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This free ATS resume checker for ui/ux designers compares your resume with the 20 keywords that appear most often in UI/UX Designer job posts, then checks your sections, formatting, contact details and bullet points. Paste a real job description in the tool for an exact match.
UI/UX designer roles have a twist: you need a beautiful portfolio, but a plain resume. Many designers send highly styled PDFs that ATS software cannot read, and their skills never reach the recruiter. The ATS looks for process and tool keywords — user research, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, design systems, Figma. Recruiters then go straight to your portfolio link. Your resume's job is to carry the right keywords and make clicking the portfolio irresistible.
Top 20 UI/UX Designer resume keywords
These are the skills and tools the checker looks for when you don't paste a job description. Add the ones you genuinely have to your Skills section and use them in bullet points.
- User Research
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Usability Testing
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design
- Design Systems
- Information Architecture
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Journey Mapping
- Accessibility
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Sketch
- FigJam
- Miro
- Maze
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
Sections to include in an UI/UX Designer resume
Use standard headings so the ATS can map your information correctly. For ui/ux designers, these sections matter most:
- Summary: Mention your design focus (product, mobile, B2B SaaS) and one outcome metric.
- Skills: List process skills and tools separately; avoid skill bars and percentage ratings.
- Experience: Show research → design → result: conversion, task success, time on task, support tickets.
- Projects: Link 3–4 case studies; name the problem and the measured outcome for each.
Common UI/UX Designer resume mistakes
- A visually stunning resume that ATS reads as garbled text.
- No portfolio link, or a link hidden behind an icon.
- Only listing tools, with no research or process keywords.
- No outcomes — only "designed screens".
- Including graphic design work that doesn't match a product design role.
Sample UI/UX Designer resume bullet point
Redesigned the onboarding flow in Figma after 15 user interviews, raising completion rate from 54% to 78%.
Why it works: it starts with an action verb, names the tools a UI/UX Designer ATS search looks for, and ends with a measurable result. Rewrite your own bullets in the same shape — action + tool or skill + result. Find more examples on our UI/UX Designer keywords page.