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Illustrator resume template

Your portfolio sells the style; this resume proves you deliver — commissions completed, books published, deadlines met. A clean single column that art directors and ATS parsers both read easily.

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Built for

  • ✓Editorial, publishing, and commercial illustrators
  • ✓Freelancers who need a client-ready credentials page
  • ✓Artists applying to in-house studio and brand roles

What you get

  • ✓Live on-page editing — click any text and type, paginated like the final PDF
  • ✓Selectable-text PDF export with clickable email and portfolio links
  • ✓AI import: upload your old resume PDF and land in this template, editable
  • ✓Scored 95/100 — interview-ready against the 30 published rules, measured by exporting this exact template. Certified: we only badge templates at 90 or above, a stricter bar than the 85 our checker calls interview-ready, so the design leaves headroom for your own content.
Tessa Byrd
Illustrator
tessa.byrd@example.com·(555) 752-9083·Portland, OR·tessabyrd.art
Summary

Illustrator with seven years across editorial, children's publishing, and packaging work for magazines, presses, and consumer brands. Has delivered 300+ finished pieces, including three complete picture books and a craft-soda can series now stocked in 800 stores across the Northwest.

Experience
Freelance Illustrator — Tessa Byrd Illustration
2023 – Present
  • Deliver 60-80 commissioned editorial and packaging pieces a year for magazines, agencies, and consumer brands, all on deadline
  • Illustrated a craft-soda can series now stocked in 800 stores across the Northwest, spanning six seasonal flavors
  • Turn around spot illustrations in five working days; 90% of clients have commissioned repeat work within a year
Illustrator — Cedarlight Press
2021 – 2023
  • Illustrated three 32-page picture books from thumbnails to final art, each on a nine-month schedule with two revision passes
  • Produced 200+ interior spots and chapter headers across a 12-title middle-grade list in two years
  • Presented roughs at weekly art meetings and turned editorial notes around within 48 hours throughout production
Junior Illustrator — Inkwell & Pine Studio
2019 – 2021
  • Drew supporting assets and flat color for 15 client campaigns under the direction of two art directors
  • Prepared print-ready files at 300 DPI with zero rejected proofs across 40 print runs and four printers
Education
B.F.A. Art — University of Oregon2019
Skills
Editorial illustration|Character design|Picture books|Packaging art|Visual development
Procreate|Photoshop|Print preparation|Color separation|File delivery specs

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Can I switch templates without retyping anything?

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Do illustrators even need a resume?

For in-house roles and larger clients, yes — it answers the reliability question a portfolio can't: volumes, deadlines, print production, repeat clients.

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