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Sales professional headshots
In sales, the photo arrives before the conversation. It has one job: make the buyer willing to take the call.
Likeable and credible at once
A buyer scans a LinkedIn profile or an email signature in a second and decides whether the message is worth reading. A portrait that looks warm gets a reply more often than one that looks like a corporate directory entry.
The technical version of 'warm' is simple: eyes visible and lit, a genuine smile, and a relaxed jaw. The technical version of 'credible' is equally simple: business dress and a plain, considered background.
- Business dress, matching your industry's convention.
- A genuine smile — the one you would use on a first call.
- Both eyes lit and visible; avoid a shadow across one eye.
- Plain background, so the photo works in an email signature.
Where a sales photo is seen
Sales is unusual in that the same portrait appears at a tiny size more often than at a large one: an email signature, a LinkedIn message, a calendar invitation, a CRM record, a conference badge. Each of those is small.
That makes the tight crop and the plain background the practical choice, and it makes the expression more important than the styling, because at 60 px the smile is most of what survives.
- Tight head-and-shoulders crop for small display sizes.
- Plain background for email signatures and calendar photos.
- High contrast between face and background.
- One consistent photo across every sales tool.
A sales team's worth of portraits
Sales teams need portraits for a website, an events page, a deck and each person's own profile, usually at short notice. Applying one style to photos each person already has keeps the team consistent and the turnaround short.
Consistency across a sales team also reads as a company rather than a group of individuals — which is exactly the impression a prospect should get before the first call.
How it works
Three steps from a phone photo to a finished image
Upload your photos
Six to ten selfies with different angles and expressions.
Pick a style
Business, editorial, black and white, cinematic — or a profession set.
Download the set
A consistent batch of portraits, ready for your profile.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What should a salesperson wear in a headshot?
Business dress matching your industry. The two things that matter most are a genuine smile and both eyes lit and visible — at the small sizes a sales photo is usually seen at, the expression carries more than the clothing.
Why does my sales photo matter so much?
Because it arrives before the conversation. A prospect decides whether to read a message or take a call partly on the portrait, and a warm, credible photo gets more replies than a directory-style one.
What is the best photo for an email signature?
A tight head-and-shoulders crop on a plain background, with high contrast between the face and the background. Signatures display small, so anything wider or busier is lost.
How do sales teams get consistent photos quickly?
Choose one style and apply it to each person's existing photos. The team ends up consistent, the turnaround is days rather than weeks, and no one has to travel to a studio.
Try it on your next photo
Free to download on the App Store. iPhone and iPad only.