It is already known that the resume is a document that serves as support when a professional seeks employment, as it brings together their work experience and data of interest. For designers, the format, design, and presentation of the curriculum itself can be proof of their skills, creativity, and style.
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“The resume should be the reflection of who he is as a designer and will always want to show his strength in it. If you think you have a good color handling it will be colorful, you may prefer it to be minimalist or presented in the form of ‘origami’. In design, creativity has no borders and always has the power to surprise”, warns Patricia Rincón, graphic designer and manager of Almax Gráfica.
Designers can present their resumes in letters, interactive websites, folding, among others.
The designer’s curriculum “must be creative and not traditional, here you have to collect all the work done, not only of your approach, but also your parallel experience. If a graphic designer wants to show himself as a designer and illustrator, he exposes what he can in illustrations, but it is not enough to add editorial works, business portfolio design or web pages, “says Liliana Patricia Aguilar, graphic designer at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.
Each designer will give priority and direction to their specialty, whether inillustration, animation, editorial, advertising or digital design.
These variations must be respected when applying for a vacancy, as each one requires skills in digital tools.
Specify ‘skills’ and software learned andmore than necessary
The basics are to knowabout Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, “because they are useful to work for a whole career as a designer. The first allows the user to see their work in a critical and strategic way; the second is fundamental in terms of color, layout and infographics, “says Daniel Sierra, Design Director at MileniumGroup Latin America.
The work that highlights your style and professional experience
The portfolio is perhaps the aspect that most attracts the attention of designer recruiters. It can be physical or digital, but it must contain the pieces that the designer considers most important and that are proof of his work experience.
“Publishing the works in a social network can be a good tool but they are still publications. Doing this is limiting, since the quality and breadth of the pieces worked is not shown in their entirety, “says Sierra.
Instead, you can useBehanceor the designer website to spread the word about the portfolio.
Finally, Manolo Perdomo, advisor in communications, design and marketing, points out that it is essential to indicate the digital pieces “that were worked in a collaborative way, since many times the concept is of one person and the design is captured by another, which can lead to future surprises; You don’t have to think that every designer is an illustrator, that’s a frequent mistake in the selection process.”