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UX Designer resume example

A UX designer resume is judged on evidence, not adjectives — recruiters want to see the research methods you ran and the usability gains they produced, with your portfolio one click away.

Keep the resume itself single-column and text-based so it parses in ATS, and save the visual storytelling for the portfolio link in your header.

Marcus Ferreira

UX Designer

Portland, OR marcus.ferreira@email.com +1 (503) 555-0198 marcusferreira.design linkedin.com/in/marcusferreira

Summary

Senior UX Designer with 5+ years of experience driving user research, interaction design, and usability testing for consumer and fintech platforms. Proven track record of transforming complex user flows into intuitive interfaces, lifting onboarding task completion from 71% to 94% and cutting design-to-development handoff cycles by 40%.

Experience

UX Designer
Alderbrook Financial · Portland, OR
Jun 2021 — Present
  • Led 12 moderated usability studies with 60 users on the onboarding flow, raising task success from 71% to 94% within 6 months.
  • Mapped the full customer account-opening journey, identifying key drop-off friction and lifting funnel conversion by 18%.
  • Built a tokenized Figma component design library adopted across 4 squads, cutting design-to-dev handoff time by 40%.
UX Designer
Kettlewell Studio · Seattle, WA
Aug 2018 — May 2021
  • Conducted generative user interviews with 40 people across 3 enterprise client engagements to define validated customer personas.
  • Prototyped and tested an interactive checkout redesign in Figma, lifting checkout completion rate from 64% to 81%.
  • Standardized accessibility design audits across 15 responsive templates, achieving 100% WCAG 2.1 AA compliance over 4 months.

Skills

Figma · User Research · Usability Testing · Prototyping · Information Architecture · Journey Mapping · Design Systems · Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) · Adobe XD · Card Sorting

Education

Oregon State University
B.S., Human-Computer Interaction
2014 — 2018

Certifications

Google UX Design Certificate

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

ATS keywords for a UX 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.

FigmaUser ResearchWireframingPrototypingUsability TestingInformation ArchitectureDesign SystemsAccessibility (WCAG)User PersonasJourney MappingInteraction DesignCard SortingAdobe XDHeuristic Evaluation

What recruiters look for

  • A portfolio link with 3-5 detailed case studies, not just visuals.
  • Named research methods (usability testing, card sorting, interviews).
  • Before/after metrics — task success rate, time-on-task, drop-off.
  • Collaboration with PM and engineering, not design working in isolation.
  • Accessibility awareness (WCAG, contrast, screen readers).

Before & after: one bullet

Weak

Designed wireframes and prototypes for the onboarding flow.

Strong

Redesigned onboarding using 12 moderated usability tests, raising task success from 71% to 94% and cutting drop-off 33%.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Portfolio link missing or broken — an instant pass for design roles.
  • Describing deliverables (wireframes, personas) with no measured outcome.
  • Two-column or graphic-heavy resume templates that scramble in ATS.
  • No mention of research methods, only visual design software.