Jordan Ellis
Project Manager at PM
Fictional example
Free project career tool
Choose your current role, next move and strongest areas of work. Get three headlines without uploading your CV or entering an email.
Your positioning
Choose the options that describe your work and next move.
We count the options people select so we can understand who uses this tool and what support they need. We do not record your name, written evidence or generated headlines.
Your results
Complete the questions and you will receive three different approaches.
This generator gives you a stronger starting point than “Project Manager at Company X”. But the headline only gets the first few seconds of attention. When someone opens your profile, the evidence underneath must support it.
Many project professionals have a job description beneath their headline: what they were asked to do, who they reported to and what the team delivered. It does not tell the reader what they personally owned, who depended on them or what changed because of their work.
I rewrite your CV and LinkedIn profile around the evidence from your career: what you owned, who depended on you and what changed because of your work. The headline included.
I have spent 30 years delivering projects, leading project teams and deciding who got hired.
Jordan Ellis
Project Manager at PM
Fictional example

What the headline must do
Use the role and specialist terms that the recruiter, hiring manager or client is likely to recognise and search for.
A scale, result or difficult outcome is more useful than a list of adjectives. Only use evidence you can explain and support.
If you are moving up, keep your current role first and state that you are open to opportunities at the next level.