Mistakes in Resumes for Creative Professionals

It is very easy for a creative professional to make mistakes on a design resume, writes Jennifer Klein in her article for Quint Careers, Creative Professionals: Does Your Resume Reflect Your Design Skills?. “The most common (and most detrimental) mistake I have seen made is that the design overwhelms the resume. Remember that while your resume should showcase your design abilities and not look like a traditional resume, it is extremely important that the content of your resume is still easy to read, well organized, well written and edited, and that the content is very clear in regards to your design abilities. Sometimes incorporating too many elements of design can become distracting, and sometimes the elements that you choose to incorporate might not look right. Just as you would ask for feedback from other design professionals on your design projects, I encourage you to ask for critiques on your resume from people in your creative field.”