Handshake Image Size Guide

When choosing an image to represent your brand or other item Handshake, please refer to our guide below for best results.

Note: all image files must be 10mb or less in order to be uploaded successfully.

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Regardless of user type or feature, we support the following image file types:

PNG
JPEG / JPG
BMP
GIF* - while this file type can be uploaded, the image is displayed as a still image, not a Gif

Institution logo/Career Centre logo - A 1:1 (width to height) ratio is best for your logo with a minimum size of 150x150 and maximum size of 400x400 pixels.
Institution branding image/Career Centre branding image (the banner at the top of your school profile/Career Centre page) - A ratio between 4:1 and 5:1 (width to height) is best for your branding image with a size minimum of 1200x300 and a size maximum of 2000x500.
Event image - We accept any image ratio and you can crop that image in the editor. At Handshake we use a 400x400 pixel image to fill the entire space.
Career Fair image - We accept any image ratio and you can crop that image in the editor. At Handshake we use a 1200x300 pixel image.
Articles (resources) - We recommend a 1:1 ratio for this image, at Handshake we use a 400x400 pixel image. If you choose "Adjust Image" and drag it to the centre of the box we will automatically pad the image with white background to turn it into a square for you!
Targeted Emails - We accept any ratio but recommend any image ratio that is under 200x200 pixels.
Banner image in Targeted Email - the size of the image we use in example emails is 600x240 pixels
Journeys - A 1:1 (width to height) ratio is best with a minimum size of 150x150 and maximum size of 400x400 pixels.

To learn how to upload an image to your Career Fair or Event page, read Uploading an Image to a Fair or Event.

Logo - A 1:1 (width to height) ratio is best for your logo with a minimum size of 150x150 and maximum size of 400x400 pixels.
Banner image (at the top of your company profile) - A ratio between 4:1 and 5:1 (width to height) is best for your branding image with a size minimum of 1200x300 and a size maximum of 2000x500
Event branding image - We accept any image ratio and you can crop that image in the editor. At Handshake we use a 400x400 pixel image to fill the entire space.

Brand photos - while we do not have size recommendations for brand photos, these images are displayed at a ratio of ~500x334 each on your profile when users click on the photo.
- Here's an example of how the image appears when clicked - in this example, the uploaded image size was 1000x668 pixels:
- Here's how the image appears when the user right-clicks on the image and chooses to open the image in a new tab/window (same browser window size for comparison):

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