diff --git a/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter.rb
index a6899324d2d..9e043ddd2f6 100644
--- a/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,16 @@ def recursively_expand_images(input)
     def present_hero_image(desktop, tablet, mobile)
       images = find_images(desktop, tablet, mobile)
       return { errors: ["Some image expressions weren't correctly formatted, or images could not be found"] } if images.any?(&:nil?)
-      return { errors: ["Some image variants hadn't finished uploading"] } unless images.map(&:image_data).all?(&:all_asset_variants_uploaded?)
+
+      image_data = images.map(&:image_data)
+      desktop_image_kind, tablet_image_kind, mobile_image_kind = image_data.map(&:image_kind)
+      errors = [
+        ("Some image variants hadn't finished uploading" unless image_data.all?(&:all_asset_variants_uploaded?)),
+        ("Desktop image is of the wrong image kind: #{desktop_image_kind}" unless desktop_image_kind == "hero_desktop"),
+        ("Tablet image is of the wrong image kind: #{tablet_image_kind}" unless tablet_image_kind == "hero_tablet"),
+        ("Mobile image is of the wrong image kind: #{mobile_image_kind}" unless mobile_image_kind == "hero_mobile"),
+      ].compact
+      return { errors: } unless errors.empty?
 
       desktop_image, tablet_image, mobile_image = images
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter_test.rb b/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter_test.rb
index e27b36e7327..b860654a354 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/landing_page_presenter_test.rb
@@ -231,6 +231,51 @@ class PublishingApi::LandingPagePresenterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     presented_content = I18n.with_locale("en") { presented_landing_page.content }
     details = presented_content[:details].deep_symbolize_keys
 
+    assert_pattern do
+      details =>
+        {
+          blocks: [
+            {
+              type: "hero",
+              image: {
+                errors: ["Some image expressions weren't correctly formatted, or images could not be found"],
+              }
+            },
+          ],
+        }
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "it presents errors if image kinds don't match up" do
+    body = <<~YAML
+      blocks:
+      - type: hero
+        image:
+          sources:
+            desktop: "[Image: hero_image_mobile_2x.png]" # NOTE - using mobile image for desktop field
+            tablet: "[Image: hero_image_desktop_2x.png]" # NOTE - using desktop image for tablet field
+            mobile: "[Image: hero_image_tablet_2x.png]" # NOTE - using tablet image for desktop field
+    YAML
+
+    landing_page = create(
+      :landing_page,
+      document: create(:document, id: 12_346, slug: "/landing-page/with-images"),
+      body:,
+      title: "Landing Page title",
+      summary: "Landing Page summary",
+      first_published_at: @first_published_at = Time.zone.now,
+      updated_at: 1.year.ago,
+      images: [
+        build(:image, image_data: build(:hero_image_data, image_kind: "hero_desktop", file: upload_fixture("hero_image_desktop_2x.png", "image/png"))),
+        build(:image, image_data: build(:hero_image_data, image_kind: "hero_tablet", file: upload_fixture("hero_image_tablet_2x.png", "image/png"))),
+        build(:image, image_data: build(:hero_image_data, image_kind: "hero_mobile", file: upload_fixture("hero_image_mobile_2x.png", "image/png"))),
+      ],
+    )
+
+    presented_landing_page = PublishingApi::LandingPagePresenter.new(landing_page)
+    presented_content = I18n.with_locale("en") { presented_landing_page.content }
+    details = presented_content[:details].deep_symbolize_keys
+
     assert_pattern do
       details =>
       {
@@ -238,7 +283,11 @@ class PublishingApi::LandingPagePresenterTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
           {
             type: "hero",
             image: {
-               errors: ["Some image expressions weren't correctly formatted, or images could not be found"],
+               errors: [
+                 "Desktop image is of the wrong image kind: hero_mobile",
+                 "Tablet image is of the wrong image kind: hero_desktop",
+                 "Mobile image is of the wrong image kind: hero_tablet",
+               ],
             }
           },
         ],