Bold Resume Template
A creative two-column resume template designed to pass every major applicant tracking system. Edit any section, switch colours, and download a polished PDF in under 3 minutes - completely free.
Best for
- ✓ATS-friendly - passes Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo
- ✓two column layout, 5+ colour variations
- ✓Editable in our builder - rearrange sections, switch fonts, customise
- ✓Export as high-quality PDF, no watermarks
Designer note: why Bold exists
Bold uses heavier type weights across the page - your name, your section headers, and the company-name lines all sit in semibold or bolder. It works for candidates whose content needs the typography to keep up with it. I use it for senior IC engineers and product leads applying to FAANG-tier companies where the audience is reading 80 resumes a day.
Bullets that read well in Bold
These are the kind of lines this template's spacing and typography were built for. The note under each explains why the rhythm fits.
Staff Engineer, Compute Platform, [Big Tech Co.] · Led the migration of 240 services from Mesos to Kubernetes. $14M annual savings, 12% latency improvement.
Bold's heavier weight on the role title (Staff Engineer) is what makes a senior IC line land. Lighter templates bury the seniority signal.
How Bold compares to similar templates
Cross-links to the closest siblings in our library, with the actual differences spelled out - not just visually similar templates.
vs Impact
Impact emphasises the name treatment specifically. Bold spreads the weight across the whole page. Same family - Impact is about the headline, Bold is about the rhythm.
vs Modern
Modern is the polite version of Bold. Pick Bold when your audience is over-saturated and you need the page to land in the 4-second skim.
Questions about the Bold template
Is Bold too aggressive for non-tech industries?
For most non-tech contexts, yes. Pick Professional Two or Authority Two instead. Bold is calibrated for a specific kind of recruiter audience.
