Video CV maker
Your career, told as a film starring you
yume is a video CV maker that turns your LinkedIn profile and a few photos into a short, cinematic film about your career, starring you. You never film yourself or edit anything, and it can be narrated in 23 languages.
- Ready in 15 minutes
- Editing included
Video CVs you can make today
Job Application
Stand out with an animated film for the job you want.
Career Portrait
Our flagship: the cinematic film that introduces you.
Trailer of Your Life
Your career as a blockbuster movie trailer, starring you.
How to make a video CV with yume
With our video CV maker, it takes less time than rewriting a cover letter.
Step 1
Choose a video
Pick the video CV that fits your goal and pay once.
Step 2
Share your profile
Paste your LinkedIn profile and add a few photos. For a specific job, add the job posting too.
Step 3
Get it by email
Your video CV arrives about 15 minutes later, ready to send wherever you apply.
Video CV examples
Watch each film our video CV maker makes, then see what you send and what comes back.
Job Application
A job application video for the role you want
A hand-drawn animated film that tells one company, in about a minute, why you fit one specific role. It ends on the company's name and yours.
Best for Applying for a specific job
You send Your LinkedIn profile, the job posting, the company's website, 1 to 3 photos and why you want the job
What you send
What you get
- Length
- About a minute, widescreen
- Languages
- 23 languages
- Sound
- Four narrators to choose from, a score composed just for your film and the sounds of each workplace
Career Portrait
A career portrait video that introduces you
Our flagship video CV: a cinematic documentary about what you do and why, with photoreal scenes of your work and your own brand on the final card.
Best for Your LinkedIn profile, your website and new clients
You send A LinkedIn profile, 2 to 6 photos and a few sentences about your work
What you send
What you get
- Length
- About a minute and a half, widescreen or vertical
- Languages
- 23 languages
- Sound
- A female or male documentary narrator over a score composed just for your film
Trailer of Your Life
A career trailer starring you
A video CV cut like a fast movie trailer, with a cinema opening, famous movie moments with you in them and your career as the plot.
Best for Sharing on LinkedIn
You send Your LinkedIn profile and 1 to 4 photos
What you send
What you get
- Length
- About a minute, widescreen
- Languages
- 23 languages
- Sound
- An epic trailer score composed just for your film, a trailer narrator and sound effects in every scene
More videos for your working life
Not video CVs, but made from the same LinkedIn profile: for the day you land the job, or the day a colleague moves on.
Officially Signed
A new job announcement video
Your new job, announced like a football star signing: the arrival, the contract, the jersey reveal and a stadium in the new company's colours.
Best for Announcing a new job on LinkedIn
Corporate Wildlife
Corporate Wildlife: a working life as a nature documentary
A calm British narrator observes one working life with the patience usually saved for snow leopards. You choose nothing, so the episode is a surprise.
Best for Farewells, work anniversaries and a laugh with the team
Why a video CV gets you noticed
No camera needed
You never film yourself. Our video CV maker works from your LinkedIn profile and a few photos and places you in new scenes.
Your real career, told well
Everything in your video CV comes from your real experience. We never invent achievements, employers or numbers.
Met, not skimmed
With a video CV, a recruiter meets you in about a minute, with your face, a voice and the story that connects your experience.
In the company's language
Your video CV can be narrated in 23 languages, so it fits wherever you apply.
Customer stories
5,000+ stories told. And counting.
“I'm all tearing up. I feel this is me. Thank you so much. You guys are really good.”
“That blend of automation, accuracy and creativity is not easy to get right.”
“Thank you for building something this fun and thoughtful. It genuinely made me smile.”
Emmanuel NdukaEntrepreneur ● Global Speaker ● Impact Leader ● Social Influencer ● Marketing and Global Partnership ● Pan-Africanist7mo ·If your life could be made into a movie, what would it be? Well, here's mine—Introducing! Emmanuel the movie 😅This trailer landed in my inbox from yume, a tool that turns your LinkedIn profile into a cinematic movie trailer.…more1,343169 comments
Herwan NgLinkedIn Top Voice | Board and Committee Chair/Member | Advisor7mo ·Last month, I joined the trend of turning my LinkedIn profile into a movie trailer. I still laugh about it 🤭This month, I was curious when yume released their new template called Career Portrait. So, I gave it a try.…more34340 comments
Which video CV is right for you?
Start with what you want your video CV to do.
A video CV for one job you really want
The Job Application video makes your case to one company: your real work, then you at the company in its own colours, ending on its name and yours. A career trailer works too when the company loves a bold entrance.
A video cover letter
Send a one-minute film from our video CV maker alongside your CV instead of, or as well as, a letter: made for one role, or a calm portrait of who you are. The recruiter meets you before the interview.
A video resume for LinkedIn
Put a calm career portrait in your featured section, or share a career trailer that people watch to the end.
