Should a designer's resume be creative?

Keep the resume clean and readable, because ATS software must read it. Put your visual creativity in your portfolio.

How many case studies should I show?

Two or three strong ones, each with the problem, your role, the process and the result.

Made-up example for India

UI/UX Designer resume example

UI/UX designers research how people use products and design screens that are easy and pleasant to use.

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You start with the structure and wording style. Your name, companies, dates and numbers are left as [placeholders] for you to fill in.

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Tanvi Deshpande

Mumbai, Maharashtra · +91 90000 00113 · [email protected]

Summary

UI/UX designer with 4 years of experience designing mobile and web products for fintech and e-commerce. Combine user research, clear interaction design and close work with developers to ship usable interfaces.

Experience

UI/UX Designer, Konkan Digital

Mumbai · Jun 2022 to Present

Redesigned the mobile onboarding flow in Figma, raising completion from 54% to 78%.
Conducted 25 user interviews and 6 usability tests that shaped the product roadmap.
Built a design system with 60 components, cutting design-to-development handoff time by 40%.
Collaborated with 3 developers each sprint to review designs in the live product.

Junior Designer, Pixel Craft Studio

Mumbai · Jul 2020 to May 2022

Designed websites and mobile screens for 20+ small-business clients.
Created wireframes and clickable prototypes that clients approved in an average of 2 rounds.
Improved the checkout screens of an online store, raising completed orders by 11%.

Education

B.Des, Communication Design, Western India School of Design, Mumbai (2016 to 2020) · CGPA 8.6/10

Skills

Figma · User research · Wireframing · Prototyping · Interaction design · Design systems · Usability testing · Information architecture · Accessibility · Visual design · Developer handoff · Adobe Illustrator

This is a made-up example. The person, companies, colleges and numbers are fictional. Do not copy them: use the structure and write about your own real work.