Resume template · Updated October 2026
Visual designer resume template
Short answer
Leslie suits a visual designer: one accent of blue in the header and heading underlines shows a controlled hand with colour, and experience prints before skills, so campaigns and systems are read first. The fictional sample sits on a software company's brand team, producing launch campaigns, an illustration system other teams use, marketing site templates and art direction for shoots, after almost three years at an agency.
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Why Leslie suits a visual designer resume
Leslie gives a visual designer one controlled accent: the centred header is set in blue, each dark heading carries a short blue underline, and the body stays plain, which shows restraint. It prints work experience ahead of skills, right for a role judged on campaigns and systems shipped rather than on a software list everyone in the field shares.
Second choice: Olivia. Olivia makes a bolder first impression with a full blue header band and prints skills first; choose it for roles that lean toward screen design.
What goes in each section, in Leslie's order
Leslie prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Say where visual design sits in your company (brand team, marketing, product) and the kinds of work you own. The title covers different jobs at different companies, so the summary sets expectations.
- Work Experience. Show range inside one style: campaigns, illustration, web pages, photo or video direction. A bullet about a system other people use (an illustration kit, templates, a type scale) is the strongest sign of senior work.
- Skills. Leslie prints labelled rows with a dot after each label. Put craft and direction under Technical, applications under Tools and cross-team skills under Soft Skills.
- Education. Degree or diploma, school and year. Visual communication, graphic design and illustration are all usual backgrounds.
The sample resume as text
The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.
Malik Henderson
Visual Designer, Brand and Marketing
Oakland, CA | malik.henderson@example.com | (510) 555-0125 | portfolio.example.com/malik-henderson | linkedin.com/in/sample-malik-henderson
Visual designer on a software company's brand team, creating launch campaigns, the illustration system and marketing site pages. Six years across agency and in-house work, keeping product and marketing visuals in one recognizable style.
Experience
Visual Designer, Quarrystone Analytics, Oakland, CA (05/2023 to Present)
- Design four product launches a year from one campaign concept each: landing pages, video storyboards, social assets and event booths.
- Created the company's illustration system (style rules, 60 spot illustrations and a template kit) now used by the marketing and product teams.
- Redesigned the marketing site page templates in Figma with the web team, on a shared grid and type scale.
- Art-directed two product photography shoots and a customer video series with an outside studio.
Designer, Goldfinch Creative, San Francisco, CA (08/2020 to 04/2023)
- Designed campaign visuals and pitch decks for technology and consumer clients.
- Built presentation templates and brand toolkits for three client rebrands.
- Animated social posts and short explainers in After Effects for client launches.
Education
BA, Visual Communication Design, Bayshore College of the Arts (05/2020)
Skills
Campaign design, Illustration systems, Layout and grids, Typography, Art direction, Presentation design, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Keynote, Working with marketing and product, Briefing outside studios, Critique
How to make the sample yours
Name the systems you created
Swap the illustration system for your own: a campaign toolkit, an icon library, a template set. Say which teams use it.
Balance brand and product work to the posting
If the job leans toward product marketing, lead with launches; if it leans toward brand, lead with identity and guidelines.
Credit collaborators accurately
Write "art-directed" for shoots you directed and "designed with the web team" where the work was shared. Overclaiming shows in a portfolio review.
Keep motion if you can show it
Short animation is often part of brand work. Keep an After Effects bullet only if the portfolio has examples.
Organise the portfolio by project
Group the work by campaign or system rather than a wall of single images, so a reviewer can follow your thinking across pieces.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- visual design
- brand design
- campaign design
- art direction
- illustration
- typography
- layout
- marketing design
- landing pages
- brand guidelines
- presentation design
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe After Effects
- design systems
Mistakes to avoid
- Presenting yourself as a UI designer when your work is mostly marketing; the interviews test different things.
- A software list with no sign of the systems or campaigns made with it.
- Portfolio images with no context about the brief or your role.
- Colour all over the resume itself. One accent is enough.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 4 of 4 | 7 of 7 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 4 of 4 | 7 of 7 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 4 of 4 | 7 of 7 |
Frequently asked questions
Visual designer or graphic designer: which title fits my resume?
The overlap is large. Visual designer roles usually sit in tech or product companies and focus on screen-based brand work; graphic designer roles more often include print and packaging. Use the title and the work that match the posting.
Should a visual designer resume include UI work?
If you designed product screens, yes, in a bullet or two. Keep it in proportion to how much of the job it was.
How do I show brand consistency as an achievement?
Describe the thing that keeps work consistent (guidelines, templates, an illustration library) and who now uses it. That is easier to verify than a claim about consistency.
Do visual designers need motion skills?
Not always, but many brand teams ask for basic motion. List it when you can show examples in the portfolio.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Leslie PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 4 section headings and all 7 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
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