Are you eyeing a new position a creative field? If so, do you have a cool resume format? And will it represent you creatively—allowing you to stand out distinctively in a crowded pool of applicants?
If you’ve recently seen a compelling job ad, or you worked your contacts to find an irresistible open position, now is the moment to act. You can’t let a career opportunity pass you by! Now’s a great time to level-up your resume, and make sure it represents your experience and skill set effectively.
A good place to begin is with any of the creative resume templates on Envato Elements. When building your resume or CV, creative templates are your best friends!
Jump to content in this section:
- 20 Sample Creative Resume Ideas (New From Envato Elements - For 2024)
- 5 Creative Trends for Professional Eye-Catching Resume Templates in 2024
- How to Make a Creative (Dynamic) Resume With Templates From Envato Elements
- Five Ways to Make Your Creative Resume Stand Out
- 5 Benefits of Using Professional Templates
20 Sample Creative Resume Ideas (New From Envato Elements - For 2024)
Here are some creative CV templates for 2024 (with creative and professional designs to represent your personal brand) we've found for you to explore:
1. Creative Resume Template InDesign
This is a resume template for creatives. It comes in handy when you need to showcase your portfolio or creative projects while not being restricted by the number of pages. Creative Resume Template InDesign consists of:
- 10 fully editable and customizable pages
- A4 and US Letter sizes
- flexibility to be turned in to a resume or portfolio booklet
- free fonts
In my opinion, no free creative resume template can compare.
2. Infographics – Creative Professional Resume
Summarize your entire professional career with a unique timeline infographic, plot your international work experience on a map, highlight your skills visually, and easily show your level of competence for each of them. This resume template for creatives makes it easy thanks to its features:
- Photoshop, InDesign, and Word files
- single-page resume + matching cover letter
- A4 and US Letter paper sizes
- help file included
3. Illustration - Sample Creative Resume Template
This single page creative resume design is one of those unique resume templates that just screams fun! It's perfect if you're looking for something to help you stand out from the crowd. This creative resume design has the following:
- 300 dpi resolution
- CMYK color mode
- well-organized layers
- full customization options
4. Creative Resume Example
For an eye-catching resume template, look no further than this creative resume example. Make sure you stand out from the crowd and get a step closer to landing your dream job. Download this to get:
- INDD and IDML files
- print-ready design
- easily customizable elements
- free fonts
5. Creative Professional Resume
Creative Professional Resume template is a clean, simple, modern, and impressive creative CV template. Though it was created for someone in the creative profession, it's also suitable for anyone in the job market. Features include:
- 6-page design
- 8.5x11 dimensions
- print and web media ready
- well-organized layers
6. Fun Infographics – Creative Resume Design
This professional creative resume design helps present your info as simple, fun, and vibrant infographics. Making it easier to comprehend and remember. This creative business resume template comes with the following:
- AI, EPS, JPG, and PDF files
- 140 icon sets
- fully customizable elements
- free icons
7. Creative Cool Resume Format
Imagine you have a bunch of resumes on your desk. Wouldn't you stop to give this one a second look? It's flashy, fun, and creative, showing off everything you have to offer. Plus, in my opinion, the highlights from this cool resume format make the template worth it:
- PSD, AI, and EPS files
- A4 paper size
- smart objects used
- help file included
Play around with it a bit and see why it's far superior to free creative resume templates.
