Graphic Design Resume Examples

For job seekers who are just starting out, a functional resume that focuses on skills instead of work history is often the best choice. In this example, the candidate’s brief work experience is nudged to the bottom of the page in favor of spotlighting the myriad abilities she brings to the drafting table.

In addition to her ATS-friendly list of hard and soft skills, she explains three of her greatest talents in tangible terms, thereby illustrating precisely what she can bring to a project if hired.

A combination resume includes a healthy mix of both skills and work history. This offers hiring managers a well-rounded look at job seekers who are in the middle of their graphic and web design careers.

In this example, the candidate highlights three skills in the main section of the page and also includes an easy-to-skim list of hard and soft skills in the right-hand column. Detailed work experience is given slightly more room on the page, but not so much that it overwhelms the accounting of the applicant’s skills.

By the time most job seekers reach the executive level, they have accrued significant work experience in graphic and web design. A chronological resume, such as the one shown here, allows the applicant to briefly explain several highlights from her lengthy work history using concrete details, such as the specific amount of revenue generated by various campaigns and the size of the teams she’s led. She includes a list of hard and soft skills, too, but it’s not the main focus of the document.