I decided to start creating my own CV by looking at what options I have in terms of layout. I have had lots of advice about CVs and their layout. Starting at school and from different professionals including those directly involved in the review of CVs. While some of the advice has varied the one theme that came through especially from those who actively review CVs is to keep it simple and easy to read quickly. This is simply because they may have a huge number to look at and don’t have time to go hunting through a CV for the key information, or to read large chunks of text. For this reason I intend to keep my layout very simple, using only basic typographic hierarchy and potentially some lines to break up the page.
My lecturer provided some CV examples to look at and the one below caught my eye, I liked its simplicity and the fact that all the key information was very easy to find. All of the key points that are advised in CVs
I also looked at a very basic order in which to place my information. There is a clear expectation within CVs on how information should be ordered, this is what those reviewing my CV will expect to see so I need my CV to meet expectations.
Source: https://standout-cv.com/pages/how-to-layout-cv (Last Accessed 02/10/23)
This makes sense although I may two columns as in the example above to layout my CV, also as I don’t have a huge amount of design work to put in my CV, it makes sense to give my educational achievements more emphasis as these are all related to design especially the most recent ones. I will also need to include links to my portfolio and Linkedin as both of these are expected and employers like to see these links.
I decided to look for some more CV examples from designers, just to get a feel for the type of CV designers were creating and to pick up some further inspiration.
I found this CV
There are some pieces of this CV I definitely would not include such as the style added to the name and the “Ask me About” section, however I do like the layout again it's simple and clear. All the key information is easy to find and there is good use of typographic hierarchy to define sections and job titles. I would however add some more white space to this CV to allow a bit more breathing room.