Fresher resume example

Graphic Designer resume example

Design recruiters open the portfolio before they finish the resume, so the resume job is to frame that work clearly: what each piece was for, who it served and what constraints you worked within. Small real commissions, club design work and self set briefs all count for a fresher. Keep tool claims honest and let the linked portfolio prove the level.

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Sample Graphic Designer resume

Arjun Patel

Fresher Graphic Designer

Sample resume. The name, projects and workplaces are illustrations to adapt in your own words.

Professional summary

Self taught graphic designer with a degree in visual communication and a portfolio of posters, social media sets and two small brand identity projects. Designed weekly creatives for college clubs and handled a few paid commissions for local shops through referrals. Strongest in clean layouts, readable typography and preparing files correctly for print and screen. Looking for a first design role where I can learn from senior designers and client feedback.

Experience

  • Designed a logo, menu card and price list for a local juice shop on commission, delivering print ready files and a simple colour and font guide the owner still uses
  • Created festival offer posters and WhatsApp creatives for a neighbourhood clothing store across one season, working from the owner brief and two rounds of corrections
  • Served as design lead for the college cultural fest, producing the main poster, event backdrops and a set of 20 plus social media creatives with a consistent visual style
  • Designed certificates, ID cards and stage screens for three department events, checking spelling and names against organiser lists before printing

Projects

  • Rebranded a fictional coffee brand as a portfolio project, including logo options, packaging mockups and a short rationale for each design choice
  • Built a personal portfolio site with 15 selected works, each shown with the brief, my process sketches and the final output
  • Completed a 30 day poster challenge, designing one poster a day on film, books and public awareness themes to practise layout speed

Coursework and Learning

  • Studied colour theory, typography and visual communication in degree coursework, with graded studio projects each semester
  • Completed online courses in Photoshop and Illustrator fundamentals and practised vector tracing and photo retouching weekly

Key skills

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Figma basics
  • Canva
  • Typography
  • Layout and composition
  • Colour theory
  • Logo design
  • Social media creatives
  • Print file preparation
  • Photo editing
  • Portfolio presentation

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