{"id":"vis-linkedin-banner-midjourney","audience":"job-seekers","category":"image-video","track":"visual","technique":"grounding","title":"Get a LinkedIn banner that leaves room for your photo","free":false,"task":"You're job hunting and want a LinkedIn banner made in Midjourney. Get Claude to write one paste-ready Midjourney prompt: a single plain-text paragraph under 90 words that ends with --ar 4:1 and a --no list that includes text and logos. It must keep the lower-left corner plain because your profile photo covers it, and use your new colors, teal #1F7A8C and sand #E9D8A6, not the old ones.","materialLabel":"The brief (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"My notes for the new LinkedIn banner\n\nMe: UX designer, 6 years in retail apps, now applying for roles in healthcare tech (patient portals, appointment booking).\n\nBanner size: 1584 x 396 pixels. My round profile photo sits over the lower-left part of it.\n\nColors: my old portfolio was purple #6B3FA0 and gray. I rebranded last month: teal #1F7A8C and sand #E9D8A6 are the new ones on my site and resume.\n\nVibe: calm, human, organized. Maybe soft abstract shapes that hint at a calendar grid or a path, flowing left to right.\n\nIdeas I've seen or been told:\n- A friend said use a photo of the children's hospital where I volunteered, with its sign and logo showing, \"shows you care about healthcare\".\n- Lots of designers put their name and title in big letters on the banner.\n- My old banner was a busy photo of my desk, which looked cluttered behind my photo.\n\nApplying to about 20 companies this month.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not naming the tool","why":"Without hearing \"Midjourney\", the AI never adds --ar 4:1, so the banner comes out the wrong shape.","fix":"Add: \"End with --ar 4:1 --no text, logos.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Forgetting the profile photo","why":"The AI puts the focal point in the lower left, where your photo hides it.","fix":"Add: \"Keep the lower-left corner plain; my profile photo covers it.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Mixing old and new colors","why":"The notes list both palettes, and the AI may pick purple or blend them.","fix":"Add: \"Use only teal #1F7A8C and sand #E9D8A6.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Getting tips instead of a prompt","why":"The AI writes a mini guide with headings and bold.","fix":"Add: \"Output only the prompt, one plain-text paragraph.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"Banner prompts sprawl with every idea from the notes.","fix":"Add: \"about 45 words before the parameters.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the tool","patterns":["midjourney"]},{"label":"Sets the banner shape","patterns":["--ar\\s*4\\s*:\\s*1","4\\s*:\\s*1"]},{"label":"Protects the photo area","patterns":["lower[- ]left","profile photo"]},{"label":"Gives the new colors","patterns":["#1F7A8C","teal"]},{"label":"Rules out text and logos","patterns":["--no","no (text|logo)"]}],"hint":"A banner is a strange shape with a photo stuck on top of it. Tell the AI the tool, the shape, where your photo sits, and which of your two color sets is current.","rubricLabels":["Ends with Midjourney parameters that include --ar 4:1 and a --no list that includes text and logos","Says to keep the lower-left corner plain or empty (stating the profile-photo reason is optional)","Uses the new colors teal #1F7A8C and sand #E9D8A6, and does not use the old purple"]}