If you’ve logged into IMDbPro recently and noticed the layout looks different, you’re not imagining it. IMDb has begun rolling out a substantial interface update, especially on the IMDbPro Name pages, with improved aesthetic and structural changes designed to help entertainment professionals access critical data faster and more easily. Here’s what’s new, and what it means for actors, filmmakers, and industry pros.
Refreshed IMDbPro Name Pages: Clean, Useful, and More Professional
One of the biggest updates IMDb recently announced is the refreshed IMDbPro Name page design. This update provides:- Full feature parity with the previous layout, so everything you could access before is still there.
- Prioritized display of high-value information like STARmeter rankings, representation details, contact data, and client rosters.
- Streamlined in-line editing tools, now you can edit your professions, upload images, manage Known For titles, and update your resume directly in one place.
- Combined chronological credits, film and TV credits are now shown in one ordered view with filters.
- Research Notes feature: you can now jot down private notes on your IMDbPro name page about meetings, opportunities, collaborations, and more.
- Mobile-friendly design, the refreshed pages now deliver full functionality across desktop and mobile web browsers
- Improved Connections visibility: IMDbPro now highlights shared titles and mutual connections, helping you visualize industry relationships more easily.
- Localized translations: if you set a non-English language preference, you’ll see translated content on your IMDbPro pages.These changes aim to make IMDbPro more intuitive and professional, giving you faster access to the data that matters most.
What Was The Intended Objective?
Better Navigation
With the most-used tools and data brought into a central location, you spend less time hunting for key information about projects, credits, contacts, and industry connections.More Effective Profile Management
Direct, in-page tools for editing your profile make it easier to keep your credentials up-to-date and professional, so decision-makers see your BEST information. Opportunities like taggable professions can improve discoverability.Enhanced STARmeter Visibility
For those focused on profile metrics, the updated layout organizes ranking history, credit highlights, and search impact traits that can interact with STARmeter dynamics on IMDb. By making data easier to access and monitor, the update indirectly helps professionals act on visibility insights more efficiently. (Related: read our blog on how STARmeter works.)
What Professionals Are Asking For After The Update?
While IMDbPro’s update was designed to modernize and streamline, many professionals have shared real issues and enhancement requests based on their experience with the new layout.Users Find Navigation Confusing:
Several professionals reported the new layout feels less intuitive, requiring more clicking and more steps to find information they used to access quickly. Some find pictures harder to navigate, with no clear headlines and awkward gallery interactions.Credit Sorting Requests:
Actors and crew want more control over how credits are displayed, especially separate filters for:
- All credits
- On-camera only
- Voice-over only
This helps casting directors find relevant work faster.Upcoming Projects Buried:
Some users say upcoming roles and projects (including voice work, narrations, or non-traditional roles) are now buried in odd sections like “Self,” rather than alongside main credits. They want clearer, customizable credit organization.Missing Details, Page Views & Viewers:
A highly requested feature is the return of detailed page views, including who viewed your IMDbPro profile, a metric many professionals use to measure interest from casting directors or agents. IMDbPro staff acknowledged this feedback and are working on improvements.Option to Revert to Legacy Layout:
Several long-time IMDbPro members explicitly asked for a way to opt out of the new design and return to the legacy layout until the new one is more refined.Other common suggestions include:
- Better credit ordering (most recent first).
- Less wasted header space and cleaner professional focus.
- Ability to adjust photo cropping or revert to full images.
- Showing agent state information alongside contact details.
- Clearer budgeting for theatre and stage credits (currently lumped into “Additional Credits”).The IMDbPro update is both modern and functional, but as with any major redesign, some experienced users want more control, better visibility, and features that support their daily workflow, rather than an appearance first. The most common requests reflect practical professional needs, not just design preferences.
Tips to Make the Most of the New IMDbpro Layout:
✔ Keep your Name page complete and updated, the improved editing tools make this easier.
✔ Upload engaging headshots and Known For titles, these visuals now appear next to crucial info.
✔ Use Research Notes to track opportunities and plan your next promotional moves.
✔ Explore Connections info, identifying mutual title links can spark real networking opportunities.
✔ Access IMDbPro on mobile, the new design works across devices so you can manage your presence anywhere.
Final Thoughts
IMDbPro’s interface changes are part of a continued evolution toward more accessible, professional, and usable design. Whether you love the new layout or find it different at first, it’s a meaningful improvement for industry users who rely on IMDbPro everyday for cast info, STARmeter insights, contacts, and career tracking, but it's still subject to change in the near future as feedback from users is taken into account.
