Word template · Candidate profiles
Editorial CV template
An editorial CV is a CV set like a feature page in a magazine: typography does the work instead of coloured blocks or a sidebar. This Word template opens with a centred masthead (the candidate's photo, or their initials when the CV has none, the name in large display type, the headline in italics and the location and availability as stated), then the profile as a pull quote, then a single book-width career column with the employer in small capitals, the dates on the right and the achievements on em-dash lines. Earlier career follows in a short list, and the CV closes with education, skills and languages in three centred columns. Formatix writes it from the CV and your notes and never invents an employer, date, figure or skill.
Some candidates, and some clients, want a CV that looks considered rather than templated: media, publishing, design, brand and communications roles in particular. This layout gives them that with type alone, and still reads in the order a hiring manager expects. The profile is written in the agency's voice, not put in the candidate's mouth.
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What's in the template
A CV set like a magazine feature: a centred masthead with photo or initials, the name in large display type and the headline in italics, the profile as a pull quote, a book-width career with the employer in small capitals and achievements on em-dash lines, then education, skills and languages in three centred columns.
- Centred masthead: photo or initials, name, headline, facts as stated
- Profile as a pull quote
- Career in one book-width column, achievements on em-dash lines
- Earlier career
- Education, skills and languages in three centred columns
What it's for: Media, creative and senior candidates who should stand out on typography alone.
WordDelivered as an editable Word file, or saved as PDF.
Who uses it
Media, creative and communications recruiters
A CV that looks as considered as the candidates it presents.
Boutique agencies
A distinctive house CV that is still easy to read.
Executive search firms
A refined single-column layout for senior candidates.
How you use it
- 1
Pick the template
Open Formatix, choose this template in Studio, and give us your website. We pull your logo, colours and fonts and rebuild the template in your brand. You see a sample before you use it.
- 2
Drop a CV or your notes
Upload the candidate's CV, in any layout or language. For reports that carry your ratings or notes, add them alongside the CV. One credit fills one document.
- 3
Check and send
The filled document appears beside the original for checking. Edit anything in place, then download the Word, PowerPoint or Excel file, or save it as PDF.
Download or automate? The free download is a plain file you fill in by hand. In Formatix the template is rebuilt in your brand, with your logo, colours and fonts taken from your website, and filled from a CV or your notes in about a minute. What you keep is the finished document: an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel file.
Ask for changes in plain words, such as "move the photo to the right" or "add a Languages section", and the template is updated with the rest of its formatting kept. If you already have a document you send clients, upload that instead and Formatix turns it into a template. How Studio builds templates
Questions about this template
- Is the pull quote a quotation from the candidate?
- No. It is a two or three sentence profile in the agency's voice about the candidate, set in large italic type. Formatix never puts words in the candidate's mouth.
- What if the CV has no photo?
- The masthead shows the candidate's initials in a circle instead.
- How long is it?
- One to two pages. It keeps up to five recent roles in full, with two to four achievements for the two most recent and one or two for older ones, and lists up to four earlier roles in one line each.
- Are notice period and location included?
- Only as the CV or your notes state them. Formatix never infers a notice period, availability, salary or willingness to relocate.
Related templates and pages
WordCV with photo headerA CV that opens with a large tinted header band across the page: the candidate's photo (initials when the CV has none), name, headline, location and notice, then profile, key skills, career history, education, certifications, languages and interests in one column.
WordMinimal one-page CVA strict one-page CV with generous white space and no colour blocks: name, headline and location, then a ruled grid with small labels on the left for profile, experience, earlier career, education, skills and languages.
WordCandidate profile (classic)A traditional one-page candidate profile with a clear career history, laid out the way clients expect to read a CV from an agency.
Use the editorial cv in your brand
Give us your website, and the template is rebuilt with your logo, colours and fonts. Your first ten documents are free, with no card, valid for 14 days.
Formatix fills it from the CV for you: see our CV formatting software, or bulk CV formatting for a whole shortlist at once.