Designer resumes
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- CyBrainX0
That shit is straight out of PowerPoint. The indentation is absurd, too many type treatments, too many colors and a weak color scheme as well. This has nothing going for it.
- cannonball19780
For designer interviews in particular, resumes serve as talking points and quick gauge to make sure other people like you enough to employ you, and you can prove you take showers etc.
Making it all "stand out" with colors and fancy parchment with wax seals etc. is fine and all if you are a junior applying for an ad company position, but it's sort of juvenile and points out that you have no foresight to how that piece of paper is held and regarded by various hands once it's sent somewhere.
- freedom0
To be fair, this isn't a site for designers, right?
If I had no design sense and ran a bar or real estate office and someone brought in one of these instead of a boring word document print out, I might be impressed.
- To be fair this is a site for designers.monospaced
- The examples on the site say "executive assistant" and "web marketing".freedom
- formed0
If I got a resume like this from a designer I'd look for a second and move on. That said, if I got this from a programmer/developer I'd think "well, annoying as it is, at least they thought enough to try".
Most people just don't "think". All you have to do is "think" (as a designer) and you'll be fine.
There are TONS of good examples of simple, clear, AND nicely designed resumes out there. Remember, they are going to print this as cheaply as possible, or look at it online only (legibility being key in both).
- err0
I had to look at resumes for a position on my team. I read each resume for about 1 minute each. Then I went straight to the portfolio.
Just keep it clean. When I see a crazy resume I think they are trying to make up for something in their portfolio.
- freedom0
Did OP choose the worst one on purpose.
Nothing like having a resume you can't print out or update easily.
- dbloc0
looks shit, bro.
- doesnotexist0
whyyyyyyyyyyy are you soooo creative ugh
- lessfloor0
& no more than 1 1/2 page
- lessfloor0
keep it flat
- ohhhhhsnap0
clever or no?
https://dribbble.com/shots/93966…
- MrT0
If your resume/CV is worth reading it doesn't require anything beyond a clean, functional layout. The same reason road signs don't have lens flares or pictures of unicorns on them. IMHO.
- Claymantis0
sick template bro
- mekk0
as a designer you should be able to design your own cv.
who needs a cv that looks like a wordpress blog of a hipster t-shirt brand?
- Fax_Benson0
Depends who the recipient is. I can imagine some people being impressed by that. Some people are idiots, don't forget.
- fadein110
web 2.0 wankery wesume!
has the feel of an apple iCal or summat app - yuk
- BaskerviIle0
lol
Print design ≠ web designnasty design, if someone sent me one of these I'd laugh.
I always say, keep the cv super simple and impress with your folio.