LinkedIn Headline Generator with Examples by Role

How to write a LinkedIn headline with this LinkedIn headline generator

1. 1

   Say what you do and for whom

   Type your role, the people you help, a skill or two and what you are looking for. The writer uses only those facts and leaves out any number, employer or title you did not give it.

2. 2

   Pick a tone, and add your voice if you like

   Paste your website or portfolio address to have your tone read from one page, or type a line of your own. Nothing is stored.

3. 3

   Compare the options

   The options use different formulas: role and audience, role and tools, a plain statement, keywords first. Each is counted against the headline limit.

4. 4

   Edit, check the count and copy

   Every headline is editable and the meter follows you. Paste your choice into the Headline field of your profile and check that the field accepts all of it.

LinkedIn headline length, and where the figure comes from

A LinkedIn headline can be 220 characters, according to a LinkedIn Pulse article of August 19, 2020 that reported LinkedIn had raised the limit from 120. LinkedIn's own help page on profiles, which we read on October 15, 2026, states no headline limit. So the figure is a published report and not a rule LinkedIn states. The tool checks every headline against it, and the Headline field in your profile editor is the final word: if it stops accepting text sooner, trust the field.

One designer, six headlines: a worked example

These headlines were written by us for this page and are not output from the tool. They show how the same facts become six different lines, and how every detail comes from the box: nothing else is added.

• Headline 1Example

  Product designer for B2B software | Onboarding flows for small teams

  68 of 220, counted in characters

• Headline 2Example

  Product designer | Onboarding and first-run design | B2B tools

  62 of 220, counted in characters

• Headline 3Example

  I design onboarding flows that small software teams can ship

  60 of 220, counted in characters

• Headline 4Example

  Product design, onboarding and B2B tools | Eight years in design

  64 of 220, counted in characters

• Headline 5Example

  Product designer helping small software teams get new users through onboarding

  78 of 220, counted in characters

• Headline 6Example

  B2B product designer | Onboarding | Four years on business tools

  64 of 220, counted in characters

Five LinkedIn headline formulas, with an example of each

Most good headlines are one of a few shapes. Each formula below has a template, the kind of person it suits and a headline built from it. The examples were written by us for this page, are invented, and claim no result, number or employer.

• Role, then who you help

  Example

  [Role] | [Who you help] | [What you do for them]

  Accountant | Small businesses and sole traders | Clear monthly numbers, no surprises at tax time

  Best when you sell a service to a clear type of customer.

  96 of 220, counted in characters

• Role, then the tools

  Example

  [Role] | [Tool] and [tool] | [Kind of problem]

  Data analyst | SQL and Python | Turning sales data into weekly decisions

  Best for technical roles, where people search for the tools.

  72 of 220, counted in characters

• Plain statement

  Example

  I [verb] [thing] for [type of customer]

  I design onboarding flows for small software teams

  Best when your job title means little outside your company.

  50 of 220, counted in characters

• Looking for

  Example

  [Field or skill] | [Two or three skills] | Looking for [role] at [kind of company]

  Marketing graduate | Content, email and analytics | Looking for a junior marketing role

  Best for students, graduates and anyone changing field.

  87 of 220, counted in characters

• Place and trade

  Example

  [Trade or role] in [place] | [Two services]

  Licensed electrician in Leeds | Home rewires, fuse boards and safety checks

  Best for local work, where the place is part of the search.

  75 of 220, counted in characters

LinkedIn headline examples by role

Every headline below was written by us for this page. None is copied from a person, a guide or a results page, and none describes a real account. They show the shape of a headline for each kind of work. Copy the structure, not the words, and put your own facts in: a headline that claims what you cannot back up costs you the reader.

How to write a LinkedIn headline

A headline is a label for a person: short enough to read in a glance and specific enough that the right reader knows it is about them. These habits are advice, and the writer follows them.

1. 1

   Start with what you are, not what you feel

   A role, a field or a trade tells a reader what to expect. Adjectives about yourself tell them nothing they can check. Put the noun first and the detail after it.

2. 2

   Name the people you help

   Small software teams, first-time buyers, finance teams, new managers. The audience is often the line that makes a headline about a person and not a job title.

3. 3

   Use the words people would search for

   The skills, tools and trades a recruiter or customer would type are the words to keep. A clever phrase that nobody searches for belongs in your About section.

4. 4

   Say what you are looking for, if you are

   If you are a student, a graduate or changing field, say so plainly: looking for a junior role, seeking a summer internship. A reader cannot guess it.

5. 5

   Check the count, then check the field

   We count against 220 characters, the figure a 2020 report gives for the limit. LinkedIn’s own help pages state none, so paste your headline into the field and make sure all of it is accepted. Your About section holds 2,600 characters, which is the place for everything the headline cannot carry.

What this LinkedIn headline generator will not do

A headline sits beside your name everywhere you appear, so every word in it has to be true and earn its place.

• Invent a job title, an employer, a credential, an award, a number or years of experience. It uses only the facts you type.
• Reach for words that say nothing. The writer is told to skip passionate, ninja, guru, rockstar, expert and visionary.
• Add emoji. A headline is plain text here, and a draft has none.
• Pass the limit unseen. Every headline is counted against 220 characters and flagged in red, by how much, if it is over.
• Present a reported limit as LinkedIn’s own. LinkedIn’s help pages state no headline limit, so the page says where the figure comes from and tells you to trust the field in your profile editor if it differs.
• Copy anyone’s headline. The examples on this page were written by us for this page, and the writer drafts from your facts.

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