Crossbar CV template

A full-colour side column, crossed near the top by a dark bar that carries your name and photo.

With a photo
Two columns
5 colours

Use this design See the colours

Sample CV of Elif Demir, a product designer, in the Crossbar design: royal blue left column with white text, crossed by a dark navy bar with a round photo.

5 colours to choose from

The layout stays; only the colours change.

Royal Blue
Teal
Plum
Burgundy
Forest

What sets it apart

A bar across the column

Near the top of page 1, a dark bar crosses the whole page, coloured column included. Your white-ringed photo sits where they meet, beside your name, job title and up to three contacts.
White on full colour

The left column is solid colour from top to bottom, with summary, skills, languages and address in white. Skills get white bars and languages white dots, under small letter-spaced headings.
One column, shared space

Those four blocks share one fixed column, so a long summary shrinks all their type instead of spilling onto page 2. With over nine skills, the main column also carries the full list.

Who it suits

Creatives, marketers and teachers happy with a strong block of colour
Candidates with a short summary and a focused skills list
CVs sent by email or handed over in person

How an ATS reads it

Crossbar is a design for people first, yet all of its text is real and selectable. Four details matter to a parser. The coloured column is a separate frame that some systems read out of order. Its small headings are letter-spaced. Bars and dots are shapes, so only names are read; levels can be hidden in Options. And the summary sits in that column, not in the main text. For strict portals, choose Plain ATS.

Use this design

Build your CV, then choose Crossbar in the design gallery.

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FAQ

Questions about Crossbar

A visitor asks a question at a help desk and the twin robot answers it

Which Crossbar colour is the calmest?

Forest and Teal are the most muted of the five; Royal Blue, Plum and Burgundy are brighter and give the column more presence. Every tone keeps white column text and a white main page, so preview them on your own CV and pick by eye.

Which contact details fit in Crossbar's dark bar?

Up to three, on one line under your job title: the first three of email, phone, AI twin link (if switched on), website, LinkedIn and GitHub. The address goes to the foot of the coloured column instead, under its own heading.

What does page 2 look like in Crossbar?

The coloured column runs down every page but is empty from page 2: its contents and the dark bar are on page 1 only. Your experience and other main sections continue in the white column, with a page number at the foot.