Minimal resume template
Minimal removes every rule and border. What is left is Manrope, a geometric sans, set with generous 0.75 inch margins and extra space between sections, plus a single accent dot before each heading. It works best when your bullets are strong enough to carry the page on their own.
Free to edit and download. Have a resume already? Check it first, then open it in Minimal without retyping.
Who it's for
- Senior individual contributors
- Designers and researchers
- Consultants
- Short resumes that need room to breathe
Is the Minimal template ATS-friendly?
One column and plain headings. The only decoration is a small dot drawn by the stylesheet before each section title, which parsers do not read as text.
Accent colors
Starts in Slate. Pick any of these in the editor's Design panel, or enter your own color.
Template details
- Layout
- Single column
- ATS
- ATS-safe: standard headings, real text
- Style group
- Modern
- Default accent
- Slate (changeable)
- Page size
- US Letter or A4
- Download
- PDF or DOCX
Resume examples written in Minimal
Each one is a full sample resume set in this layout. Open one to read it, then start from it in the editor.
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Minimal template questions
Is Minimal too plain for a creative role?
For most creative roles the portfolio does the showing and the resume does the explaining, so plain works. If you want more personality, look at Creative or Aurora.
Will it fit a long career?
The extra spacing uses room. With more than a page of material, Compact or Brief keeps the same clean feel with tighter spacing.
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Give your resume the Minimal look
Open it in the editor with your details, or check the resume you already have first.