8. Creative Unique Resume
This unique resume template will get all eyes on your experience, hard and soft skills, education, and contact information. You can make this template your own and ensure you portray yourself accurately. As far as features go:
- AI, EPS, PDF, PSD, INDD, IDML, DOC and DOCX files
- A4 format paper size
- CMYK color mode
- fully editable text and colors
9. Creative Resume Template
Creative doesn't mean loud. You can still show off your originality in a minimalist way. And this Curriculum Vitae creative template does this well. Included in this sample creative resume are:
- AI, EPS, and DOCX files
- resume + cover letter templates
- 210x297 mm A4 paper size
- well-organized layers
10. Bold Eye-Catching Resume Template
The contrasting colors and striking shapes make this a bold and eye-catching resume template. It's got enough space to ensure you'll also direct attention to your skills and experience. Check out its features and see why it's not like any free creative resume template out there:
- AI, EPS, PSD files
- A4 paper size resolution
- CMYK color mode @ 300 dpi resolution
- help file included
11. Infographic Curriculum Vitae Creative Template Volume 1
Wow the hiring team with a resume that communicates with infographics, charts, and maps. This unique resume template shows creativity without being over the top. The Curriculum Vitae creative template package includes:
- Photoshop, InDesign, and Word files
- single-page creative CV template
- A4 and US Letter paper size formats
- free fonts used
12. Job Creative CV Template
With a classic modern design and ample visual options, this creative CV template pack has a full assortment of files with which to build a creative resume. It comes with:
- 4-page templates
- 12 vintage logo styles
- 24 retro images with effects
- customizable resume pages, business cards, icons, and more
Try as you might, you won't find a free creative resume template like this one.
13. Resume Creative Example
If you’re a web professional, whether a marketer, coder, or designer, this is a great way to stand out in modern style. This minimal resume creative example set has a number of creative features. It includes:
- Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign templates
- A4 and US Letter print-ready files
- resume, cover letter, Facebook, icons, and business cards templates
- PDF instructions
14. Info Portfolio and Sample Creative Resume
Make a statement and visual impression with this infographic sample creative resume. This modern template is designed to highlight your experience, showcase your work, and demonstrate your creative talent. Here are a few of its highlights:
- incredible color options
- clean infographic
- over 50 icons
- light and dark versions
15. Maya Branded Cool Resume Format
Put your brand front and center with this cool resume format that includes a cover letter and a business card. Add your monogram and ensure the recruiters spot you instantly. Thanks to this template's features, you can make that happen:
- INDD, IDML, and DOCX files
- A4 and US Letter paper size format
- CMYK color mode @ 300 dpi
- help file included
16. Photography Eye-Catching Resume Template and Portfolio
Are you a creative in the photography and visual arts business? This eye-catching resume template lets you showcase your best work. Its design and features make it an excellent option:
- 24 multipurpose pages
- clean and simple layout
- easily editable images, text, shapes, colors, and backgrounds
- free fonts
17. Royal Curriculum Vitae Creative Template Design
This Curriculum Vitae creative template bundle is an elegant solution to your needs. Its subdued and classic design will put focus on your information to ensure the recruiters get to see what you're about. Take a look at the item specification:
- DOCX and PDF files
- 5 resume creative examples
- A4 paper size format
- well-organized layers
It's more elegant than any free creative resume template you can find online.
18. CV Sample Creative Resume Template Design
Let your personality take the wheel with this whimsical sample creative resume. It has unique designs and text placeholders so you can make yourself known. It's the ultimate creative professional resume for designers, photographers, and more. Learn more about its features:
- A4 paper size format
- high-resolution
- print-ready template
- 100% editable design
19. CV Design and Creative Professional Resume Template
This is a beautiful, versatile, and powerful creative professional resume. Not only is its design captivating, but it also comes with features that'll help you get your foot in the door for your dream job:
- A4 paper size format
- print-ready design
- fully customizable and editable
- help file included
Give this one a try before going for a free creative resume template.
20. Mono Curriculum Vitae Creative Template
Last but not least, let's examine this excellent option from Envato Elements. This is a clean, modern Curriculum Vitae creative template with a straightforward design. It features:
- minimal infographics
- black and white monochrome design
- great use of whitespace
- portfolio page, business cards, and icons
5 Creative Trends for Professional Eye-Catching Resume Templates in 2024
As a job seeker, you want your resume to take advantage of the latest resume trends. Here are a few to be aware of:
1. Pick Understated Fonts
While you're aiming for a creative resume, it's possible to get overly creative with your fonts. Avoid this by sticking to two different types of fonts at the most. Consider combining one serif font with a sans serif font.
