Employee portraits is a strategic asset
Jyske Bank has automated the portrait process for 5,000 employees
Employee portraits is a strategic asset
Jyske Bank has transformed its entire employee portrait workflow as part of a new security and corporate identity initiative. With Eikonice, the bank now manages portraits for more than 5,000 employees through a fully automated, mobile phone based process that ensures consistent quality, secure handling and instant delivery.
The solution integrates directly with the bank’s new ID-card system and digital platforms, strengthens internal security, and provides long-term branding flexibility — including future rebranding and merger needs. In short, Jyske Bank has replaced manual, fragmented workflows with a scalable portrait infrastructure that supports both security and brand excellence
In many organisations, employee portraits live in fragmented systems and inconsistent processes. Marketing departments often invest heavily in high-quality executive photography for the C-level — portraits for the annual report, LinkedIn updates coordinated by PAs, or polished brand assets for public visibility.
Below C-level, however, portrait ownership becomes diffuse. Vice Presidents and department heads make their own decisions on how teams are presented, and most employees simply upload a personal photo of their own choosing into corporate systems.
At the same time, access control tends to be the only place in the organisation where portraits are taken as part of a formal process — yet the quality of these ID photos is often poor, and many remain unchanged for 10+ years, or more.
The result is a widespread gap. No unified portrait guidelines, no consistent process and no strategic use of a company’s most important asset — its people.
Employees represent the organisation in countless daily touchpoints. internally, externally, on email signatures, in digital tools and across their own social profiles. A professional portrait makes a difference both for brand perception and for the individual employee.
A modern portrait workflow supporting both brand and security
Benefits for Jyske Bank:
- A fully automated, scalable system for 5,000+ employees
- Consistent, professional portraits aligned with the new corporate design
- Secure process with no local files, emails or manual transfers
- Instant delivery of processed images
- Smooth employee experience with transparent selection and retakes
- Direct API integration with access control and internal systems
- No capex and operational cost in a photobooth or cost of an external photographers.
- Future-proof setup for rebranding, mergers and design changes
- Flexible and available in all company locations
- Portraits available from day 1. during on-boarding
- Ensure company and GDPR compliance throughout the workflow
Jyske Bank is the notable exception
Jyske Bank’s ambition has always been to present all employees professionally — not only executives. With Eikonice, this ambition becomes flexible, scalable and not least, more efficient than all other potential solutions.
Jyske Bank has long been the exception. For years, all employees — not just executives — have been photographed by professional photographers and presented consistently across internal and external platforms, including the corporate website on branch level. As security requirements grew, Jyske Bank decided that employee portraits should also become part of the bank’s new ID-card system. This introduced a new requirement and a far more automated, scalable and streamlined portrait process.
At the same time, the bank rolled out a new corporate design — making visual brand identity consistency more important than ever.
A fully automated portrait workflow — across all locations
To support Jyske Bank’s new security and identity initiatives, Eikonice delivered a complete end-to-end portrait workflow for the bank’s 5,000 employees, including more than 700 affiliated cleaning and service staff.
The setup
– A professional like photo studio is established in the two main locations in Silkeborg and Copenhagen for mobile-phone photography
– In all other locations facility management staff in Silkeborg and Copenhagenbring a portable mobile phone set-up with lighting to take employee portraits in a simple, guided setup
– The Eikonice photo app ensures consistent framing, lighting and positioning — anyone can produce high-quality portraits with minimal instruction
– Photos upload instantly and securely into the Eikonice platform
– The system automatically applies colour correction, background replacement, cropping aligned with the corporate design and overall styling guidelines
– Portraits are instantly printed on ID card and ready in the bank’s systems the next day
A standardised and professional employee experience
Jyske Bank’s ambition has always been to present all employees professionally — not only executives. With Eikonice, this ambition becomes flexible, scalable and not least, more efficient than all other potential solutions.
1. Consistency across every portrait
Regardless of where or by whom the photo is taken by a mobile phone in a professional set-up. Due to the App’s introduction Eikonice ensures the same visual identity in all portraits This consistency increases recognisability, strengthens trust and aligns the entire organisation with the bank’s new brand expression.
2. Employee choice — and satisfaction
Employees can review their images, select the one they prefer or retake the photo immediately.
This creates ownership, improves satisfaction and ensures strong internal support for the new ID-card system.
3. No more planning chaos
Eikonice coordinates the entire workflow — communication, booking flows, compliance and delivery — and ensures a smooth operational process for thousands of employees.
4. Seamless integration across platforms
Processed portraits flow automatically to all Jyske Bank’s relevant systems such as HR platforms, Office 365, the corporate website, internal communication tools and of course the new ID-card solution. API-based integrations ensure that data is always up to date and securely delivered.
5. Future-proof branding flexibility
This becomes highly valuable in situations such as mergers, rebranding or adjustments to visual identity.
Insights from the security department
Press play and watch the video where Jyske Bank’s security specialist Dennis Foged Wittrup shares his perspective on the transition to a fully automated portrait process.
He explains how the new ID-card solution strengthens internal security, improves employee identification at all times and supports the bank’s broader digitalisation agenda.
He also emphasises how the Eikonice platform enables a controlled, documented and secure workflow — essential in a modern financial institution
A scalable portrait workflow for a modern financial institution
Jyske Bank now operates a flexible, secure and future-proof portrait process that supports both brand and security requirements.
With Eikonice, the bank has replaced fragmented manual workflows with a unified system that can scale across departments, locations and future organisational changes. The process is fully automated, without involvement of photographers, graphic design or any other internally workforce.
Or in short. The portrait process is no longer a logistical burden — it is a strategic asset.