Aoife Brennan

Senior Product Designer

aoife.brennan@example.com · +353 85 000 0142 · Dublin, Ireland · linkedin.com/in/example-profile · example.com/design

Summary

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Skills

Teknik

Interaction design · Design systems · User research

Tools

Figma · Maze · Hotjar

Soft skills

Workshop facilitation · Presenting to stakeholders · Design critique

Languages

  • English · Native
  • Irish · Proficient
The Design Flow template with sample content — shown at true A4 size.

Resume Template

Design Flow

Magazine editorial: large name, asymmetric column, wide margins

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
Dergi editoryali
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 runs across the upper page as a large portrait at magazine-cover scale.

Magazine editorial: large name, asymmetric column, wide margins. The name sits at the top as an oversized heading with a fine detail band running beneath it. The body splits into two unequal columns: experience in the wide one, supporting detail in the narrow one. The margins are deliberately generous.

Layout

How the Design Flow template is built

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

Dergi editoryali

The name sits at the top as an oversized heading with a fine detail band running beneath it. The body splits into two unequal columns: experience in the wide one, supporting detail in the narrow one. The margins are deliberately generous.

Typography

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

Section headings

A coloured vertical bar sits to the left of each section heading, so sections are found quickly from the edge of the page.

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 grouped as technical, tools and soft, so an employer finds the category they are looking for directly.

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 Flow 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 Flow template

Is the Design Flow 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 Flow template include a photo?

The photo runs across the upper page as a large portrait at magazine-cover scale. 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 Flow template?

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