Or, use a high-impact font for titles and headers and a regular font for the rest of the text. Whichever fonts you select, make sure they look good together. Most of all, choose fonts that are readable.
2. Highlight Your Name
When you're applying for a job, you're selling a brand: you. Today's employers realize this. A current trend is to use design strategies, such as a larger font size, colors, or another design element, to draw attention to your name. It may seem like a small matter, but this simple design choice can help embed your name in the hiring manager's mind.
3. Make It Scannable for Both Humans and Machines
Clean resume layouts with plenty of white spaces continue to be on-trend. This type of creative resume format makes it easy for hiring managers to scan.
Another consideration to make when designing your creative resume is to ensure that it's scannable by Applicant Tracking Systems (more on ATS below). One-column resume designs usually perform best in an ATS.
4. Include Technology Skills
Including your technology skills will let your future employer know that you've got the skills they're looking for. These skills can be as simple as an understanding of Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and more. Some jobs even require technology skills, so make sure that those skills required by the job listing are on your resume. Many resume templates have a skills section.
5. Include Relevant Links
If you've got a personal website or blog, consider listing it and linking to it on your resume. This is especially true of the website or blog is relevant to the job you're applying for.
Along with listing any personal website, you'd want to have a link to any social media that you want the company to see. Including these links lets the company see who you are and whether you're a good fit for the job.
How to Make a Creative (Dynamic) Resume With Templates From Envato Elements
Below, we'll show you how to edit a resume template so that you can customize it. I'll be using Microsoft Word and a professional creative CV Resume template from Envato Elements.
Here's what this resume template looks like with no edits made:
1. How to Change the Size of an Object
You may want to change the size of the bar in the skills section to show that you've got more (or less) skills than what's currently in the template. To do that, click on the pink bar on the left side. You'll know it's selected when you've got handles surrounding the bar.
Drag the handle of the side that you want to make bigger. By dragging the handles, you can make an object bigger or smaller.
2. How to Change the Font
You may not like the font that comes with the resume. You can easily change the font. To change the font, click on the text that you want to change. You'll know it's selected when the handles appear. Highlight the text that you want to change the font of.
Once the text is highlighted, go to the Menu bar. You'll see the Font menu. Click the arrow. This opens a menu of all the fonts that you can choose from. Select the font that you want to use.
3. How to Delete an Object
You may want to delete an object on your resume. For this tutorial, I'll delete the Instagram infographic. First, click on the object that you want to delete. You'll know that you've clicked on the right object when handles appear around the object that you want to delete.
Once you see the handles surrounding the object, press Delete on your keyboard. Now, you've successfully deleted the unwanted object.
4. Change the Text Color
To change the color of the text, click on the word of the text that you want to change the color of. This selects the text. You'll know you've selected the right text when handles appear surrounding it.
Next highlight the text that you want to change the color of. Then click on the arrow on the Font Color button. Clicking on the arrow causes a menu to drop down. Now choose the color that you want your text in.
5. How to Add an Image
Here's the second page of the resume without any edits:
You may be in the creative industry and want to show off some of your best work. To add an image to the resume template. Go to the Insert Tab on your toolbar. Next, click on the arrow next to the Insert Picture button.
Once you click on the arrow, a menu drops down. Select the appropriate option depending on where your image is located. Once you click that, select the image you want to add to the resume template. The image then appears on your resume. Now, you can adjust the image to how you want it.
Five Ways to Make Your Creative Resume Stand Out
You want your creative resume to stand out. Here are some methods you can use:
1. Don't Be Generic
If you're sending exactly the same resume to different job applications, then your applications are too generic. Instead, tailor the resume to each specific job and company you apply for.
2. Make the Most of the Summary Section
The Summary Section of your resume is a prime spot. Don't waste it! Forget about using vague words in the summary. If it can be used to describe someone else, then it's not specific enough. Use this space to highlight the key achievements and highlights of your career.
