creative-portfolio-resume

creative-portfolio-resume helps professionals in creative fields balance visual design with applicant-tracking-system (ATS) compatibility. It solves the "creative resume dilemma": designers, marketers, and writers want their resume to demonstrate craft, but heavily designed resumes often fail ATS parsing. The skill's core recommendation is a two-version approach — an ATS-compatible version for online applications and job boards, and a fully designed version for portfolios, networking, and direct submissions — along with clear guidance on when to use each.

The skill details safe creative touches that survive ATS parsing (strategic whitespace, clean typography hierarchy, ATS-safe fonts, sparing color in headers, portfolio hyperlinks) and what to avoid (multiple columns, text boxes, images, layout tables, skill bars). For the designed version it covers typography, color, and layout principles, plus field-specific guidance for graphic designers, UX/product designers, marketing/brand, writers/content, and photographers/video. It includes practical checklists for typography, layout, and color, portfolio-integration tips, a list of recommended design tools (InDesign, Figma, Illustrator, Sketch, Canva), tools to avoid, and an output-format template for a creative resume strategy.

The target users are creative professionals — designers, marketers, writers, photographers — who need a resume that shows their skills while still getting through automated screening. Typical use cases include producing paired ATS and designed resume versions, deciding which to submit where, and connecting a resume to an online portfolio. It is a single-file, text-only advisory skill.