Portrait CV template

A large corner photo leads the page, with your name on a colour block and calm, plain lists below.

With a photo
Two columns
5 colours

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Sample CV of Elif Demir, a senior product designer, in Portrait: a large photo filling the top-left corner above her name on a forest-green block.

5 colours to choose from

The layout stays; only the colours change.

Forest
Navy
Burgundy
Plum
Graphite

What sets it apart

Photo filling the corner

A big, almost square photo runs off the top-left corner of the page, as wide as the left column. It is the first thing a reader sees and gives the CV a personal feel.
Name without a title line

Your name sits in bold white on a rounded colour block under the photo, with no job title line. The summary follows without a heading, then Contact, Skills and Languages.
Black rules, simple entries

On the right, each section opens with a bold heading over a black rule. Every entry reads “Title - years” on one line with the employer below, and a rounded colour foot repeats on every page.

Who it suits

Hospitality, retail and customer-facing jobs where a friendly photo is welcome
Candidates who would rather list their skills than rate them
People with one or two pages of experience they want easy to scan

How an ATS reads it

Portrait's text is kept simple, which suits parsers: contact details are ordinary text, nothing is letter-spaced, and language levels are written out as words. All of it is selectable; your photo is the one picture, and parsers pass over it. The one thing to watch is the two columns: the left column is a frame of its own, and some parsers read it out of order or blend it into your experience. For strict portals, use Plain ATS.

Use this design

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

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FAQ

Questions about Portrait

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

Can I use Portrait without a photo?

You can. The corner frame keeps its size and is filled with a soft tint, so the name block, summary and columns stay where they are, with no gap at the top left.

Why does Portrait show no skill levels?

Portrait lists skills as plain bullets and does not draw levels. Languages still carry their level in words, such as “English – Fluent”. If you want levels on the page, Spotlight draws them as bars from the same CV.

What happens on page 2 of a long Portrait CV?

Your right-hand sections flow on and page numbers start. The left side stays blank apart from the rounded foot, since contact, skills and languages print only on page 1. An overfull left column shrinks its type rather than spilling over.