3. Use Appropriate Keywords
Study the job description carefully and highlight keywords that appear to be important to the employer. Include them as many times as possible in your resume. As mentioned above, many companies today use ATS or Applicant Tracking Systems that scan resumes for desired keywords. If the software doesn't find them on your resume, the hiring manager may not even see it at all.
4. Show Results, Not Responsibilities
In the job experience section, don't just talk about the responsibilities or tasks you've had. Mention the measurable results you've gotten for previous employers. If you can back up your accomplishments with data, your resume becomes even more powerful.
5. Keep It Short
Even if you've been working for decades, you can distill your experience and experience in two pages, at the most. Remove details that are irrelevant. Move some items to your cover letter. And save some specifics for the job interview.
5 Benefits of Using Professional Templates
Still wondering whether you should be using a professional template? If you're a creative professional, don't overlook the benefits of using a professional template.
Here are just five benefits of using a professional template that I've found:
1. Save Time
Using a professional template saves you time. If you create a resume from scratch, it can take hours to make a decent-looking resume. When you've got template you've all the sections laid out for you already. All you need to do is add your information to the template and make customizations.
2. Professional Resume
When you use a professional template, you're ensuring that your resume looks professional. A nice and professional looking resume makes your resume stand out. When your resume stands out, you're more likely to get that job you're looking for—or at least to get an interview.
3. You Don't Have to Be Creative
When using a professional resume, you don't have to be creative. All the resume templates already have a nice creative layout and fonts. All you need to do is put your information into the resume. If you don't want to, you don't even need to customize the resume by changing the colors.
4. Easily Customizable
Most of the professional resume templates are easily customizable. You can change the font of the resume to make the font more of a readable font. Many resume templates have many different color schemes to choose from. Choosing a color scheme further customizes your resume.
5. Sections Are Already There
With a professional resume template, the sections are already there. This can be helpful because you don't have to think of which sections you need and create them. Having the sections there already can help you not to forget an important section of your resume.
Discover More Professional CV/Resume Templates for 2024
The professional creative CV/resume templates we highlighted in this post are only a small sample of what you can find on Envato Elements. If you're looking for even more creative resume ideas, we've got more. The articles below feature even more unique resume templates to help you make awesome, creative professional resumes:
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Learn How to Make Creative Professional Resumes
As you can see, it isn't hard to have creative and cool resume formats, if you're using unique premium templates like the ones we featured above. Just keep a few best practices and current trends in mind. You'll be in a good position to take your creative resume ideas and bring them to life without starting from scratch.
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The Best Creative Resume Templates on Envato Elements (With Unlimited Use)
Discover tons of professional creative resume templates on Envato Elements, with a great offer: download as many as you want for one low price.
Each of these top creative resume ideas from Envato Elements has tons of professional and creative design options. While stacked with pro design features, they're also quick and easy to work with.
Browse through the awesome resumes for creatives to find one that resonates with your personal brand and goals. They're set up to work with popular software like Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, or Word. They’re also print-ready and designed for quick customization.
Showcase your innovative portfolio alongside your work skills. Just add your text, images, and preferred colors to these already visually impactful CV creative resume templates. Work smart and fast by leveraging off visual features like subtle infographics, organized layouts, and multiple page options. Print your resume and you're all ready to impress. It's that easy!
Plus, Envato Elements has now introduced an AI-powered search feature! This new tool allows you to input a description of your project to effortlessly locate the finest human-crafted resources.
Start experimenting with this enhanced search tool! Discover the ideal creative resume templates to get you the job you want.
Grab a Creative Resume Template!
If you've got an important job you’re considering applying to, then you should take some time to craft a visually engaging resume and position yourself to stand out as a suitable candidate for the role.
There are plenty of ways to create a professional and modern CV for creative jobs with these easy-to-use templates. Browse our wide selection of creative business resume templates for 2024 from Envato Elements and grab the best creative resume that's right for you. Start marketing your personal brand with a creative professional touch to land that new job in style and level up your career.
Editorial Note: This article was first published in September of 2019. This article has been updated for accuracy and relevancy with contributions from Dacia Egurrola. Dacia is a staff writer with Envato Tuts+.