A video CV for graduates
When your CV is still short, a video CV shows the drive and personality that paper cannot.
A video CV for a career change
Tell us about the role you are moving towards, and the video connects your past experience to what the new job needs.
A video CV for freelancers
A video CV about how you work and who you have worked with gives new clients a reason to call. Add it to your proposals and your portfolio, or share a trailer that makes your work look like a blockbuster.
A video CV for senior roles
A video CV gives a hiring panel the bigger picture of a long career in under two minutes.
A video CV for a son or daughter
Helping a grown-up child with the job search? Make the video CV from their profile. We send it to you, and your child does not need an account.
A video for your new job
Landed the job? Announce it like a football star signing, with a stadium in the new company's colours, or share a career trailer of the road that got you there.
A video for a farewell or work anniversary
Send a colleague off, or mark years in the job, with a nature documentary about their working life, or announce the next chapter like a star signing.
How much does a video CV cost?
Every film from our video CV maker has one price, paid once, with no subscription.
| Video | Best for | You send | Length | Languages | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job Application | Applying for a specific job | Your LinkedIn profile, the job posting, the company's website, 1 to 3 photos and why you want the job | About a minute, widescreen | 23 languages | $24, paid once |
| Career Portrait | Your LinkedIn profile, your website and new clients | A LinkedIn profile, 2 to 6 photos and a few sentences about your work | About a minute and a half, widescreen or vertical | 23 languages | $67, paid once |
| Trailer of Your Life | Sharing on LinkedIn | Your LinkedIn profile and 1 to 4 photos | About a minute, widescreen | 23 languages | $24, paid once |
Every video CV includes one free edit, a download to keep and $5 back when you share it publicly with a yume link.
yume vs other video CV makers
Most video CV makers online are recording apps: you set up a camera, read a script and cut it together yourself. Our video CV maker makes the video CV for you.
| yume | Recording apps | Filming it yourself | Hiring an editor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who makes it | We do | You record, the app helps | You do | The editor, with your feedback |
| Camera needed | No, just a few photos | Yes | Yes | Yes, or footage you supply |
| Script | Written from your real career | You write it | You write it | You brief it |
| Your time | A few minutes | An hour or more of takes | Usually an evening | Briefings and feedback rounds |
| Ready | About 15 minutes | When you finish | When you finish | Days or weeks |
| Looks like | A cinematic short film | A webcam recording | Depends on your setup | Depends on the editor and budget |
| Price | One price, paid once | Free, or a monthly plan | Free, plus your time | Usually far more |
Video CV maker questions
What is a video CV?
A video CV, also called a video resume, is a short video that introduces you and your career to a recruiter or client. It shows what a paper CV cannot: your face, a voice and the story that connects your experience.
What is a video CV maker?
A video CV maker is a tool for making a short video about your career. Most are recording apps where you film yourself and edit the takes. yume is a video CV maker that makes the whole video CV for you from your LinkedIn profile and a few photos, with no camera.
What is the best video CV maker if I hate being on camera?
One that does not need a camera. yume’s video CV maker works from your LinkedIn profile and a photo, then places you in new scenes with a narrator telling your story. You never record yourself.
Is yume a free video CV maker?
No, and that is deliberate. Free video CV makers are recording apps: you set up a camera, read a script take after take and cut it together yourself, and the result usually still looks like a webcam recording. yume's video CV maker makes the whole film for you from your LinkedIn profile and a few photos, so a few minutes of your time give you a cinematic video CV without filming anything. Each video has one price, paid once, with no subscription, and a high-quality result is guaranteed.
How long should a video CV be?
Under two minutes, and ideally about one. Recruiters decide quickly. Videos from the yume video CV maker run from about a minute for a job application or a career trailer to about a minute and a half for a career portrait.
Do I need a LinkedIn profile?
It is the easiest way to start, because the video CV maker reads your career from it. If your profile cannot be read, you can type the essential details of your career yourself instead.
Will the video make up achievements?
No. Our video CV maker only uses your real career and what you tell us. We never invent achievements, employers, locations or numbers.
Can I make a video CV in another language?
Yes. Our video CV maker narrates in 23 languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Names and company names stay as they are.
What is the difference between a video CV and a video cover letter?
A video CV introduces your whole career. A video cover letter makes the case for one job. The Job Application video works as a video cover letter, because it is made for one specific role.
Where should I send my video CV?
Add the link beside your CV in an application, or upload the file wherever an application asks for a video. A short message to a recruiter with your video CV is harder to ignore than another block of text, and pinned to your LinkedIn featured section it greets everyone who looks you up.
Can I change the video after it is made?
Yes, every order includes one free edit. Watch the video, then ask for changes from your video page, keeping the same person.
Make your video CV today
Pick a video, share your profile and let our video CV maker do the rest. It will be in your inbox in about 15 minutes.