Creative Industry Resume Templates

Templates for designers, art directors, and creative professionals.

The portfolio decides, but the resume gets you there

In creative hiring the portfolio is the deciding artefact, and everyone knows it. What the resume has to do is get someone to open the portfolio, and then frame the work so it is read as professional practice rather than as a collection of nice-looking things.

The framing changes by discipline. A Graphic Designer resume needs clients, project types and the constraints you designed within. An Art Director resume needs campaign scale, team size and what you were accountable for creatively. A UX Designer resume needs research methods, the problem you were solving and what measurably changed after you shipped.

Each template keeps the portfolio link visible and gives the work the professional context that makes a hiring manager click it.

FAQ

Creative resume questions when the portfolio does the deciding

The resume has one job: get someone to open the work.

If the portfolio decides, why does the resume matter at all?
How do I show the thinking behind the work rather than just the result?
What if my best work was for a client who never launched it?
How technical should I get about tools?
Should I tailor my portfolio for each application?

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