Aoife Brennan

Senior Product Designer

Six years designing digital products, running the process end to end from user research through to interface design. Experienced in building and growing design systems, and focused on conversion improvements that can actually be measured.

Work Experience

Senior Product Designer

SaaS product company, DublinAugust 2021 – Present

Redesigned the signup flow; completion rose from 41% to 63%.
Built a 120-component design system and drove its adoption across three teams.
Shipped 14 interface changes validated by A/B testing.

Product Designer

Marketplace company, DublinMarch 2019 – July 2021

Simplified the mobile payment flow; cart abandonment fell 9 points.
Closed 62 WCAG findings through an accessibility audit across 40 screens.
Started a monthly user interview programme that tied design decisions to research.

Graphic Designer

Creative agency, CorkSeptember 2017 – February 2019

Produced brand identity and campaign visuals for seven client brands.
Prepared more than 200 production-ready files across print and digital.
Developed the visual language used across two national campaigns.

Projects

Atlas Design System

120 components across three platforms. Cut average time to design a new screen by 45% and eliminated duplicate components on the engineering side.

Accessibility Audit

Audited 40 screens against WCAG AA; 62 findings resolved and contrast failures brought to zero.

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Education

National College of Art and Design

September 2013 – June 2017

BDes, Interaction Design · First Class

Technological University Dublin

September 2018 – June 2019

Certificate, Human-Computer Interaction

Skills

Interaction designDesign systemsUser researchPrototypingFigmaMazeHotjarAdobe Creative SuiteWorkshop facilitationPresenting to stakeholdersDesign critique

Certifications

Nielsen Norman UX Certification · 2023-05
IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies · 2022-08

Languages

English · Native
Irish · Proficient

Interests

Typography, film photography, sea swimming

The Design Compact template with sample content — shown at true A4 size.

Resume Template

Design Compact

Asymmetric grid, half-page typography — a portfolio feel

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Who it suits

entry level, mid level roles
Applications sent directly to an employer or by email
Anyone fitting a long career onto one page

Layout: Asimetrik editoryal
ATS compatibility: Good
Photo: With photo

This layout carries visual elements. For high-volume applications through a careers portal, export a second version from the ATS family with the same content.

The photo is a vertical portrait overlapping the accent block behind it, deliberately off-centre.

Asymmetric grid, half-page typography — a portfolio feel. The name opens as a typographic block spanning more than half the page width; the body divides into two unequal columns with projects sitting as cards in the wider one. In creative roles the document is the first sample of the work, and this skeleton treats it as a portfolio cover.

Layout

How the Design Compact template is built

Knowing how information sits on the page before you pick a template directly affects how your application gets read.

Asymmetric editorial grid

The name opens as a typographic block spanning more than half the page width; the body divides into two unequal columns with projects sitting as cards in the wider one. In creative roles the document is the first sample of the work, and this skeleton treats it as a portfolio cover.

Typography

Body and headings share one sans-serif family, reading equally cleanly on screen and in print.

Section headings

Section headings appear as small filled colour labels. It is the most visual heading treatment, for when presentation matters.

Use of colour

Colour appears only in fine rules and headings; the rest of the page stays white.

Density

Line spacing and section gaps are tight, built to hold a history with many roles on a single page.

How skills are presented

Skills are set as tags. It looks tidy, and because the text layer stays flat it does not harm readability.

When not to choose this template

High-volume applications screened automatically by large employers
Applications where the employer mandates its own template
Resumes with little content that would otherwise look empty

You can compare the alternatives side by side in the template comparison table.

Recommended for

Roles we recommend the Design Compact template for

This layout suits the application processes for the roles below. Each page carries an example resume and tips for that job.

Frequently asked questions

About the Design Compact template

Is the Design Compact template ATS-friendly?

ATS compatibility for this template is rated “good”. This layout carries visual elements. For high-volume applications through a careers portal, export a second version from the ATS family with the same content.

Does the Design Compact template include a photo?

The photo is a vertical portrait overlapping the accent block behind it, deliberately off-centre. A photo is not required: turn off “Show photo on resume” in the editor and the area is removed, with the page falling back to its photo-free layout.

Can I change template later?

Yes. The template is only a presentation layer; what you write is stored separately and carries over intact when you switch.

Will the PDF match this preview?

Yes. The preview and the PDF come from the same component: A4 (210×297 mm), accented characters and a selectable text layer are all preserved.

Can I change the colour in the Design Compact template?

Yes. The accent colour control in the editor applies to this template too — pick any of the six presets.

Same family

Other templates in the Design family

Different skeletons in the same design language: column structure, typography and density change while the character stays.

Alternatifler

Other templates that suit the same roles

Alternatives from other design families for the same roles.