Resume builder

A strong resume starts with a clean, well-structured template and small, deliberate layout choices. In Wixel, you can move quickly from concept to polished PDF while keeping full control over hierarchy, spacing, and style.

1. Open a new design, then click Resume and filter templates by Style.

2. Pick a template and it will open, ready for editing.

3. Replace the placeholder text with your summary, experience, skills, and education.

4. Tidy the layout by adjusting fonts, spacing, alignment, and section order.

5. Create alternate versions of your resume by duplicating or adding another template.

6. Read through your resume to check for clarity, consistency, and measurable results.

7. Click Download and select which pages you want to export.

If you’d like to add more personality to your resume with a custom color palette, try Wixel’s color palette generator—simply upload a reference image and extract the exact colors you like.

Wixel has a broad range of free, designer-made templates you can tailor to any industry and career stage. Start by browsing styles to find a format that fits your field and how you want to present yourself. Each template is flexible from the start, with real text layers, so you can adjust copy and layout quickly while the design stays crisp. Here’s a simple process to make a template yours:

• Browse by style—modern, classic, editorial, or portfolio-forward—and shortlist a few options.

• Swap fonts, tweak headings, and adjust spacing and color until it reads the way you speak.

• Rename and reorder sections to spotlight what matters for this role right now.

• Add pages for projects, certifications, or publications when you need extra depth.

• Keep variants in one file, compare them side by side, then export only the pages you need.

• Create a fresh version for each application without rebuilding from scratch.

If you want a professional photo to match your chosen style, turn a regular selfie into a polished, resume-ready headshot with Wixel’s AI portrait generator and drop it straight into your header.

Yes, once you’ve finished editing in our free resume builder, you can download your new resume in a range of popular formats like PDF, PNG, JPG, and WebP. We recommend downloading your resume as a PDF.

PDF documents are universally compatible and are the format recruiters and hiring managers will expect from applicants. PDFs also have the benefit of being lightweight compared to other formats, which makes them easy to attach to emails and DMs.

If you download your resume as a PDF but decide to change the formatting later, we have a free PDF converter. It’s as easy as uploading your resume and choosing the format you want.

Create one master document and spin off targeted versions from there. You’ll share the same skills and experience, just lightly edited—closer to what each hiring team is looking for.

Here’s a quick checklist to follow when redrafting:

• Lift 5–7 skills, tools, and outcomes from the job post—use their language.

• Mirror those keywords in your summary, skills list, and experience.

• Lead with relevance, bumping up recent, aligned wins to the top of your resume.

• Keep bullets punchy and measurable—time saved, quality improved, impact delivered.

• Trim older or off-track content to make space for results that matter now.

• Duplicate your design to test a different accent color or layout without losing content.

If you’re including a headshot with your resume, you can run it through our free circle image cropper for a neat, profile-ready crop that’s great for social and most resume templates.

The best tool helps you look great, edit fast, and export with confidence. It should get out of your way when you’re in flow—and be precise when you need it. Wixel achieves this by allowing you to:

• Start from designer-made templates with logical, ATS-friendly hierarchy.

• Adjust fonts, styles, spacing, and section order without breaking the layout.

• Duplicate designs to explore a different tone or emphasis in minutes.

• Export reliable PDFs and control file size for easy uploading.

• Keep multiple role-specific versions tidy in one workspace.

Wixel also offers a whole range of professional-grade, AI-first design tools in the same workspace—like our background remover. Use it to create a clean headshot you can slot into your newly designed resume.

Wixel’s resume builder is free to use. You can start from a designer-made template or a blank canvas, customize every detail, and export finished files without hitting a paywall. It’s built for fast iteration too—so you can create as many free alternate versions as you like. Simply:

• Pick a designer-made template.

• Make it yours by adjusting fonts, spacing, colors, and section order.

• Keep things tidy by duplicating a master document and tweaking each variant for a new role.

• Add pages for projects, certifications, or a short portfolio slice when you need more depth.

• Choose specific versions to export and set the quality so files stay upload-friendly.

• Reopen your project anytime to edit and re-export in seconds.

Your free Wixel account also gives you access to other creative tools. Explore new visual directions with the AI image generator or build out related assets for networking and portfolios in the same workspace.

A resume builder is an online editor that combines proven layouts with flexible controls, letting you design a professional, ATS-friendly document. With Wixel’s free resume builder you can:

• Start with a designer-made template or blank page.

• Edit text layers to adjust type, spacing, and alignment.

• Reorder sections to match your experience and target role.

• Duplicate pages to test different styles or content mixes.

• Export to PDF for applications or images for quick sharing.

When you’re finished, explore free features like our invitation maker and social media templates to keep your personal brand consistent across interviews, networking events, and your online profiles—all from the same, familiar workspace.

Aim for a clean layout that prioritizes readability and quick scanning. Follow this quick checklist when evaluating your resume’s layout:

• Use a clear header (name, phone, email, city/state, portfolio or profile link), followed by a tailored two-to-three-line summary.

• Group six to ten relevant skills, then list experience in reverse-chronological order, with three to five metric-led bullets per role.

• Keep education concise (degree, institution, certifications).

• Maintain consistent typography, ample white space, and a restrained accent color to guide the eye.

• Avoid tables, heavy graphics, and complex multi-column structures that can distract readers and confuse parsing.

• Most resumes should fit on one page, but you can use two if you have enough relevant work experience.

Use Wixel’s free photo editor to prepare a clean, professional headshot to go along with your neatly laid-out resume.

Yes. When you’re signed in, your designs are saved to your Wixel account so you can pick up where you left off on any device. If you don’t have a Wixel account, it’s free and quick to sign up. You can duplicate a file to create a new version for a different job, add a page for projects or references, or test a second template in the same workspace without losing your content.

If you want to share a draft for comments, export your resume as a PDF and add quick notes or markups in the PDF editor before sending.

ATS-friendly resumes use clean, parsable text and predictable structure so applicant tracking systems can read them accurately. Here’s how you can keep your resume ATS-friendly:

• Use standard headings (Summary, Skills, Experience, Education), simple fonts, and consistent sizing.

• Keep content in real text layers—avoid placing text inside images, decorative shapes, or complex tables.

• Favor a single-column layout, concise bullets that start with strong verbs, and job-aligned keywords pulled from the posting.

• Quantify impact wherever possible to make achievements scannable for humans and software.

• Export a high-quality PDF to preserve spacing, characters, and clarity.

Wixel’s templates are built with clean structure by default, so small style tweaks won’t break readability for either ATS or hiring managers.