Sample resume · fictional candidate
Graphic Designer Resume Example
A sample resume for a graphic designer with five years in brand and packaging design. The portfolio does the persuading, so the resume’s job is to point to it: a "Selected work" section names each project, your role and what happened next.
The sample, with notes
Sneha Joshi
Graphic Designer, Brand and Packaging
Ahmedabad, India · sneha.joshi@example.com · Portfolio: yourname.design
Summary
Graphic designer with 5 years in brand identity and packaging for FMCG and D2C brands. Takes projects from brief to print-ready files and works directly with printers on colour and finishes. Portfolio at yourname.design, no password needed.
Selected work
- Snack brand packaging refresh: Packaging system for 14 SKUs, now on shelves in 6 states. Lead designer, with one junior designer.
- D2C skincare identity: Logo, type system, colour palette and launch social kit. Sole designer, 6 weeks.
- Regional festival campaign: Key visual adapted to 40 formats across print, outdoor and social in English, Hindi and Gujarati. Designer and production.
Experience
Senior Graphic Designer
Apr 2023 – PresentBranding studio (12 people) · Ahmedabad
- Lead packaging and identity projects for about 8 clients a year and present concepts directly to founders and brand managers.
- Built a packaging template system with dielines and colour specifications; artwork turnaround for line extensions fell from 5 days to 2.
- Run press checks with printers; one job in the last 12 months needed a reprint for colour or file errors.
- Mentor one junior designer and review all outgoing artwork.
Graphic Designer
Jun 2021 – Mar 2023D2C apparel brand (in-house team) · Ahmedabad
- Designed product pages, email and social creative for weekly drops; produced about 60 assets a week with one other designer.
- Wrote the brand’s first design guidelines, used by freelancers and the marketing team.
- Designed ad creative variants for the growth team; mine won 5 of 9 head-to-head tests in one quarter.
Tools
- Design: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Figma, After Effects (basic)
- Print: Dielines, CMYK and Pantone matching, finishes and proofs
- Type: Layout and typesetting in English, Hindi and Gujarati
Education
- B.Des, Communication Design · 2021
Where the numbers in a resume like this come from
The figures above are made up, but each is a kind of number you can look up. Before you put one on your resume, find it in one of these places. If you cannot, describe the scope instead.
| Number | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Volume (assets a week, SKUs, formats) | Your project tracker or file delivery records. |
| Turnaround time | Brief and delivery dates in the tracker. |
| Quality (reprints, revision rounds) | Printer job records or client feedback threads. |
| Creative test results | The growth or marketing team’s A/B test reports. |
Adapting this example
- Keep the resume itself plain and single-column; save visual flair for the portfolio. Text-based resumes are easier for software and people to read.
- UI or digital designers: add product or web work and any Figma component library you built.
- Freshers: list college and personal projects under Selected work, each with the brief and your process.
- Check the portfolio link from a phone before you send the resume.