UX Designer resume example
A UX designer resume should pair with your portfolio, not repeat it. Summarise each project as problem, your role, research and the measurable change for users or the business.
This is a fictional, illustrative example -- not a real person or a promised result. Replace every detail with your own.
Full example resume
Sample content, for illustration -- not a real person.
UX designer with 5 years of experience designing fintech web and mobile apps. Led research and design for a new sign-up flow that raised completion from 48% to 71%.
- •Redesigned the mobile sign-up flow after 18 user interviews, raising completion from 48% to 71%.
- •Ran 30 moderated usability tests a year, informing roadmap decisions for 3 product teams.
- •Built the Figma design system (120 components) used by 12 designers and developers.
- •Simplified the transfers screen, cutting related support tickets by 35%.
- •Designed wireframes and prototypes for 10 client projects in retail and travel.
- •Ran card sorting with 40 participants to restructure a 300-page site navigation.
- •Audited 2 client apps for accessibility, fixing contrast and focus issues across 60 screens.
Summary: weak vs. improved
User-centred designer who creates intuitive and delightful experiences.
UX designer for fintech apps. Led research and design for a sign-up flow that raised completion from 48% to 71%.
Every UX resume says "user-centred". A domain and a measured outcome show what your process actually achieved.
Skills to include
- ✓User research and usability testing
- ✓Wireframing and prototyping (Figma)
- ✓Information architecture
- ✓Interaction and visual design
- ✓Design systems
- ✓Accessibility
Only list skills you actually have -- the AI review in the editor will flag a skill that doesn't appear anywhere else in your resume.
Bullet examples: weak vs. improved
Redesigned the sign-up experience.
Redesigned the mobile sign-up flow after 18 user interviews, raising completion from 48% to 71%.
Research input plus a conversion result tells the whole case study in one line.
Conducted user research.
Ran 30 moderated usability tests a year, informing roadmap decisions for 3 product teams.
Volume and influence on decisions show research that mattered.
Worked on the design system.
Built the Figma design system (120 components) used by 12 designers and developers.
Size and adoption show systems thinking beyond single screens.
How this changes by experience level
Lead with 2–3 portfolio case studies, even from courses, showing research and iteration.
Redesigned a local library’s booking flow in a course project, testing with 8 users and cutting task time by half.
Show shipped work with metrics and research practice, like the full example above.
See the full example above.
Show strategy, cross-team influence and mentoring.
Set the design vision for a new product line and led 4 designers from discovery to launch.
Section order
- Contact and portfolio link (at the top)
- Short summary
- Skills and tools
- Experience
- Selected case studies
- Education
Common mistakes to avoid
- !No portfolio link, or a link buried at the bottom
- !Describing screens instead of the problem and outcome
- !Heavy visual styling that breaks applicant tracking systems
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