Video editors shape rhythm, emotion, and clarity from raw footage, so your LinkedIn profile should look as deliberate as a finished cut. Your banner is a single key frame standing in for your reel — the first impression of your craft before a recruiter or client opens your portfolio. Choose a background with cinematic composition and confident colour grading, the look of an edit that knows exactly what it is doing, while keeping your profile photo legible. Whether you cut for film, commercials, social content, or documentary, a considered header signals the polish you bring to the timeline. Reviewers judge editors on taste fast, so make the frame count. Every image on this page is sized to LinkedIn’s exact 1584×396px banner area, so it uploads pixel-perfect with no awkward cropping over your profile photo.
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Choose a cinematic still — strong composition and confident colour, the look of a well-graded frame. It stands in for your reel, so it should feel intentional and polished, while keeping the lower-left calm so your profile photo stays clear.
Let a cinematic banner set the tone, then use the Featured section to link your reel and best projects. A headline naming the formats you cut — film, ads, social, documentary — plus a striking header makes reviewers want to watch your work.
LinkedIn renders the banner at 1584×396 pixels in a 4:1 ratio. Every option here is exported at exactly that size as a quality 92 JPEG under 8MB, so it stays sharp on any display and fits the header with no cropping.