About the Thistle template
Thistle is a two-column resume on a white page with a band of purple running down its left edge, its inner side cut into slow waves that swell and narrow down every page. A round photo opens the narrow column beside the wave, over the contact details behind small dark icons, the languages with their levels after a colon, the skills as names over thin rounded bars and the hobbies as a row of line icons. The wide column opens on the name in large bold capitals, the surname in lavender, with the job title in bold capitals beneath. Every heading, a section the writer adds included, is a lavender label in spaced bold capitals with no rule. A role reads its title in capitals and the employer after a bar, then the dates and city on a small grey line, then its bullets; a degree reads the award and the school joined by a dash over the years and the city. It suits a designer, an illustrator or anyone in a creative field who wants a page with some movement that still reads in a clear order.
Read the graphic designer resume shown hereIsabel Moreau’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A purple band down the left edge of every page, its inner side cut into slow waves
- A round photo over a narrow column of contact details, languages, skill bars and hobby icons
- The name in large bold capitals with the surname in lavender, over the job title in bold capitals
- Every heading a lavender label in spaced bold capitals with no rule, a section the writer adds included
- Roles read `ROLE | Employer` over a small grey line of dates and city, then bullets
- Style
- Creative · Modern
- Best for
- Design & Creative · Marketing & Sales
- Career stage
- Mid Level
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Thistle, so they are the closest alternatives if the proportions here are not right for your history.
- CamberA rose head band dipping over a bowed charcoal column, with engraved serif capitals on pale rose heading pills
- FennelA sage head band ending in a round cap around a ringed photo, over a dark olive column, with centred sage heading bands on both sides
- SuedeA page in four warm panels: a cream head with a two-line name and a caramel contact grid, beside a blush column holding a round photo and the profile
- PierA navy band held at its left end by a ringed round photo, a pale blue-grey column down the right, and navy tab headings run out from the page edge
- WrenA coral head band with a ringed round photo, a two-weight capital name over the profile, and teal small capital headings
- LucidA quiet one-column page with the initials stacked in a black disc, a light grey name and headings centred between two hairlines
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