UX Designer Resume Example

Also called Product Designer, UI/UX Designer, Interaction Designer.

Design managers look at your portfolio first and your resume second, but the resume decides whether they open the portfolio. Show the products you designed, how you found out what users needed and what changed after launch.

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What this example does well

  • The portfolio link sits in the header, where design managers expect it.
  • The main project shows the whole process in three lines: research, design and a measured result.
  • Accessibility is backed by a standard, which many teams now require.

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Mia Chen

Product Designer

Summary

Product designer with six years of experience in mobile and web apps for health and finance. Redesigned the onboarding of a budgeting app used by 900,000 people, raising completion from 48% to 71%. Works from research to shipped interface and maintains the design system.

Experience

Senior Product Designer, Pennywise Money

Jan 2022 – Present · San Francisco, California

  • Redesigned onboarding for a budgeting app with 900,000 users, raising completion from 48% to 71%.
  • Ran 40 user interviews and five usability studies to find where people gave up.
  • Built and maintain a design system of 80 components in Figma used by three product teams.
  • Work with product managers and engineers from discovery to launch, reviewing every release.

UX Designer, Carewell Health

Aug 2019 – Dec 2021 · Oakland, California

  • Designed a patient appointment booking flow that cut phone bookings by 30%.
  • Made the patient portal meet WCAG 2.1 AA with the engineering team.
  • Created wireframes, prototypes and specifications for web and mobile.

Education

BA Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego

2015 – 2019 · San Diego, California

An example: Mia Chen is not a real person, and the details show the kind of thing to write rather than a real career. Shown in the Duo template. Words that postings for this job often use are marked in yellow.

How do you write a summary for a UX designer resume?

Two to four lines at the top that say what you do, for how long, and what you are best at. Here is one for each stage of a career.

  • Entry level

    UX designer with a portfolio of three case studies, including a redesign of a local food bank's volunteer sign-up that doubled completed sign-ups. Completed a UX certificate, skilled in Figma and user interviews, and curious about why people do what they do.

  • Experienced

    Product designer with four years of experience designing web and mobile apps. Runs research, designs flows and interfaces, tests with users and works closely with engineers to ship.

  • Senior

    Design lead with eleven years of experience. Leads a team of six designers, set up the research practice for a 200-person product organization and has shaped products used by millions.

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What are good bullet points for a UX designer resume?

Each starts with a verb and says what was done. Change the details and numbers to your own; a number you cannot explain in an interview is worse than none.

  1. Designed end-to-end flows for web and mobile apps from research to launch.

  2. Raised onboarding completion by 23 points after a redesign based on user interviews.

  3. Ran usability tests and turned findings into prioritized changes.

  4. Built and maintained a design system in Figma.

  5. Created wireframes, prototypes and detailed specifications.

  6. Worked with engineers to make interfaces accessible to WCAG AA.

  7. Defined success metrics with product managers before designing.

  8. Presented design decisions to stakeholders with evidence.

  9. Mapped user journeys and information architecture for a new product.

  10. Mentored junior designers and ran design critiques.

Which skills should a UX designer put on a resume?

Pick the ones the job posting asks for and that you can back up with an example from your work.

Hard skills

  • User research and interviews
  • Interaction design
  • Wireframing and prototyping
  • Visual and interface design
  • Design systems
  • Usability testing
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Design tools (Figma, FigJam)
  • Information architecture

Soft skills

  • Empathy
  • Storytelling
  • Collaboration with engineers
  • Taking feedback
  • Curiosity

Licenses and certifications

  • Google UX Design Certificate
  • Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification

Which keywords belong on a UX designer resume?

The words recruiters and applicant tracking systems search for.

  • onboarding
  • user interviews
  • usability
  • design system
  • Figma
  • prototypes
  • WCAG
  • product
  • mobile

Use the ones that are true for you, written the way the posting writes them, and put each where it shows something you did. A list of keywords with nothing behind it helps nobody. To keep them readable by software, choose an ATS-friendly template, and read how applicant tracking systems read a resume.

How do you write a UX resume that gets the portfolio opened?

Summarize each main project as a problem, what you did and the result. "Onboarding completion rose from 48% to 71% after a redesign based on 40 interviews" makes a hiring manager want to see the case study.

Put the portfolio link in the header and make sure it works on a phone without a password.

Should a designer's resume be highly designed?

It should be well designed: clear hierarchy, good type and spacing. It does not need graphics, charts or skill bars, which can confuse software that reads applications.

Your taste shows in restraint. The example here uses the two-column Duo template with real text throughout.

What do design employers look for in a resume?

  • Your portfolio does the convincing, so put its address in the header and make sure it opens without a password.
  • Describe the problem and the result, not only the deliverable. A redesign that lifted sign-ups says more than "designed landing pages".
  • Let the resume show your taste through spacing and type, and keep it readable by software: real text, one clear reading order.

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Questions about a UX designer resume

Do I need a portfolio for UX jobs?

Yes. Two or three strong case studies with your process and results matter more than many shallow ones.

Should I list tools?

Yes, briefly. Figma is expected; mention research and testing tools too.

How do I move into UX from another field?

Show projects where you studied users and improved something, and relate your past work to design skills.

How long should a UX resume be?

One page.

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