Graphic designer with 5 years of experience producing print and digital work for a regional healthcare system. Redesigned patient education materials in plain-language format, cutting print costs by $48k a year. Fast, organized and fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud, with strong prepress and brand consistency skills.
Experience
Graphic Designer, Riverbend Health System (Columbus, OH)
Mar 2022 – Present
Redesigned 120 patient education handouts in plain-language layouts, saving $48k a year in printing
Produce 60+ assets a month including signage, social graphics and annual report spreads
Manage the design request queue in Asana, holding average turnaround to 3 business days
Updated wayfinding signage for 2 hospitals to ADA-compliant standards
Production Designer, Buckeye Print Collective (Columbus, OH)
Jul 2020 – Feb 2022
Prepared print-ready files for brochures, banners and direct mail for 40 local clients
Caught preflight errors that cut reprint rates from 4% to under 1%
Education
BFA, Graphic Design, Columbus College of Art & Design (Aug 2016 – May 2020)
Skills
Design: layout, typography, infographics, signage, social graphics
Production: prepress, CMYK and Pantone, large-format print, accessibility for print
Standards: brand guidelines, ADA signage requirements
How to write a Graphic Designer resume
A strong Graphic Designer resume shows the problems you framed, the decisions you drove, and the user or business outcomes they produced. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
Sections, in order
Summary
Experience
Projects
Skills
Education
Length: One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Summary: Write two or three lines: your role, your strongest skills, and one result that proves them.
Skills to feature
User research
Product strategy
Prototyping
Figma
Design systems
Usability testing
Roadmapping
Experimentation (A/B testing)
Stakeholder management
Accessibility
Example bullet points
Redesigned onboarding from 9 steps to 4, lifting week-one activation from 31% to 44%
Built a 120-component design system adopted by 5 squads, halving UI build time for new features
Ran 40 user interviews and a pricing test that informed a packaging change worth $1.2M ARR
Tips from recruiters
Put a portfolio link in the header; for product roles, link a case study or launch write-up instead.
Describe your role in shared outcomes precisely ("led", "co-owned", "contributed").
Keep visuals for the portfolio: a clean, readable resume signals design judgement better than decoration.
Recommended templates
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Timeline (ATS-friendly): Clean accent layout with a dated career timeline
Vanguard (ATS-friendly): Bold display name, accent-led headings with line rules
Graphic Designer resume FAQ
What should a Graphic Designer resume include?
A Graphic Designer resume should show the problems you framed, the decisions you drove, and the user or business outcomes they produced. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Experience, Projects, Skills and Education. Put your most relevant recent role first and make every bullet show a result, not a duty.
What is the best resume template for a Graphic Designer?
Modern, Timeline and Vanguard work well for Graphic Designer roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Graphic Designer resume be?
One page for most candidates; move to two only if every line is relevant.
Which skills should a Graphic Designer put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Graphic Designer roles are User research, Product strategy, Prototyping, Figma, Design systems and Usability testing.
How do I write strong Graphic Designer resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as activation, conversion and retention. For example: "Redesigned onboarding from 9 steps to 4, lifting week-one activation from 31% to 44%."