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Your skill with a tablet is beyond compare, and you’d give Maurice Sendak a run for their money. Now prove it with a clean illustrator resume that beautifies your job search.
Thousands of illustrators are looking for work right now. That means your illustrator resume has to dazzle like H. R. Geiger.
But—
You can’t do it with a colorfully-designed resume. So how will you show your illustrator skills could rival Kara Walker’s or Arthur Jafa’s?
Let me sketch the answer.
It’s all about your illustrator achievements. What have you done right? Have you worked with big-name clients? Won a World Illustration Award? Created original art for six children’s books or four medical manuals? List the right artwork accomplishments in the right order and you’ll be in the black soon.
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Meg Gregg
megzgregg@gmail.com
916-524-6833
linkedin.com/in/megzgregg
megzgregg.com
Accomplished illustrator with 4+ years of experience creating intuitive designs for medical manuals. Seeking to delight clients at the Glaring Beagle Agency. At 17 Pork Chops Inc., created 1,000+ medical manual illustrations and received the internal Creative Juices Award 2 years in a row.
Illustrator
17 Pork Chops, Inc., Sacramento, CA
May 2017 – June 2020
Graphic Designer
D.P. Rice Agency, Sacramento, CA
June 2016 – March 2017
Sacramento City College
Bachelor of Science in Illustration and Design
Graduated: June 2015
Here’s how to write your own job-winning illustrator resume:
You already know how to make things stand out visually. To stand out in your job search, pay attention to resume layouts. Your outline matters, but so do your margins, fonts, line-spacing, and all the other fine details. A clean resume format is a clue to the hiring manager that you’re no scribbler.
For a Klimt-level resume:
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Why do you need a resume profile? Because you want to get hired. See, hiring pros won’t carefully read every word you write. They’ll glance around like an adolescent at a Banksy show. To slow their roll, write an introduction for your resume that gets them interested in your skills.
It’s a one-paragraph elevator pitch for a job that summarizes your best lines.
If you’re making a resume for your first job, make it an objective for a resume. Those focus on what you want to help your next employer do.
Did you get your start before lithography? If so, write a summary for your resume. Add the years you’ve been an illustrator and the best parts of your resume.
Read more: How to Make a Resume Stand Out
This is going to help you get so many more job offers. Don’t write a vanilla illustrator resume with bland accomplishments. Knowing how to tailor your resume sounds daunting, but it’s easy, fun, and soooo worth it.
To customize the work experience description on your resume:
Job gap? See our guide: Is It OK Not to Include Dates on Your Resume? Date Format
Can you list education on a resume the way it will get you hired? Yes, but only if you do it the right way. You could just list your school, degree, and graduation date. Or you could go the extra millimeter and add proof of your art and soft skills. Guess which method gets more jobs?
Follow these resume tips:
Read more: How to List a Minor and Major on a Resume
I know you’re itching to show your skill set on your resume, but pump the brakes. Too many job seekers fudge this one. You can’t just add a fat list of illustrator skills and expect to get hired. For a recruiter- and ATS-friendly resume you need the key skills from the job ad as resume keywords. Then go back and prove them in your work history.
Here's how to add illustrator skills to a resume:
Pro Tip: There are less than 50,000 illustrator jobs in the U.S. and they’re not making any new ones. Spend the time to target your resume even if it feels slow.
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Even if you’ve got the right illustrator skills and you’ve proven them, you’re not guaranteed a job. Show the employer who you really are with added sections in your resume.
Here’s how to make your resume magnetic:
Read more: What Are the Important Sections in a Resume?
Is a cover letter important for illustrator resumes? Always. Resume cover pages can show things that aren’t on your resume. More importantly, they prove you’re not just using LinkedIn’s auto-apply feature to spray resumes at job openings you don’t fit.
But—
Make your cover letter structure count:
How long must a cover letter be? Stick to a 3 paragraph minimum and a max of 5 paragraphs. A single page is best.
Read more: Short Cover Letter Examples
Plus, a great cover letter that matches your resume will give you an advantage over other candidates. You can write it in our cover letter builder here. Here's what it may look like:
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That’s it!
That’s everything you need to write a crisply-drawn illustrator resume!
Thanks for reading! Do you have nagging questions on how to write an illustrator resume that holds the eye? Give us a shout in the comments section!
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