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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Supported image file types
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
EDU partners
- 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 institution 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.
- Image in an FDS Email - We accept any ratio but recommend any image ratio that is under 450x450 pixels.
- Resource cover image - We accept any image ratio and you can crop the image in the editor. We recommend 1280x720 pixel images.
To learn how to upload an image to your Career Fair or Event page, read Uploading an Image to a Fair or Event.
Employers (all)
- 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.
Premium partners
- 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):
- Here's an example of how the image appears when clicked - in this example, the uploaded image size was 1000x668 pixels: