Graphic Designer resume example

Summary examples

• Graphic designer with 4 years creating brand, social and print work for consumer brands. Clean layouts, strong typography, on time.
• Designer who rebranded a regional food chain, lifting social engagement by 60%.

Graphic Designer achievement lines

Swap in your own numbers. A line with a result (a number, a before and after) beats a list of duties.

• Rebranded a 40-outlet food chain: logo, menus, packaging and signage
• Designed 30 social creatives a week; engagement rose by 60% in six months
• Created packaging for 12 products, two of which won a regional award
• Built a brand guideline used by 3 agencies and 20 store managers
• Designed festive campaigns that delivered 25% of yearly sales
• Turned around urgent requests within 24 hours during launches
• Designed landing pages in Figma that lifted sign-ups by 18%
• Produced print catalogues of 80 pages twice a year
• Made short motion graphics in After Effects for Instagram reels
• Set up a template library in Canva so sales could make on-brand posts
• Managed print vendors and cut printing costs by 15%
• Presented 3 concepts per brief and iterated with clients
• Mentored 2 junior designers on typography and layout
• Organised the shared design library so files are easy to find
• Kept every file press-ready: CMYK, bleed and fonts checked

Key skills to list

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Figma
• Canva
• Branding
• Typography
• Social media creatives
• Print design
• Motion basics (After Effects)
• Layout
• Colour theory