New Website Images
Explanations and examples of the images and photo styles for the new website.
Graphics
Important Actions and Categories
Spotlight on Careers at WSU
Training or Resources
Quick Links
On Target
Employees and Managers
Employees in a group
Employees talking
Managers thinking about the team
Managers working with the team
Personnel Admins, Staffing Actions, & Policies
Personnel Admins working together
Personnel Admin working on their own
Policies or a list of actions
Employee Growth, Development, and Work
Employee self service and working
Employee working with a checklist
Employees planning and working together
Employee taking time for themself
Professional development and growth
Contact HRS
We’re listening
Employee receiving help
Misc
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Photos
Use of stock photography is encouraged. Use of AI generated images is discouraged.
When inserting photos, use ones that show people who are relaxed and happy, or in the WSU system. The intent is for people to be authentic and for it to not look staged and faked. Interesting pics of landscapes and objects that relate to the subject are also OK.
Good Photo Examples
The next two images show relaxed people in authentic settings. They are welcoming and suggest real people doing real things.
The photos of objects below add interest to the page and are relevant to that page’s content. The typeset letters shot is at the top of the News page, representing the general category of News, and the little rock cairn on the shoreline represents calm and wellness.
Bad Photo Examples
Do not use images that are clearly staged and cringe inducing.
The following pics are like nails on a chalkboard or putting cream on your scone before the jam. It’s just wrong. Do not use these pictures, they are for illustrative purposes only.
Stock Photography Resources
Canva is a good resource for stock images, along with the royalty free sites, Unsplash and Pixabay.
Unsplash is a little sneaky and throws in paid images into its results, and you can spot those because they have a subtle “plus” logo in the top left of the thumbnail.