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Graphic Designer resume example

A graphic designer resume should read like a campaign report — brand systems built, campaigns shipped, and the engagement or sales lift they drove — not a list of software.

Keep the resume text-based and single-column for ATS, and let a portfolio link do the visual talking.

Jordan Blake

Graphic Designer

Nashville, TN jordan.blake@email.com +1 (615) 555-0119 jordanblakedesign.com linkedin.com/in/jordanblake

Summary

Senior Graphic and Brand Designer with 6+ years of experience leading brand identity, marketing collateral, and digital visual campaigns across high-growth consumer brands. Proven expertise in visual storytelling, vector illustration, print production, and packaging, lifting marketing campaign engagement by 32% and reducing creative turnaround times by 45% across cross-functional marketing teams.

Experience

Graphic Designer
Solstice Apparel · Nashville, TN
Apr 2021 — Present
  • Redesigned core brand visual identity guidelines across 50 marketing assets, increasing digital campaign engagement by 32% over 6 months.
  • Created custom vector illustrations and motion graphics for product launch campaigns, generating 1.2m social media impressions within 30 days.
  • Standardized creative review workflows and digital asset management in Brandfolder, cutting asset production turnaround from 10 days to 4 days.
Junior Graphic Designer
Maple & Co. Creative · Nashville, TN
Jun 2019 — Mar 2021
  • Produced marketing collateral and exhibition booth materials for 8 national conferences, supporting $450k in qualified pipeline generation.
  • Designed packaging artwork and print typography for 12 retail SKU launches, maintaining 100% pre-press print specifications with 0 reprints.
  • Mentored 3 junior designers on layout composition and color theory, lifting creative sprint output velocity by 25% across 12 months.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · InDesign · Brand Identity · Layout Design · Typography · Print Production · Social Media Graphics · Packaging Design · Color Theory · Illustration

Education

Watkins College of Art
B.F.A., Graphic Design
2015 — 2019

Graphic Designer · Creative Coral template · single-column, ATS-safe.

ATS keywords for a Graphic Designer resume

Applicant tracking systems match your resume against the job description's vocabulary. Mirror the terms below that are true of you — ideally with a metric attached.

Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorInDesignBrand IdentityPrint DesignDigital CampaignsTypographyLayout DesignMarketing CollateralSocial Media GraphicsBrand GuidelinesPackaging DesignPre-Press ProductionColor Theory

What recruiters look for

  • A portfolio showing range across print, digital, and social formats.
  • Brand consistency work — style guides, brand books, asset libraries.
  • Campaign metrics tied to design (engagement, CTR, conversion).
  • Production know-how — pre-press, file prep, print specs — not just concepts.

Before & after: one bullet

Weak

Created graphics and marketing materials for social media and print.

Strong

Designed a 6-piece rebrand and social campaign that lifted Instagram engagement 58% and drove a 14% sales bump during launch week.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Listing every Adobe tool with no context for what was produced.
  • No campaign or engagement metrics tied to the design work.
  • Skipping print production skills when the role needs both print and digital.
  • Bullet points that describe the deliverable but not why it worked.