UX/UI designer CV: how to highlight projects and internships

Your CV should explain your contribution before a recruiter opens the portfolio. Show tasks and context rather than an unexplained software list or proficiency score.

1. Separate different settings

Use sections for internships and experience, then academic or personal projects. Give dates, topic, relevant team size and your role. Observing a usability session and leading one are different experiences.

2. Use concrete wording

3. Connect skills to deliverables

For Figma, name functions you actually used: components, variants, auto layout or prototyping. For research, explain whether you prepared questions, took notes or produced a synthesis. Link directly to the relevant case study.

4. Describe a verifiable result

Fictional example: “Two-person academic project: workshop-search prototype. Contribution: journey, wireframes and an exploratory test with three volunteers. Revised two labels after observation; prototype not built.”

This describes work without inventing business impact. Without reliable metrics, discuss a completed deliverable, justified decision or resolved difficulty.

5. Check readability and access

Use clear headings, selectable text, useful contact details and accessible portfolio links. Do not turn essential information into an image. State actual language abilities and availability in Cameroon.

Adapt the project selection to each role. Interface-focused work and graphic-design duties call for different evidence.

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Find opportunities on Kamerjob and tailor your portfolio to the actual duties in each vacancy.

The Kamerjob team