Junior graphic designer CV: how to highlight projects and tools
A junior graphic designer’s CV should communicate your background as clearly as a good visual design. Employers need to find your target role, skills, experience and portfolio link quickly. Layout should support reading.
1. Give the application a clear direction
Choose a title matching the role, such as “Junior graphic designer”. Add a short profile with your actual qualification, the deliverables you can create and your objective. Avoid claiming expertise across every creative profession.
Adaptable example: “Junior graphic designer trained in posters and social media visuals. Portfolio includes explained academic and personal projects. Seeking a role involving production follow-up and team feedback.”
2. Describe projects in concrete terms
| Vague wording | More specific wording, when true |
|---|---|
| Created designs | Designed a poster and two digital adaptations from an academic brief. |
| Brand management | Prepared a palette and typography rules for a fictional identity. |
| Agency work | Internship: adapted visuals under the art director’s approval. |
Give the context, dates and your contribution. Label personal projects correctly. Do not claim the concept of a team project if you only produced its adaptations.
3. Describe tools through tasks
For Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva or another tool, state what you actually do: basic retouching, vector drawing, layout, adaptations or file organisation. Avoid undefined proficiency percentages.
Fictional example: “Personal project: prepared three consistent visuals using a grid, adjusted text and checked exports.” This supports a concrete discussion. If you have only recently started a tool, describe it as learning in progress.
4. Show reliability
Following the brief, checking spelling, organising versions and applying feedback also matter. Explain how you name files and distinguish proposals from approved work. Do not promise a production speed you have never tested.
Include results only when figures are verifiable and shareable. Designing a visual does not make you responsible for all campaign sales.
5. Connect the CV to your portfolio
Add a readable, clickable link and test it outside your account. Keep essential information as text: name, title, dates, skills and contact details. If you include a QR code, also provide an accessible portfolio address.
Before applying to a Kamerjob vacancy, review the CV on a phone and check the exported PDF. Select projects matching the required deliverables without adding skills you cannot demonstrate.
Stock photographs; the people shown are not the authors of the example projects. The Oluseyi / Pexels ; Twinkles_Photos / Pexels.
The Kamerjob team
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