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Website designer CV: example and template

This example is for website designers and webmasters who are self-employed, work at small agencies or at companies that run their own sites, and for graphic designers who also want to build websites.

The employer or client wants to know which sites you design and build, for whom, in which tools, how you look after updates and security and what results the sites bring. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: website designer

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Dominik Kaczmarski

Website designer

Zielona Gora +48 123 456 789 dominik.kaczmarski@example.com

Professional profile

Website designer with 8 years of experience, the last 5 self-employed. I design and build websites for small businesses, practices and workshops and look after domains, hosting, updates and backups. I have built over 90 sites, maintain 45 of them on a subscription, and after a new site clients get on average 40% more form enquiries.

Work experience

Website designer, self-employed

04.2021 - present

Website studio for small businesses, Zielona Gora

  • Over 90 websites for small businesses, practices, workshops and restaurants.
  • Graphic design, building on WordPress and copy written with the client.
  • Maintaining 45 sites: domains, hosting, updates and backups.
  • Business profiles in search engines and the basics of local SEO.
  • After a new site, on average 40% more form enquiries.

Graphic designer and webmaster

06.2018 - 03.2021

Print shop and advertising agency, Zielona Gora

  • Designing leaflets, banners and logos.
  • Simple websites for print shop clients.
  • Updating website content.

Education

Bachelor's degree, graphic design

2015 - 2018

University of Zielona Gora

Skills

  • Website design
  • WordPress and website builders
  • Domains, hosting and business email
  • Updates, backups and security
  • Local SEO
  • Working with clients and website copy

Training

  • Interface design course, 2020
  • WordPress site security training, 2022
  • Local SEO course, 2023

Languages

  • English: B1

Additional information

  • Website portfolio available on request
  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a website designer CV

Professional summary

Write which sites you design and build, for which clients, how many there are and whether you maintain them. Add a result, for example more form enquiries. A client is looking for someone who will make a good site from start to finish and look after it later.

Graphic designer and webmaster with 3 years of experience at a print shop and advertising agency. I design leaflets, banners and logos, build simple sites for clients and update content. I am looking for work as a website designer.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe projects, clients, tools, site maintenance, SEO and results. Show results in numbers. Add a link to your portfolio. Also say how you work with the client on copy and photos.

Weaker: Building sites.

Better: Over 90 websites for small businesses, practices, workshops and restaurants.

Weaker: Maintenance.

Better: Maintaining 45 sites: domains, hosting, updates and backups.

Weaker: Results.

Better: After a new site, on average 40% more form enquiries.

Skills worth listing

List design, tools, domains and hosting, updates, security and SEO. In your soft skills show talking to clients, punctuality and a sense of aesthetics. Add the graphics programs you work in.

Professional skills

  • Website design
  • WordPress
  • Domains and hosting
  • Updates and backups
  • Local SEO
  • Graphic design

Personal skills

  • Talking to clients
  • Punctuality
  • Sense of aesthetics
  • Independence
  • Organisation

Training

List courses in design, site security and SEO. The most important thing is a portfolio with links to working sites.

How to start as a website designer

To start, make a few sites for friends' businesses or organisations and describe them in your portfolio. Show the design and the result, for example more phone calls from customers.

Add the basics of graphic design and copywriting. Small businesses look for one person who will make the whole site.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A small agency looks for many simple sites and maintenance, a company running its own site for updates and content, and a print shop for combining graphics with websites. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a website designer CV

Questions and answers

What should a website designer put on a CV?

Projects, clients, tools, site maintenance, SEO, results, training and a portfolio.

How does a website designer differ from a web developer?

A website designer more often combines design, build and maintenance of simple sites, and a web developer does more programming.

Does self-employment count?

Yes, describe it like any other job: the number of projects, clients and results.

Which results are worth giving?

The number of sites, the number of sites maintained, more enquiries and better search rankings.

Create a website designer CV in the builder

In the CV Majster builder you enter your details step by step and see right away what the document looks like. You can copy the wording from this page and adapt it to yourself. The finished CV as a PDF costs a one-off PLN 5, with no subscription, and you see the preview before you pay.

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