Brighton
A colour panel down the right for your skills and tools. Best when your CV goes to a person.
Use this design: BrightonFree marketing CV template
For marketing assistants, digital marketing executives, social media, content and marketing managers.
- Free, no watermark
- PDF, plus a Word copy
- UK format
The best designs for marketing CVs
Picked for how marketing CVs are read in the UK. Each one is free, and your CV works in every design, so you can switch at any time.
Shoreditch
Outlined section cards in one column: modern, and still safe for online applications.
Use this design: ShoreditchCamden
Corner shapes and a colour bar beside each role, for creative and brand roles.
Use this design: CamdenWant more choice? See every design, or browse by style: Simple Modern Professional Creative Graduate and student One page IT and technical
Previews show made-up sample CVs. Yours will show your own details, in the colour and font you choose.
What to put on a marketing CV
Marketing CVs are read by people who judge communication for a living, so the CV is a small piece of marketing in its own right: clear, well laid out and focused on results. Roles run from marketing assistant and digital marketing executive to social media, content, brand and marketing manager.
Hiring managers look for the channels you know, the tools you use and what your campaigns achieved.
Whatever the job, the UK CV format applies: your name and contact details, a short profile, experience with the most recent first, then education and skills. No photo, age or date of birth.
A profile with your specialism
Content, social, SEO, paid media, email, brand or all-round, the sector you know, and one result that shows what you can do.
Channels and tools
SEO, paid search, paid social, email and CRM, content and events, with tools such as GA4, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Meta Ads Manager and Canva.
Results
Traffic, leads, conversion rate, cost per lead, return on ad spend or engagement, with the period. Use percentages if the real figures are confidential.
Budget and team
The budget you manage and the people or agencies you brief.
Portfolio and qualifications
A link to your work, and CIM, Google Ads, HubSpot or Meta certifications with the year.
Skills and keywords for a marketing CV
From our skills guides and CV examples for this job. Use the ones that are true for you, in the words of the job advert, so recruiters and applicant tracking systems find them.
- Digital marketing strategy
- SEO / SEM
- Content marketing
- Google Analytics 4
- Email marketing and CRM
- Paid social (Meta, LinkedIn Ads)
- Marketing automation
- Brand strategy
- Budget management
- A/B testing
- HubSpot
- Mailchimp
- Canva
- CIM qualifications
See it filled in
The example CVs are illustrations written with AI. The people in them are fictional.
Marketing CVs: your questions
Should I include a portfolio with a marketing CV?
If you write, design or run social media, yes: a link to a simple portfolio with three to five pieces of work, each with the brief and the result. For performance roles, a short case study with real numbers works better.
Can a marketing CV be creative?
A little. Colour and a tidy layout show care, but the content still needs to be easy to scan. For large companies that recruit online, use a one-column design and keep the creativity for your portfolio.
How do I show results without sharing confidential figures?
Use percentages and changes over time instead of revenue, for example growth over a period or a fall in cost per lead. Never share anything your employer has asked you to keep private.
Keep going
- Free CV checkerA CV Score out of 100 for the job you want, and the fixes to make first, in about 30 seconds.
- Cover letterA cover letter in the same design as your CV, with your signature.
- CV examplesExample CVs by job and level, to borrow structure and wording from.
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