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Graphic Designer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what graphic designers 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 graphic designers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Graphic Designer with experience translating creative briefs into brand identities and marketing collateral across print and digital channels. Skilled in typography, colour systems and layout, balancing creative vision with client requirements, budgets and deadlines. Comfortable presenting concepts to stakeholders and iterating designs based on feedback.
Key skills
- Visual design
- Creative software production
- Brand identity development
- Typography and layout
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Figma
- CorelDRAW
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Developed brand identities, including logos, colour palettes and typography systems, delivering visual guidelines used consistently across a client's marketing collateral.
- Produced high-resolution print and digital assets from design briefs, meeting print specifications and file requirements first time to avoid reprint costs.
- Collaborated with marketing and creative teams to refine concepts through multiple feedback rounds, cutting average revision cycles from four rounds to two.
- Presented design options to clients and internal stakeholders, securing sign-off on campaign artwork within tight turnaround windows.
- Built and maintained a library of reusable brand templates, reducing turnaround time on repeat design requests.
Education
A Bachelor degree in graphic design, visual communication or a related design field is the most common pathway, held by around half of designers, while a Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design through TAFE or a registered training provider is a well-recognised alternative entry route.
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.
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- brand identity
- style guide
- design brief
- typography
- pre-press
- CMYK/RGB colour management
- vector graphics
- print production
- digital assets
- visual communication
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.