About the Creative template
Creative uses a 3:2 column split and marks sections with a short underline rather than a full rule, which leaves more white space on the page. It is built for portfolio-adjacent applications where layout itself is part of what is being judged.
Read the brand strategist resume shown hereLeila Cortez’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- Columns weighted 3:2, wider than a sidebar but narrower than an even split
- Short underline beneath each heading instead of a full-width rule
- Photo included, and the accent colour is used across headings rather than backgrounds
- Style
- Creative · Modern
- Best for
- Design & Creative · Marketing & Sales · Tech & Engineering
- Career stage
- Entry Level · Mid Level
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Creative, so they are the closest alternatives if the proportions here are not right for your history.
- HingeA one-column resume hung on a thin yellow rail, with bold capital labels in a left margin and a yellow disc wherever a section rule crosses the rail
- StrataA one-column resume in full-width grey and white bands, each section headed by a blue icon square over its label in a left margin
- FizzPink, pale blue and sand discs crowding the top right corner, and every heading a pale blue pill led by a pink icon square
- CloverThe name in two olive blocks and every heading opened by an olive square with a white plus, over two even columns
- CanaryA thin yellow band over a white page, a name underlined line by line, and a square photo laid over a drawn frame
- HornetA full-width yellow band with a slanted foot over a near-black page, a square photo and heavy black capitals for the name
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