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Drafting

Compact layout for architects, balancing project list, software and registration on a short page.

Example text — you replace it with yours in the builder.

  • LayoutCompact single column
  • Best forCreative & Design
  • ATS-friendlyYes
  • PhotoOptional
  • PriceFree

Who this suits

A safe default for creative & design roles and for any application going through a large employer's careers portal, where the first reader is software rather than a person.

How it handles ATS parsing

Single column with a linear reading order, conventional section headings, and no layout tables. Contact details sit in the body text rather than a page footer, because footer content lives outside the text layer and many parsers drop it entirely.

What you can change

Accent colour, font body, font heading, spacing, scale, line, section order, which sections appear, page size (A4 or Letter), and every word of the text. Nothing here is locked behind a payment.

How to write an architect's CV in Drafting

Architecture practices read the CV beside the portfolio, looking for project types, work stages and software. Drafting's compact layout balances the project list, software and registration on a short page.

Sections, in this order

  1. Registration or licence, where held
  2. Portfolio link
  3. Professional summary
  4. Projects — type, size, work stage and your role
  5. Experience
  6. Software — for example Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino or SketchUp
  7. Education

Bullet points that work

  • Project architect for a [200-home] residential scheme, from [concept] to [planning approval].
  • Produced [construction drawings] for [a school extension] in [Revit], coordinating [structural and MEP] consultants.
  • Ran [site visits] and [snagging] for a [$X million] fit-out.

Figures in [brackets] are placeholders. Use your own, and only ones you could explain in an interview.

Mistakes to avoid

Read next: Designer CV: when the portfolio does the talking

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