Insider
Two column, photo, Lato
The boldest one: a portrait, purple headings and a sidebar of tags. Two columns and a photo, so send it to a person rather than through an online form.
Use this template: InsiderCreative resume templates that stay readable
These six templates get their personality from type and color: an oversized name, a two-tone headline, a colored rule. You won't find charts, skill bars or illustrations here, because this builder doesn't make them. Every word stays real, selectable text.
Deedy Columns
Two column, Lato
A huge hairline name, light capital headings and greys only. Two columns, with the main column on the left.
Use this template: Deedy Columns
Kyvernetes
One column, Plex Sans
A big blue name and italic headings in Plex Sans, shown with a product designer's resume.
Use this template: Kyvernetes
Rover
One column, Inter
A name that runs from thin to black, with sepia headings. It also passed our ATS check.
Use this template: Rover
Crimson
One column, Source Sans
A two-tone name with condensed crimson capitals. It also passed our ATS check.
Use this template: Crimson
Elegant
One column, Computer Modern
Bold italic navy in a classic serif, for a literary look rather than a graphic one.
Use this template: ElegantWhen to use a creative template
| How it's being read | What to send |
|---|---|
| A person opens it: a referral, a recruiter email, your portfolio site | Any of these |
| An online application form | Rover or Crimson, or a template from our ATS list |
| Design, marketing or content roles | Any of these, backed up by a portfolio |
| Law, finance or government | A professional template is usually the safer start |
Making one your own
The design toolbar in the editor changes the typeface, size, spacing, margins and accent color. Eight accent colors are ready to use, from Ink and Cobalt to Plum and Brick, or you can pick your own. Choosing one color and using it well does more than adding a second.
Keep your body text dark and at a normal size. The name and headings can carry the personality, while the bullets need to stay easy to read.
Save the visual work for your portfolio
A resume's job is to get someone to look further. Put your portfolio address in the website field at the top, and use your bullets to say what each piece of work achieved. Then you only need one visual idea on the page, and the portfolio can show the rest.
Common questions
- Do you have templates with graphics or skill bars?
- No. Everything here is text, rules and color, plus a photo in the two templates that have one. Skill bars don't tell a reader much, and software can't read them.
- Will a creative template get through an ATS?
- It depends on the layout. Rover and Crimson passed our PDF text check. Insider and Deedy Columns have two columns, and Kyvernetes and Elegant failed on how their headers read back.
Template credits
Each design is modeled on a CV template shared on Overleaf and rebuilt in HTML. The sample text is our own.
- Insider: based on Recreating Business Insider's CV of Marissa Mayer by LianTze Lim (AltaCV) (LPPL 1.3c)
- Deedy Columns: based on Modified Deedy Resume by Apurv Mishra (CC BY 4.0)
- Kyvernetes: based on Kyvernetes CV by Aritra Sen (CC BY 4.0)
- Rover: based on Rover Resume by Subidit (CC BY 4.0)
- Crimson: based on Curriculum Vitae Latex by Huu Duc Nguyen (CC BY 4.0)
- Elegant: based on Elegant resume template by Christian Maria Giannetti (CC BY 4.0)