CV Design

Yesterday I started to design my CV to suit my brand identity and portfolio. Luckily I had the content up to date from when I was applying for internships in my placement year. The CV was a word document with a very basic template and no consideration into fonts or design.

I transferred the content into InDesign where I had more freedom to be creative and play with different layout styles. I knew that I wanted the document to be landscape because I think this orientation is more screen friendly and stands out against typical portrait CV’s. It means the viewer does not have to scroll to read the full page and all the information is clearly in front of them.

It was important for the content to be very clear and easy to read so that there are no distractions. With this in mind I started with a white background and split the page into three columns to create easily readable sections. My name and contact details were inserted into the first column with plenty of space surrounding them to make them stand out. I decided to add my profile and skills on the first page as an introduction to me and listed my employment, education and references on the second page as these relate to each other. My name and contact details were added to the second page too so that the reader does not have to navigate to the first page and therefore is more convenient.

Overall, I am happy with the design and layout, I have managed to construct a clear layout which has simple designs to not take away from the content. The landscape orientation complements the content and is a simple considered design technique to stand out without trying too hard.