# UI/UX Designer Resume Template

Your portfolio shows the craft; your resume gets you to the portfolio. Keep it plain and readable, link the portfolio at the top and use bullets to show the research and results behind your designs.

_Source: Astra (https://useastra.in/resume-templates/ui-ux-designer). Updated 2026-10-12. Level: Early career._

Use this template free: https://useastra.in/resume-builder/new?template=minimal&role=ui-ux-designer

## Skills to put on a UI/UX Designer resume

- **Design:** UI Design, UX Research, Interaction Design, Wireframing, Prototyping
- **Systems:** Design Systems, Accessibility, Usability Testing
- **Tools:** Figma, FigJam, Maze, Framer, Adobe Illustrator

## Weak vs strong resume bullets

- Weak: Designed screens for the mobile app.
  Strong: Redesigned the mobile checkout after 12 usability tests; completed orders rose 8% in the following month.
- Weak: Made a design system.
  Strong: Built a Figma design system of 60 components with developers, cutting UI review rounds from 3 to 1.

## Tips for a UI/UX Designer resume

- Put the portfolio link next to your name. It is the first thing a design lead opens.
- Use a plain, single column resume. Graphic resumes often fail ATS parsing.
- Mention research methods and the result, not only the screens.

## Example resume

Fictional person and employers. Numbers are illustrative.

**Ishita Bose**, Product Designer, Kolkata, India

Product designer with 3 years on consumer apps. Redesigned a mobile checkout that lifted orders 8% and built a 60 component Figma design system.

### Experience

**Product Designer, Bazaarly** (Kolkata, May 2023 to Present)
- Redesigned mobile checkout after 12 usability tests; completed orders rose 8%.
- Built a Figma design system of 60 components, cutting UI review rounds from 3 to 1.
- Ran monthly research calls with sellers that shaped the seller app roadmap.

**UI Designer, Studio Nine** (Kolkata, Jul 2022 to Apr 2023)
- Designed websites and apps for 9 clients in Figma.

### Education

- B.Des. Communication Design, National Institute of Design, 2018 to 2022

### Skills

- Design: UI Design, UX Research, Prototyping
- Systems: Design Systems, Accessibility, Usability Testing
- Tools: Figma, Maze, Framer

## Frequently asked questions

### Should a UI/UX designer use a creative resume?

Keep the resume simple and ATS friendly and let the portfolio show your visual style. Many design roles still pass through an ATS first.

### What should a UX designer resume include?

A portfolio link, the products you designed, research and testing you ran, results after launch, and your tools (usually Figma).

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