Lumina resume template

How Lumina is laid out

Lumina divides a US Letter page into a dark navy sidebar, just over a quarter of the width, and a white main column, both running to the edges of the page. The sidebar stacks the photo circle, your name in white, labelled contact details and grouped skills; the main column opens with an unheaded summary and continues with work experience, education, projects and awards in a light sans-serif.

Who it suits

• Applications in countries where a photo on a CV is still common, such as Germany, Austria or Switzerland
• Client-facing jobs where putting a face to the name helps, such as sales, hospitality or account management
• Mid-career applicants who want several roles, education and skills on a single page
• People whose skills list is short enough to read comfortably in a narrow column

Good to know

• CVs in the UK, Ireland and North America usually go without a photo. You can leave it out here too, and the circle then shows your initials.
• Some applicant tracking systems read two-column PDFs in the wrong order. For large online portals, Prestige and Meridian use the same entry layout in a single column.
• The sidebar prints as a solid dark block, and the page is US Letter rather than A4, which only matters if the CV will be printed.