UX/UI Designer resume examples & ATS keywords
UX/UI resumes should show a clear design process - research, wireframes, testing, and shipped outcomes tied to usability or conversion metrics, not just visual polish.
Key skills to highlight
Bullet point rewrites
Designed user interfaces for the app
Redesigned the onboarding flow in Figma, reducing drop-off from 45% to 22% across 100K+ monthly new users
Conducted user research and testing
Ran 25 usability tests across 3 design iterations, surfacing friction points that lifted task success rate from 61% to 89%
Built a design system for the product
Built a design system of 60+ components adopted by 4 product squads, cutting design-to-dev handoff time by 40%
Worked with engineering to implement designs
Partnered with engineering on a checkout redesign that increased conversion rate by 16% within one release cycle
Common mistakes
- Showing only final visuals without any research or testing process behind the decisions
- No usability or business metrics (task success rate, conversion, drop-off) tied to the redesign
- Missing evidence of accessibility considerations, increasingly screened for by employers
- Overloading with tool names instead of the design process and reasoning
- Failing to show collaboration with engineering on implementation feasibility
ATS keywords for this role
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