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Entertainer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what entertainers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most entertainers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Entertainer with a background in live performance across comedy, music and variety. Develops original material, reads a room and adapts a set on the night, and handles the business side of a freelance career from booking to bump out.
Key skills
- Creative software production
- Content creation and writing
- Event coordination
- Ableton Live
- Logic Pro
- TikTok
- Eventbrite
- Presenting and data storytelling
- Written communication
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Crowd work and improvisation
- Stage presence and audience engagement
Experience: example bullet points
- Built a 45-minute headline set from scratch and refined it across 30 gigs, cutting dead spots and lifting audience response.
- Managed a self-booked tour of 12 regional venues, handling travel, promotion and hospitality, and sold out the final three shows.
- Created a content calendar for Instagram and TikTok that grew a following from 800 to 4,200, which venues cited when booking support slots.
- Ran sound checks and tech rehearsals with in-house engineers, reducing setup time from 40 minutes to 20 using a clear stage plot and tech rider.
- Wrote and performed a new hour of material for a festival run, receiving a positive review in a street press publication.
- Coordinated with venue managers and promoters on ticketing and front of house, using Eventbrite for seven self-produced shows.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, plus short courses in performance, improv or technical production; some entertainers hold a bachelor degree in performing arts.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- working with children check
- public liability insurance
- APRA AMCOS
- PPCA
- MEAA
- ABN
- GST
- tech rider
- stage plot
- sound check
- load in
- load out
- crowd work
- MC
- improvisation
- set list
- tour management
- Eventbrite
- Ableton Live
- Logic Pro
- TikTok
- Live Performance Australia
- Australian Performing Arts Centres Association
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.