You own the copyright and hold intellectual property rights for the item?

Or you are one of the rights holders?

Yes No

Is it temporal/time sensitive item?

• You want to share it to your connections,

but don’t want it to be shown permanently

on your Profile

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What to do with Rich Media on Your LinkedIn Profile

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Yes No

Note:

• Never upload content that’s

commercially sensitive or

confidential

• Where it’s design work for a client:

o Don’t steal their thunder:

wait until they’ve launched

before you do anything

o Be considerate: even if you

own the rights, make sure

they know you’ll be including

it in your portfolio

• If you don’t own the copyright or

hold intellectual rights, you can seek

permission from the rights holder

(normally called a copyright

license) to upload their item to your

own professional profile/portfolio

site(s).

Is it an accepted file format for status updates?

• JPG, GIF or PNG etc

Yes No

Outcome:

Write a status

update, and upload the photo to it. help.linkedin.com/app

/answers/detail/a_id/4

34/kw/add+photo+to+

status+update

Is it the item online elsewhere?

• You’ve uploaded it to another rich

media/portfolio site where you have an

account e.g. Slideshare (PDF or PPT),

YouTube/Vimeo (Video), Behance Portfolio ,

Flickr, etc

• it’s on your website/blog

Yes No

Outcome:

Write a status update, and share a link to the item

Outcome:

Nothing you can do with it until it’s in an accepted

format or hosted elsewhere

Is it an accepted file format to be added to your LinkedIn

profile?

• File Formats and sizes supported for

uploading content to your LinkedIn

Profile:

help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/

a_id/34327/~/supported-providers-and-

content-types-for-work-samples-on-

your-profile

Yes No

Is it the item online elsewhere?

• You’ve uploaded it to

another rich

media/portfolio site where

you have an account e.g.

Slideshare (PDF or PPT),

YouTube/Vimeo (Video),

Behance Portfolio , Flickr,

etc. One that’s a provider

supported by LinkedIn , see

full list embed.ly/providers

Outcome:

Set up an account on another rich media / portfolio site that’s a provider supported by LinkedIn , and upload your work there.

See full list of supported providers embed.ly/providers

LinkedIn Help Centre Resource:

help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34327/~/supported-

providers-and-content-types-for-work-samples-on-your-profile

Yes No

Outcome:

Upload the item direct to your LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn Help Centre

Resource:

help.linkedin.com/app/answe

rs/detail/a_id/34327/~/support

ed-providers-and-content-

types-for-work-samples-on-

your-profile

Outcome:

Add a link to the item to your LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn Help Centre

Resource:

help.linkedin.com/app/a

nswers/detail/a_id/34327

/~/supported-providers-

and-content-types-for-

work-samples-on-your-

profile

Has the item been uploaded online elsewhere,

by the actual copyright and intellectual property

rights holder?

• It’s been uploaded to another

rich media / portfolio site that’s a

provider supported by LinkedIn .

• it’s on their website/blog

Is your involvement in the creation of that item obvious within the

item itself?

• Your name is in the list of credits, or it’s a

clearly a video of you, etc

Yes No

Outcome:

Add a link to the item to your LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn Help Centre Resource:

help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34327/~/supporte

d-providers-and-content-types-for-work-samples-on-your-

profile

Outcome:

Nothing you can do until it’s

hosted elsewhere *

(*See Note)

Yes No