UI designers shape how a product looks and feels, from individual components to a full design system. This template helps you build a CV that surfaces your tools, your craft and the real impact you had on the product, all in the first 30 seconds a recruiter spends on your page.
Copy these as starting points and swap in your own numbers.
2024–2025 estimates. Wide ranges by experience and seniority.
No, but a working understanding of HTML/CSS and how browsers render layouts goes a long way. You'll communicate with engineers faster and design things that are actually buildable.
Include 2-3 personal projects where you've redesigned real interfaces, like a banking app, a marketplace, or a dashboard. Show the process, your hypotheses and the final decisions, not just polished visuals.
You can, but don't put it first. Recruiters look for Figma above everything else; Photoshop reads as a nice-to-have for graphics work.
Three to five strong case studies with full process beat twenty thin ones every time. Quality wins, especially at senior level.
Quantify it: number of components and tokens, how many teams use it, and how it changed delivery speed. That's the strongest signal a recruiter can pick up.