
About the Fern template
Fern is a one-column resume on pale grey paper with a strip of dark green leaves running down the left edge of every page, a square photograph against the right margin, and the name and job title on two white blocks at the head. Every heading sits on a white block of its own over a thin dark rule the width of the page, and the sections read down the page in the document's order: a role as the employer in bold and the title in italics on one line with the dates over the city at the right margin, the certificates and the languages along a line with a dot between the items, and a section the writer adds as titled groups two abreast, each with its own dashed list. It suits a marketing assistant, a coordinator or anyone early in a career who wants a plain, well-spaced page with one strong image and no colour in the text.
Read the marketing assistant resume shown hereImogen Hartley’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A strip of leaves down the left edge of every page, drawn in lighter and darker tones of the accent over it, beside pale grey paper the reader can repaint
- The name in heavy type and the job title in italics on two white blocks at the head, the contact details wrapping beneath them behind small dark icons, and a square photograph against the right margin
- Every heading, a section the writer adds included, on a white block over a thin dark rule the width of the page
- A role as the employer in bold and the title in italics on one line divided by a comma, the dates over the city ranged against the right margin, and its description indented beneath
- Certificates and languages along one line each with a dot between the items, the language level as its code in brackets
- A section the writer adds drawn two abreast, each paragraph a group under its bold title with its own dashed list, which is how the design lays out its skills
- Style
- Modern · Creative · Simple
- Best for
- Marketing & Sales · Business · Admin & Office
- Career stage
- Entry Level · Mid Level
- Layout
- One Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Fern, 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
- CypressA one-column serif resume with a round photo, the name in bold teal and teal headings centred between thin rules
- 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
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