Get application-ready for a day shift graphic design job: template, sample and cover letter.

[Full name]

Graphic Designer | [Your main kind of work, e.g. social media graphics, ads and decks]

[City], [Country] | [Email] | [Mobile or WhatsApp number]

Portfolio: [Link to 8 to 12 pieces, e.g. Behance, Google Drive or your own site]

Available: [Days], [start time] to [end time] Manila time (GMT+8) | [Full-time or part-time, hours a week]

SUMMARY

[Two or three sentences: your years of design work, the kind of brands (e.g. real estate, food, online shops), what you make most, and one result, like designs a week or rounds of revisions.]

SOFTWARE

- Design: [e.g. Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or Figma]

- Video: [e.g. CapCut or Premiere Pro for basic edits, or delete this line]

- Files: [e.g. Google Drive for brand templates and approved files]

SKILLS

- [Skill from the listing, e.g. social media graphics, banners and ad creatives]

- [Skill, e.g. resizing one design for each platform and placement]

- [Skill, e.g. decks, one-pagers and print materials]

- [Skill, e.g. photo retouching and colour correction]

- [Skill, e.g. working from brand guidelines and templates]

SELECTED WORK

- [Project, e.g. 30 Instagram posts a month for a property agency] | [link]

- [Project, e.g. one ad in 4 sizes for a Facebook campaign] | [link]

- [Project, e.g. 12-slide sales deck] | [link]

WORK EXPERIENCE

[Job title] | [Company, or the kind of client, e.g. real estate agency in Singapore] | [Month Year] to [Month Year or Present]

- [What you made and how many, e.g. Designed about 25 social graphics a week]

- [A result, e.g. Most designs approved after one round of revisions]

- [The software you used in this job]

[Job title] | [Company] | [Month Year] to [Month Year]

- [What you did, with a number]

- [What you did, with a result]

EDUCATION

[Degree or strand] | [School] | [Year finished]

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES

- [Course name] | [Who ran it] | [Year]

WORK SETUP

- Internet: [speed, e.g. 50 Mbps fiber], with [backup, e.g. pocket WiFi]

- Computer: [laptop or desktop, processor, RAM and screen size]

LANGUAGES

- English: [fluent or conversational]. [Other languages, e.g. Filipino: native]

Joshua Navarro

Graphic Designer | Social media graphics, ads and decks

Pasig City, Philippines | joshua.navarro@example.com | +63 900 000 0000

Portfolio: portfolio.example.com (10 pieces: social, ads, decks and print)

Available: Monday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm Manila time (GMT+8) | Part-time, 20 hours a week

SUMMARY

Graphic designer with 4 years of work for real estate and food brands. I design social posts, ad creatives and sales decks from brand guidelines, and I resize each design for every platform. Most of my designs are approved after one round of revisions.

SOFTWARE

- Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, Figma

- Video: CapCut for basic edits

- Files: Google Drive for brand templates and approved files

SKILLS

- Social media graphics, carousels, banners and ad creatives

- Resizing one design for feed, Stories and ad placements

- Sales decks, one-pagers, flyers and brochures

- Photo retouching and colour correction for property listings

SELECTED WORK

- 30 Instagram posts a month for a property agency | portfolio.example.com/property

- One ad in 4 sizes for a restaurant opening | portfolio.example.com/ads

- 14-slide sales deck for a condo launch | portfolio.example.com/deck

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graphic Design VA (part-time, remote) | Real estate agency, Singapore | May 2024 to Present

- Design about 25 social graphics and ad creatives a week from the agency's brand kit

- 8 in 10 designs approved after one round of revisions

- Keep the shared Drive of templates and approved files in order, so agents can find them

In-house Graphic Designer | Restaurant group, Pasig City | July 2022 to April 2024

- Designed menus, flyers and social posts for 3 restaurants

- Retouched about 40 food photos a month for the delivery apps

EDUCATION

BFA Visual Communication | State university, Manila | 2022

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES

- Figma course | Udemy | 2024

WORK SETUP

- Internet: 100 Mbps fiber, with pocket WiFi as backup

- Computer: desktop, AMD Ryzen 5, 32 GB RAM, 27-inch monitor

LANGUAGES

- English: fluent. Filipino: native.

Hi [Name, or "Hiring team"],

I'm applying for the [job title] role. I've designed [kind of work, e.g. social posts and ad creatives] for [number] years, most recently for [the kind of client, e.g. a real estate agency in Singapore].

[One result with a number, e.g. I design about 25 graphics a week, and most are approved after one round of revisions.]

Your listing asks for [software or skill] and [software or skill]. [One line on how you've used each.]

My portfolio is here: [link]. Start with [the piece closest to the job, e.g. the property ads].

I can work [days], [start time] to [end time] Manila time (GMT+8), [full-time or part-time], and I can start on [date].

My resume is attached. Thank you for reading.

[Full name]

[Email] | [Mobile or WhatsApp number]

Hi Hiring team,

I'm applying for the Graphic Design VA role. I've designed social posts, ads and decks for 4 years, and since May 2024 I've designed for a real estate agency in Singapore.

I design about 25 graphics a week from the agency's brand kit, and 8 in 10 are approved after one round of revisions.

Your listing asks for brand templates and basic video edits. I keep the agency's Canva and Photoshop templates up to date, and I cut short property clips in CapCut.

My portfolio is here: portfolio.example.com. Start with the property ads, which are the closest to this job.

I can work Monday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm Manila time (GMT+8), part-time, and I can start on 1 November.

My resume is attached. Thank you for reading.

Joshua Navarro

joshua.navarro@example.com | +63 900 000 0000