Creative CV guide

CV optimisation for UX Designers

Build a stronger UX Designer CV by making your evidence of evidence-led improvements to user experience easy for recruiters and applicant tracking systems to find.

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What a strong UX Designer CV needs to prove

Show outcomes, not a task list

Connect your actions to a measurable result: time, quality, revenue, cost, safety, service or risk. Add scale so the reader can judge the significance.

Make your evidence easy to verify

Keep employers, titles and dates accurate. Use direct language and include only skills you can support with genuine experience.

ATS keywords for a UX Designer CV

Use relevant terms naturally where they describe your real work. Mirror the job advert's wording, but do not add a skill you cannot evidence.

user researchwireframesprototypingusability testingFigmaaccessibilitydesign systems

Common UX Designer CV mistakes

  1. Showing polished screens without the problem or research.
  2. Failing to distinguish individual contribution in a product team.
  3. Omitting accessibility and measured outcomes.
  4. Sending the same generic summary to every employer instead of reflecting the vacancy's genuine priorities.

Worked example: strengthen one bullet

Evidence-led versionTested and redesigned a mobile checkout journey, removing two high-friction steps and increasing completion by 13%.

Use the structure, not the facts. Replace every detail with evidence from your own experience.

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Paste the advert and your current CV. CVOptimise identifies relevant language, rewrites for clarity and keeps your employers, dates and facts intact.

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