Resume templates for every role and market

55 layouts, each rendered from the same sample resume so you compare design, not content. Most are single column and ATS-safe; 7 photo layouts are for markets that expect a headshot.

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Our strongest designs, ready for most applications. Start with one, then switch layouts in the editor at any time without retyping.

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Beacon
One column
The clean modern standard: a strong name, ruled section headings, job title and dates on one line with the employer below.
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Atrium
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
Two columns: your experience on the left, skill tags, key achievements and education in a right column.
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Charter
One column
The traditional US format: a centered serif name, ruled headings, employer and place first, then your title and dates in italics.
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Canopy
One column
A soft color band behind your name, color headings, date pills and skill tags, all in one readable column.
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Lumen
Photo layout
One column, photo. Not for US ATS
A round photo beside your name, contact details with small icons and a fine career line through your roles.
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Tempo
One column
Dense and tidy for a long career on one page: name left, contact right, one-line role heads and half-inch margins.
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Pillar
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
A full-height color column holds your photo, contact details, skill ratings and languages; your experience runs beside it.
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Campus
One column
For students, graduates and first jobs: education, projects and internships get the same weight as roles, skills as tags.
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Classic templates

9 layouts

Serif letterheads and quiet rules for finance, law, academia and senior roles.

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Executive
One column
Finance, law and senior corporate roles: a refined serif letterhead where restraint reads as seniority.
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Corporate
One column
Conservative industries and executives: a centered, traditional letterhead that signals trust.
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Elegant
One column
Design, brand and editorial roles: a refined serif with italic accents and small-caps headings.
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Academic
One column
Research, PhD and faculty roles: a scholarly serif built for publications, grants and teaching.
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Consul
One column
Management consulting and conservative corporate roles: a centered serif letterhead with a triple-rule and formal small-caps headings.
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Regent
One column
Premium traditional roles in finance, law and the boardroom: a refined Garamond letterhead with centered flanked-rule headings and diamond accents.
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Oxford
One column
For academics, researchers, and traditional professionals who want an Ivy-League letterhead with quiet authority.
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Monarch
One column
For executives, directors, and creative leaders who want a bold modern-serif statement with editorial confidence.
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Ledger
One column
For finance, legal, and operations professionals who want disciplined, document-grade precision with a tabular feel.
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Modern templates

13 layouts

Clean sans-serif layouts with one accent, a safe default for most jobs.

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Contemporary
One column
Product, tech and ops teams: disciplined sans with one confident accent moment.
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Minimal
One column
When the work speaks for itself: airy whitespace, no rules, a single quiet accent dot.
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Sleek
One column
Modern professionals: accent side-bar headings and generous spacing for an effortless read.
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Compact
One column
10+ years that needs to fit on one page without shrinking the story or dropping below 10pt.
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Startup
One column
Startup, growth and sales roles: a punchy sans with an accent summary callout and confident labels.
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Timeline
One column
Career-progression roles: an accent timeline rail that turns your trajectory into the story.
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Summit
One column
Executives and senior managers: a bold left-aligned name over a single accent keyline, with confident bold headings tipped by a short accent tick.
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Atlas
One column
For analysts and operators who want a crisp, modern resume with a quiet structural accent.
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Meridian
One column
For people who want a bold dark masthead over a calm, generous, recruiter-friendly page.
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Cobalt
One column
For confident professionals who want color-forward branding while staying clean and ATS-safe.
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Nimbus
One column
For minimalists who want maximum whitespace and a quietly confident, rule-free page.
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Vellum
One column
For writers, designers, and editorial professionals who want a calm serif-meets-sans personality.
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Axiom
One column
For engineers and product builders who want a precise, grid-clean structure with a technical signature.
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Creative templates

16 layouts

Color bands, full-height columns, photo banners, timelines and skill ratings, plus calmer one-column designs with more personality. Bolder layouts are marked ATS caution.

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Marquee
One column
A dark full-width band with your name in tall capitals, a tinted contact strip and a clean single column below.
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Horizon
Creative layout
One column, photo. ATS caution
A patterned color banner with your round photo overlapping its edge, for markets where a photo is welcome.
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Duet
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
Two tones: a warm cream page, a deep color contact block and a tinted side column for skills and languages.
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Gauge
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
A light side column with segmented skill meters and language bars, next to a clean experience column.
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Chronicle
Creative layout
One column. ATS caution
A timeline rail runs down the page: dates in the margin, icon markers for each section, a serif display name.
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Mosaic
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
Bento-style tiles for your name, contact details and summary, with rounded cards for skills, education and languages.
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Spectrum
Creative layout
Two columns. ATS caution
Infographic touches built from your own data: a career path line, skill rings and language dots.
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Ribbon
One column
Swallowtail ribbons run in from the page edge to carry your headline and section headings, in one readable column.
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Envoy
One column
An executive masthead: a near-black band, your name in spaced capitals and a serif single-column body.
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Keyline
Creative layout
One column. ATS caution
Quiet and modern: one fine accent line from top to bottom, with section headings hanging in the margin.
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Lyceum
One column
A scholarly serif with a colored spine down the left edge and a tinted title panel, in one readable column.
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Creative
One column
Marketing and creative roles: an accent header band that adds personality, still single-column ATS-safe.
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Bold
One column
Leaders who want presence: a heavy display name and confident underlined section headers.
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Prism
One column
For designers and product folks who want a bold dark masthead with a clean, readable body.
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Aurora
One column
For marketers and creatives who want warm personality while staying recruiter-safe.
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Vertex
One column
For bold, design-minded candidates who want geometric structure and strong rhythm.
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Specialized templates

7 layouts

Monospace, dense one-pagers, the two-column sidebar and the plainest ATS format.

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Strata
One column
Skills-based (functional) format: your skill areas in a ruled table up front, roles kept short below.
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Technical
One column
Engineers and data roles: monospace section headers that read like clean code.
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ATS Plain
One column
The recruiter-default safe choice: Arial, black section rules, zero color. The most parseable format that exists.
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Sidebar
Two columns
The two-column format candidates ask for: skills in a left rail, story on the right. Source order stays logical, so it's still ATS-safe.
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Matrix
One column
For developers and engineers who want a terminal-clean, code-editor feel.
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Brief
One column
For 15+ year veterans who need a dense, scannable one-pager that stays readable.
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Polar
One column
For those who want crisp high-contrast structure that reads great even in black-and-white print.
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Photo templates

2 layouts

Headshot layouts for markets that expect a photo. Not for US applicant tracking systems.

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Profile
Photo layout
One column, photo. Not for US ATS
Markets where a photo is expected: a clean circular headshot beside your name. (Not for US ATS.)
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European
Photo layout
One column, photo. Not for US ATS
Europe-style CV with a passport photo and bold section labels, common across the EU and Turkey.
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Beautiful to a human. Legible to a machine.

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Type, not gimmicks
Most layouts get their look from typography and spacing. The bolder Creative designs use color and graphics and are marked ATS caution, so you know when to switch.
Parser-safe structure
Standard headings and selectable text. The sidebar layout writes your main content first, so it still reads in order.
PDF and DOCX
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