Designer resumes
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- ohhhhhsnap0
clever or no?
https://dribbble.com/shots/93966…
- lessfloor0
keep it flat
- lessfloor0
& no more than 1 1/2 page
- doesnotexist0
whyyyyyyyyyyy are you soooo creative ugh
- dbloc0
looks shit, bro.
- freedom0
Did OP choose the worst one on purpose.
Nothing like having a resume you can't print out or update easily.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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
- 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.
- 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.