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UX designer resume example

A UX designer’s resume is the companion to the portfolio, not a copy of it. Recruiters scan for tools and methods — Figma, user research, prototyping, design systems — and hiring managers want proof that design changed what users did.

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Amara Osei's ux designer resume, typeset in the Modern template

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Amara Osei
Senior UX Designer
amara.osei@example.com · (312) 555-0163 · Chicago, IL · amaraosei.design · linkedin.com/in/amaraosei
Summary

UX designer with six years designing web and mobile products in fintech and health. Leads research through to shipped interface, built a design system adopted by five product teams, and measures every redesign with usability testing.

Experience
Copperfield BankMar 2022 – Present
Senior UX DesignerChicago, IL
  • Rebuilt mobile account opening in Figma after 30 usability testing sessions, raising completion from 58% to 79%.
  • Built a design system of 120 components adopted by five product teams, cutting design-to-build time by 35%.
  • Led user research with 40 small-business owners that reshaped the 2025 lending roadmap.
WellnestAug 2019 – Feb 2022
UX DesignerChicago, IL
  • Led rapid prototyping of a medication reminder flow that reduced missed doses by 22% in a 3,000-patient pilot.
  • Led wireframing workshops with clinicians, turning 14 interviews into an information architecture for the care app.
  • Audited the patient portal for web accessibility, fixing 90 WCAG issues before launch.
Skills

Design: Figma, Prototyping, Wireframing, Interaction design, Design systems

Research: User research, Usability testing, Web accessibility

Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago2015 – 2019
B.F.A. Visual Communication Design

Why this ux designer resume works

The summary

UX designer with six years designing web and mobile products in fintech and health. Leads research through to shipped interface, built a design system adopted by five product teams, and measures every redesign with usability testing.

It covers the whole job in one line — research through to shipped interface — then proves the two claims recruiters doubt most: systems thinking and measurement.

Bullets, before and after

The same work, described first the way most resumes do it, then the way this one does.

Before

Redesigned the account opening flow.

After

Rebuilt mobile account opening in Figma after 30 usability testing sessions, raising completion from 58% to 79%.

Method, tool and outcome: the design decision is grounded in testing and proven by the number.

Before

Created a component library.

After

Built a design system of 120 components adopted by five product teams, cutting design-to-build time by 35%.

Adoption is the real measure of a design system; scale and speed make it concrete.

Before

Did accessibility work on the portal.

After

Audited the patient portal for web accessibility, fixing 90 WCAG issues before launch.

Names the standard (WCAG) and gives a count a reviewer can picture.

Skills recruiters search for

List the ones you could be interviewed on — and show the most important in a bullet, where they count for about twice as much.

Design
  • Figma
  • Prototyping
  • Wireframing
  • Interaction design
  • Visual design
Research
  • User research
  • Usability testing
  • Journey mapping
  • Surveys
Systems
  • Design systems
  • Web accessibility
  • WCAG
  • Design tokens

What the scorer would still say

Even a strong resume gets notes. These are the scorer’s own, unedited.

  • Required skills sit in older roles. Prototyping appear only in roles that ended a while ago. If you have used them since, say so in a recent bullet.

Questions

Should a UX designer resume be designed?

Lightly. Your portfolio shows your visual craft; your resume has to parse. A clean single-column layout with good typography reads as design sense — a three-column infographic reads as a parsing failure.

Where do I put my portfolio link?

In the header, next to your email, as a plain short URL. It is the most important link on the page.

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