Top ATS-Schlüsselwörter

• User Research
• Usability Testing
• Wireframing
• Prototyping
• Figma
• Sketch
• Adobe XD
• InVision
• Design Systems
• Information Architecture
• Interaction Design
• Accessibility
• WCAG
• User Flows
• Journey Mapping
• Personas
• A/B Testing
• Mobile Design
• Responsive Design
• Design Thinking

Worauf Personalverantwortliche achten

UX designer hiring is portfolio-first, full stop. The resume gates the portfolio review, but the portfolio gates the offer. Lead with shipped products and specific outcomes from your work — conversion lifts, error reductions, NPS gains. Generic "redesigned the dashboard" claims fade against "redesigned dashboard, reduced support tickets 38% over 6 months." Tool fluency matters less than research and systems thinking; mention specific research methods (5-second tests, tree testing, diary studies) and design-system contributions you have made. For senior roles, mention cross-functional partnership (PM, eng, research) and design-process leadership. Always include a portfolio URL in your contact line.

Beispiel-Stichpunkte nach Erfahrungsstufe

Einstiegsebene

• Designed onboarding flow for B2B SaaS lifting activation rate from 38% to 51% over 8 weeks of A/B testing (n=14K)
• Led 22 usability interviews and 4 diary studies for fintech app redesign, surfacing 8 critical journey friction points
• Built and maintained Figma component library (84 components) used by 3 product teams, reducing design-handoff QA cycles by 41%
• Earned WCAG 2.2 AA compliance for marketing site through audit-driven redesign of 14 page templates

Mittlere Ebene

• Owned end-to-end design for new pricing page, lifting paid-conversion rate 22% and reducing time-to-purchase decision by 38 seconds median
• Designed multi-variant onboarding flow with 4 personalized paths, increasing day-7 retention from 41% to 56% over 6 months
• Led design-system v2 launch including dark mode, density variants, and 12 new components; adopted by 6 product teams
• Ran quarterly research program (5 studies/qtr) with 92 NPS from product partners; surfaced 3 features now in roadmap

Senior

• Owned design strategy for B2C product (4.6M MAU) leading 4 designers across 3 product surfaces; team retention 100% over 24 months
• Drove unification of 3 disparate design systems into single token-based system, reducing engineering UI-bug tickets 58% across 14 product teams
• Led research practice formalization across product org, hiring 2 researchers and authoring research-ops playbook adopted by all PM and design teams
• Partnered with VP Eng on accessibility-first initiative achieving WCAG 2.2 AA across 18 surfaces and unblocking 4 enterprise sales worth $9.4M ARR

Häufige Fehler im Lebenslauf

Tool list dominating resume

Listing every Adobe app, every Figma plugin, every prototyping tool fills space without signaling craft. Recruiters care about thinking, not tools.

No portfolio link

Most-common UX resume mistake. Without a portfolio URL in the contact line, your resume goes to the bottom of the pile regardless of content. Always include.

Process work without outcomes

"Conducted user research and built wireframes" describes activity, not impact. Pair every process bullet with what changed because of it.

Skipping research depth

Past mid-level, generative and evaluative research methods (interviews, diary studies, usability testing) signal seniority. Pure visual-only resumes cap at mid-level for most companies in 2026.

Accessibility omitted

WCAG 2.2 awareness is now baseline. Mention specific a11y audits passed, screen-reader testing, or accessibility design-system contributions. Skipping signals junior in 2026.

Karriereweg & Gehalt

US 2026 base. Tech, especially fintech and dev-tools, runs 25-50% above. Equity at growth-stage companies often equivalent to base over 4-year vest. Agency-side typically 15-25% below in-house at equivalent level.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

How important is portfolio quality vs resume?

Portfolio is the primary gate; resume is secondary. Hiring managers spend 30 seconds on the resume and 10-30 minutes on the portfolio. Invest portfolio time first.

Should I include all design tools I have used?

No. Pick the 4-5 you ship work in. Listing 12 tools without depth signals padding. Hiring managers know Figma is dominant in 2026 — mention only deviations.

How do I show research depth without a research title?

Mention specific methods (interviews, usability testing, tree testing, card sorts, diary studies) and outcomes (insights that shaped roadmap, hypotheses validated). Specificity separates designers who research from those who claim to.

Are visual-only designers still hireable at senior?

Decreasingly so in product roles. Pure visual specialists are increasingly hired into brand and marketing-design tracks. Product UX past mid-level expects research, systems, and partnership skills.

How long should a UX resume be?

One page. Designers who cannot edit their own resume signal weak craft. Save the depth for the portfolio.