RESUME

Design resumes best practice


Regarding a good design resume:


  1. The text fields have alignment and are not all over the place

  2. The spacing is consistent between paragraphs and titles

  3. The layout/typography looks custom and doesn't look like it was made in MS word

  4. Black is not the only color being used (this can vary as I've scene nice one color resumes)

  5. There is more than one size of font

  6. There is no misspelling of words and it reads good

  7. There is talk about user centered design, design thinking, research, usability testing & business results

  8. There is talk about collaborations with other teams, product managers and clients

  9. There's a link to a portfolio

Resume examples

Why is this a good example?


  • It looks custom and nice layout

  • It has consistent spacing

  • Has nice typography hierarchy

  • Spelling looks good

  • Has nice alignment

  • Uses more than 1 column grid

  • Has link to portfolio

Why is this a good example?


  • Self branded

  • Nice, easy to read layout

  • Good use of type hierarchy

  • Has nice alignment

  • Clean spacing

  • Looks organize

Why is this a not a good example?


  • Layout is not clean and easy to read

  • Spacing is not consistent

  • Sloppy typography hierarchy

  • Alignment could be better

  • Uses 1 column grid

Why is this a not a good example?


  • Looks like it was made in MS word

  • Black is the only color

  • Type hierarchy is not that good

  • Spacing is inconsistent

  • Layout doesn't seem custom

Good Examples

Crappy Examples