesYouTube thumbnail: host surrounded by a wall of luxury watches holding a green Rolex boxYouTube thumbnail: host carrying a wooden mystery crate labeled Rolex with a $1.5 million price tag

Concierge ads

Ads for the in-house concierge service, which finds new, pre-owned and vintage watches for clients. Real team photos and a chat on a phone make a personal service feel personal, and every ad ends on one action.

Luxury Bazaar ad: Your luxury watch concierge, with a green-dial Audemars Piguet and team avatarsLuxury Bazaar ad: Find new, pre-owned or vintage watches, with a concierge chat on a phoneLuxury Bazaar ad: Concierge sourcing, with three team members in branded shirtsLuxury Bazaar ad: Access your concierge now, with a hand holding a gold Audemars Piguet

Jewelry buying ads

Ads asking people to sell jewelry they never wear. The hook is the drawer everyone has, and the payoff is speed: paid fast, shown on a phone screen.

Luxury Bazaar ad: You haven't worn it in years. We'll pay you today, over an open jewelry boxLuxury Bazaar ad: Sold my necklace in 48 hours. Paid instantly, with a payment screen on a phoneLuxury Bazaar ad: Got jewelry you never wear? Get paid instantlyLuxury Bazaar ad: Got jewelry you never wear? with a hand lifting a gold necklace from a red box

Rolex wait time calculator

A launch set for Luxury Bazaar’s Rolex wait time calculator, a tool that estimates authorized-dealer wait times by model. The ads walk through the tool step by step, then turn the wait into the reason to shop now.

Rolex Wait Time Calculator ad with a steel Rolex on a green backgroundWait time calculator ad, step 1: choose your model on a phone grid of Rolex watchesWait time calculator ad, step 2: enter the model reference
Wait time calculator ad showing an average wait time of 535 days for a Rolex GMT-Master IIAd: You can wait, or you can shop now, with three Rolex GMT-Master II watches on a phone

Watch Madness

A bracket-style social series where followers vote watches through each round, like a basketball tournament. Each round gets winner posts and an updated bracket, so the series gives people a reason to come back.

Watch Madness round 4 winners post with a Patek Philippe Nautilus in the cloudsWatch Madness round 4 winners post with a Patek Philippe NautilusWatch Madness round 4 winners post with a gold Vacheron Constantin OverseasWatch Madness championship round bracket of luxury watches

Event flyers

Flyers for the Miami Jewelry & Watch Show, built around meeting the team behind the channel’s Grey Market series.

Miami Jewelry and Watch Show flyer, January 8 to 11, 2026, Hyatt Regency MiamiMiami Jewelry and Watch Show flyer: meet the team behind YouTube's Grey Market series

Pitch: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty

A campaign concept I composited in Photoshop to pitch a Lil Yachty and Ulysse Nardin collaboration, built around the brand’s anchor and the sea: yachts, jet skis, sharks and sunsets. This was a pitch, not an official campaign. Neither Ulysse Nardin nor Lil Yachty commissioned or approved it.

It shows how I pitch: build the world first, then show the watch inside it.

Pitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite at a poker table on the beachPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite on a sofa at the edge of the oceanPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite with a Ulysse Nardin watchPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite, For the dreams you never stopped chasingPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite portrait in warm lightPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite seated portraitPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite on a boat seen from abovePitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite at a ship wheelPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite above and below the waterline with sharksPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite in a rowboat on a mountain lakePitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite in a rowboat on an icy lakePitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite against an orange sunset seaPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite on a jet skiPitch concept: Ulysse Nardin x Lil Yachty composite seated on a jet ski

[ The approach ]

Luxury that still sells

Luxury ads fail in two ways: they look like a clearance flyer, or they look so polished nobody knows what to do. I keep the photography and type premium, put one clear message on each ad, and end on one action. The same look runs across ads, thumbnails, emails and the website, so the brand feels consistent everywhere.

See more ad campaigns for Philly businesses, the Luxury Bazaar holiday catalog, or have content like this made and posted every month with social media management.

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