Templates
Thirteen layouts. Ten of them one column.
Ten single-column templates are built to survive automated screening: selectable text, standard section headings, no text inside images. Three full-CV layouts add achievements, projects, courses and interests, and two of those use a second column.
Read the ATS guide if your applications go through a portal — it explains exactly where two columns start costing you.
Classic ATS Best for all roles
Single column · highest compatibility
Best for: Any role, especially if you are unsure. The safest possible choice.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Executive Leadership
Confident hierarchy · corporate
Best for: Directors, heads of function and senior ICs applying to large organisations.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Minimal Modern
Quiet details · product & business
Best for: Product, design, marketing and business roles where restraint reads as confidence.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Technical Tech & data
Structured skills · clear impact
Best for: Engineering, data and security roles where structure matters more than flourish.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Graduate Students
Education-forward · early career
Best for: Students and first-job applicants, with education given room to breathe.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Creative Design & media
Editorial accent · portfolio roles
Best for: Design, media and advertising roles, including portfolio-led applications.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Editorial Designer pick
Magazine columns · serif display
Best for: Designers and writers. A serif display face with a magazine-style rule.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Studio Creative studio
Grid marks · asymmetric accent
Best for: Creative studios and agencies. Structured but with a distinctly designed edge.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Atelier Portfolio
Wide margins · oversized numeral
Best for: Portfolio-led applications where the work itself needs room around it.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Noir Bold contrast
Ink block header · high impact
Best for: High-contrast roles in fashion, architecture and brand. Bold, and best on one page.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Timeline Full CV
Dated timeline · every section included
Best for: Senior roles where dated history matters. Every section available in one page.
- Single column, ATS-readable
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Sidebar Full CV
Two columns · skills and wins beside experience
Best for: Full CVs where skills and achievements deserve a column of their own.
- Two columns — check your portal’s parsing first
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Wave Full CV
Soft shapes · two columns · friendly
Best for: Softer industries — education, healthcare, charity — where a hard sidebar reads wrong.
- Two columns — check your portal’s parsing first
- Real text, no images of text
- No fake “score” claims
Full-CV templates
Timeline, Sidebar and Wave are the complete ones. They add four sections the shorter templates leave out — key achievements, projects, courses and interests — which is what most people want after five or six years of work.
Timeline is single-column with a dated rail down the side of your experience, so it is safe to use anywhere. Sidebar and Wave use two columns, which is where you should be careful.
Two columns are not automatically a mistake. Modern parsers usually read the main column first and then the sidebar, which is how you read it too. The risk is older software that flattens columns in the wrong order and files your job history under “Skills”. If you are not sure how your target employer screens applications, send a single-column template instead.
Designer picks
Editorial, Studio, Atelier and Noir were designed for people whose CV is part of the pitch — designers, writers, architects, brand and studio roles. Each is still a single column with selectable text, so they survive the same parsing tests as everything else.
They differ from the original six in typography and colour, not in structure. Noir is the exception to watch: the dark background prints badly on some office printers. Use it for digital applications, and use Classic if a human might print it.
Add graphics without touching the layout
The studio has a Graphics tab with twelve drag-and-drop elements — rules, accent bars, colour blocks, skill bars, rating dots, progress rings, label pills and monograms. Drag one onto the page, position it, recolour it, resize it. Positions are stored as a percentage of the page, so your layout holds on mobile and in every export format.
One honest warning: keep graphics in the margins, the header and the footer band. Text sitting on top of a shape can be missed by CV parsers, and a graphic that looks sharp on screen can date badly once it is printed. If in doubt, one rule beats three shapes.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Classic and stop thinking about it, unless your field points somewhere specific. Design and marketing roles often suit Minimal, Creative or Editorial; engineering and data roles usually read better with Technical. If your portal is unknown, stay single-column. The layout is worth about five seconds of a recruiter’s attention — the words are worth the rest.
Can I use these for paid client work?
Yes. You may use an exported CV for any professional purpose, including CVs you write for clients. You may not resell, republish or rebrand the templates themselves as a product. The Terms of Use spell this out.