Serif Editorial Resume Template
Editorial Pro — Thin-over-thick double rules under serif headings, with wide margins. Reads like a printed journal rather than a form.
Available in multiple color accents
Click “Use this template” to customize colors, fonts, and section ordering.
- Ink Theme
- Navy Theme
- Teal Theme
- Burgundy Theme
- Bronze Theme
- Azure Theme
How the Editorial Pro template is built
- Structure
- One column, top to bottom
- Header
- Centred name, contact line beneath
- Section headings
- Editorial thin-over-thick rule
- Spacing
- Generous — roughly 15% less per page than normal
- Photo
- Not used
- Detailing
- a larger name and extra breathing room throughout.
Who the Editorial Pro template suits
Writing, publishing, academia and communications, where the resume is itself a sample of your typographic judgement. The double rule and wide margins read as a printed journal.
What to watch out for
Airy spacing plus a large name means this holds less than almost anything else here. Past about eight years of experience you will be reaching for the text-size control.
How much fits on one page
This layout spends space deliberately, so it holds less than most. That works in your favour early in a career, where a densely packed page reads as padding — and against you after about a decade, when you may need the tighter text-size setting in the builder to stay on one page.
Editorial Pro and applicant tracking systems
Editorial Pro is a single column, which is the arrangement applicant tracking systems read most reliably. A parser walks the page top to bottom and gets your sections in the order you wrote them. Nothing about this template needs adjusting before you upload it to a job portal.
Where in the world to send the Editorial Pro template
A natural fit for UK, Irish and Australian applications, where the document is called a CV and a second page is unremarkable — which suits a layout this generous with space. In the US, where one page is the strong convention below senior level, the airy spacing works against you unless your history is genuinely short.
Using this template
- Open “Use this template” above — the builder starts with Editorial Pro already selected.
- Type your details. Everything saves in your own browser and is never uploaded.
- Try the 20 colour themes and 21 font pairings from the Design panel — 420 combinations of this one layout.
- Download as PDF to keep this design, or as Word if you are applying through a job portal.
Editorial Pro template questions
Is this suitable for an academic CV?
For a short one, yes — the typographic register is right. For a full academic CV with publications, funding and teaching, use Academic instead: you will need several pages and custom sections, and this layout runs out of room long before you run out of material.
Why does less fit on the page than other templates?
Airy density plus a large name is a deliberate trade: white space is what makes the page read as considered. You are buying impression with capacity. Past roughly eight years of experience, Spacious or Classic give you the room back.
Is a serif face a problem for applicant tracking systems?
No. Parsers read the text layer, not the shapes, so a serif extracts exactly as a sans does. The real question is the reader: serif reads as considered and traditional, which suits law, academia, publishing and consulting, and can read as dated in early-stage tech. Pick it for the field, not the parser.