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Graphic designer resume example

Your portfolio does the showing; your resume does the proving. A graphic designer resume should be as well-set as your work, but readable by an ATS, so the design shows in typography and spacing rather than graphics.

Opens in the builder with the Minimalist template

Skills to include

Hard skills

  • Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
  • Figma
  • Typography and layout
  • Print production and prepress
  • Brand systems
  • Basic motion (After Effects)

Soft skills

  • Taking feedback without losing the idea
  • Presenting concepts
  • Deadline management
  • Client communication

How to write it

  1. Put your portfolio URL in the header, spelled out; it will be printed and typed in.
  2. Show business results for design work: sell-through, sign-ups, faster production.
  3. Resist infographics and skill bars. A beautifully typeset single column is itself a design sample.

Example bullet points

  • Designed brand identities for 14 clients, from logo to style guide and launch assets
  • Led packaging redesign for a regional coffee roaster; retail sell-through rose 23% the following quarter
  • Built a Figma component library that cut social campaign production time by a third
  • Presented concepts directly to client founders and marketing leads
  • Prepared 300+ print files a year, catching colour and bleed issues before press
  • Designed menus, signage and event materials for local businesses

In the builder, the "Sharpen these bullets" button rewrites your own lines in this style without inventing facts.

Questions

Should a graphic designer resume be creative?

Creative in type and spacing, conventional in structure. Many design roles still go through an ATS, and a clear hierarchy shows more skill than decoration.

How many portfolio pieces should I link?

Link one portfolio URL on the resume and keep 6–10 of your strongest, most relevant projects there.

Leo Marchetti

Graphic Designer

leo@leomarchetti.design(555) 290-4418Portland, ORleomarchetti.design

Summary

Graphic designer with 5 years across brand identity, packaging and digital campaigns. Comfortable taking a project from a messy brief to print-ready files, and fluent in the Adobe suite and Figma.

Experience

Graphic Designer, Fernwood Creative

Mar 2022 – Present

Portland, OR

  • Designed brand identities for 14 clients, from logo to style guide and launch assets
  • Led packaging redesign for a regional coffee roaster; retail sell-through rose 23% the following quarter
  • Built a Figma component library that cut social campaign production time by a third
  • Presented concepts directly to client founders and marketing leads

Junior Designer, Rose City Print Co.

Jul 2020 – Feb 2022

Portland, OR

  • Prepared 300+ print files a year, catching colour and bleed issues before press
  • Designed menus, signage and event materials for local businesses
  • Redrew the shop's own brand and website, bringing in 20% more online quotes

Education

BFA Graphic Design, Pacific Northwest College of Art

2020

Portland, OR

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Figma, Brand identity, Packaging, Typography, Print production, Motion basics (After Effects)

Leo Marchetti is a fictional example. ATS readiness of this sample: 100/100.

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