diff --git a/app/Language/en/Contributor.php b/app/Language/en/Contributor.php
index 4021ad9d1ee1f0f855d6d35f2705ad2f4d5ae74f..629d44910ff5ff275d4ca912a739e46491ec6fee 100644
--- a/app/Language/en/Contributor.php
+++ b/app/Language/en/Contributor.php
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ return [
     ],
     'form' => [
         'user' => 'User',
+        'user_placeholder' => 'Select a user…',
         'role' => 'Role',
+        'role_placeholder' => 'Select its role…',
         'submit_add' => 'Add contributor',
         'submit_edit' => 'Update role',
     ],
diff --git a/app/Language/fr/Contributor.php b/app/Language/fr/Contributor.php
index 66728696dda418263e977489b11d11c86127b091..1e59c0c652d1f24084a1ea84de18c15a51723c42 100644
--- a/app/Language/fr/Contributor.php
+++ b/app/Language/fr/Contributor.php
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ return [
         'role' => 'Rôle',
     ],
     'form' => [
-        'user' => 'Identifiant',
+        'user' => 'Utilisateur',
+        'user_placeholder' => 'Sélectionnez un utilisateur…',
         'role' => 'Rôle',
+        'role_placeholder' => 'Sélectionnez son rôle…',
         'submit_add' => 'Ajouter le contributeur',
         'submit_edit' => 'Mettre à jour le rôle',
     ],
diff --git a/app/Views/admin/contributor/add.php b/app/Views/admin/contributor/add.php
index 4bd2381c3f315c0e4edbe74b886d5d83be63efdd..38f3efa45e052c2c11dc42be9e45b963e5b4a41d 100644
--- a/app/Views/admin/contributor/add.php
+++ b/app/Views/admin/contributor/add.php
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@
 <?= csrf_field() ?>
     
 <?= form_label(lang('Contributor.form.user'), 'user') ?>
-<?= form_dropdown('user', $userOptions, old('user'), [
+<?= form_dropdown('user', $userOptions, old('user', ''), [
     'id' => 'user',
     'class' => 'form-select mb-4',
     'required' => 'required',
+    'placeholder' => lang('Contributor.form.user_placeholder')
 ]) ?>
 
 <?= form_label(lang('Contributor.form.role'), 'role') ?>
-<?= form_dropdown('role', $roleOptions, old('role'), [
+<?= form_dropdown('role', $roleOptions, old('role', ''), [
     'id' => 'role',
     'class' => 'form-select mb-4',
     'required' => 'required',
+    'placeholder' => lang('Contributor.form.role_placeholder')
 ]) ?>
 
 <?= button(