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Land the interview with a résumé that reads like it was written for the role.

Inkwell turns your experience into sharp, recruiter-ready documents. Add your work once, let the AI editor rewrite the weak parts, then export a print-perfect PDF that parses cleanly in applicant systems.

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Maya Ellison

Senior Product Designer

maya.ellison@example.com(312) 555-0148Chicago, ILmayaelison.design

Summary

Senior product designer with eight years shipping consumer and B2B products. Led design for a fintech app used by more than two million people, pairing research with a high craft bar to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable work.

Experience

Senior Product Designer · Northwind Financial

2021 – Present

Chicago, IL

  • Redesigned the account-opening flow end to end, lifting completion from 61% to 84% and cutting support tickets by a third.
  • Built and maintained a 120-component design system now used by four product teams.
  • Ran a weekly research program of 12+ sessions a quarter; findings shaped the 2025 roadmap.

Product Designer · Lumen Health

2018 – 2021

Remote

  • Shipped patient onboarding for a telehealth platform serving 400,000 patients.
  • Partnered with engineering to cut average appointment scheduling time from four minutes to ninety seconds.

UI Designer · Studio Kestrel

2016 – 2018

Chicago, IL

  • Designed marketing sites and product interfaces for more than twenty early-stage clients.

Projects

Ledger · ledgerbudget.com

Open-source budgeting app; 4,000 weekly users and a 4.8 rating.

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

2012 – 2016

BFA, Graphic Design

Dean's List, 2014–2016

Skills

Design systemsInteraction designUser researchPrototypingAccessibility (WCAG)Data-informed designFigmaCross-functional leadership

Certifications

  • Nielsen Norman Group — UX Certification · NN/g · 2022

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How it works

From blank page to interview-ready in three steps.

01

Add your experience

Start from your current résumé or paste the job posting you are targeting. Inkwell structures your roles, dates and skills as you go.

02

Sharpen it with AI

Rewrite flat responsibilities into results-driven bullets, generate a summary aimed at that specific role, and produce a matching cover letter.

03

Export and apply

Review the live preview, pick your template and colour, then download a print-perfect PDF built on a standard, parser-safe structure.

Templates

Four templates, every one of them recruiter-safe.

Same content, four voices — swap templates without retyping a word. Classic and Modern are free; Minimal and Bold are included with Pro.

Maya Ellison

Senior Product Designer

maya.ellison@example.com(312) 555-0148Chicago, ILmayaelison.design

Summary

Senior product designer with eight years shipping consumer and B2B products. Led design for a fintech app used by more than two million people, pairing research with a high craft bar to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable work.

Experience

Senior Product Designer · Northwind Financial

2021 – Present

Chicago, IL

  • Redesigned the account-opening flow end to end, lifting completion from 61% to 84% and cutting support tickets by a third.
  • Built and maintained a 120-component design system now used by four product teams.
  • Ran a weekly research program of 12+ sessions a quarter; findings shaped the 2025 roadmap.

Product Designer · Lumen Health

2018 – 2021

Remote

  • Shipped patient onboarding for a telehealth platform serving 400,000 patients.
  • Partnered with engineering to cut average appointment scheduling time from four minutes to ninety seconds.

UI Designer · Studio Kestrel

2016 – 2018

Chicago, IL

  • Designed marketing sites and product interfaces for more than twenty early-stage clients.

Projects

Ledger · ledgerbudget.com

Open-source budgeting app; 4,000 weekly users and a 4.8 rating.

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

2012 – 2016

BFA, Graphic Design

Dean's List, 2014–2016

Skills

Design systems · Interaction design · User research · Prototyping · Accessibility (WCAG) · Data-informed design · Figma · Cross-functional leadership

Certifications

  • Nielsen Norman Group — UX Certification · NN/g · 2022

Classic

Traditional serif header with ruled section headings. The safest pick for finance, law and academia.

Maya Ellison

Senior Product Designer

maya.ellison@example.com(312) 555-0148Chicago, ILmayaelison.design

Summary

Senior product designer with eight years shipping consumer and B2B products. Led design for a fintech app used by more than two million people, pairing research with a high craft bar to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable work.

Experience

Senior Product Designer · Northwind Financial

2021 – Present

Chicago, IL

  • Redesigned the account-opening flow end to end, lifting completion from 61% to 84% and cutting support tickets by a third.
  • Built and maintained a 120-component design system now used by four product teams.
  • Ran a weekly research program of 12+ sessions a quarter; findings shaped the 2025 roadmap.

Product Designer · Lumen Health

2018 – 2021

Remote

  • Shipped patient onboarding for a telehealth platform serving 400,000 patients.
  • Partnered with engineering to cut average appointment scheduling time from four minutes to ninety seconds.

UI Designer · Studio Kestrel

2016 – 2018

Chicago, IL

  • Designed marketing sites and product interfaces for more than twenty early-stage clients.

Projects

Ledger · ledgerbudget.com

Open-source budgeting app; 4,000 weekly users and a 4.8 rating.

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

2012 – 2016

BFA, Graphic Design

Dean's List, 2014–2016

Skills

Design systemsInteraction designUser researchPrototypingAccessibility (WCAG)Data-informed designFigmaCross-functional leadership

Certifications

  • Nielsen Norman Group — UX Certification · NN/g · 2022

Modern

Left accent rule and sans headings. Reads clean in tech, product and operations roles.

Maya Ellison

Senior Product Designer

maya.ellison@example.com(312) 555-0148Chicago, ILmayaelison.design

Summary

Senior product designer with eight years shipping consumer and B2B products. Led design for a fintech app used by more than two million people, pairing research with a high craft bar to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable work.

Experience

Senior Product Designer · Northwind Financial

2021 – Present

Chicago, IL

  • Redesigned the account-opening flow end to end, lifting completion from 61% to 84% and cutting support tickets by a third.
  • Built and maintained a 120-component design system now used by four product teams.
  • Ran a weekly research program of 12+ sessions a quarter; findings shaped the 2025 roadmap.

Product Designer · Lumen Health

2018 – 2021

Remote

  • Shipped patient onboarding for a telehealth platform serving 400,000 patients.
  • Partnered with engineering to cut average appointment scheduling time from four minutes to ninety seconds.

UI Designer · Studio Kestrel

2016 – 2018

Chicago, IL

  • Designed marketing sites and product interfaces for more than twenty early-stage clients.

Projects

Ledger · ledgerbudget.com

Open-source budgeting app; 4,000 weekly users and a 4.8 rating.

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

2012 – 2016

BFA, Graphic Design

Dean's List, 2014–2016

Skills

Design systems · Interaction design · User research · Prototyping · Accessibility (WCAG) · Data-informed design · Figma · Cross-functional leadership

Certifications

  • Nielsen Norman Group — UX Certification · NN/g · 2022

Minimal

Pro

Generous white space and small-caps labels that let the writing carry the page.

Maya Ellison

Senior Product Designer

maya.ellison@example.com(312) 555-0148Chicago, ILmayaelison.design

Summary

Senior product designer with eight years shipping consumer and B2B products. Led design for a fintech app used by more than two million people, pairing research with a high craft bar to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable work.

Experience

Senior Product Designer · Northwind Financial

2021 – Present

Chicago, IL

  • Redesigned the account-opening flow end to end, lifting completion from 61% to 84% and cutting support tickets by a third.
  • Built and maintained a 120-component design system now used by four product teams.
  • Ran a weekly research program of 12+ sessions a quarter; findings shaped the 2025 roadmap.

Product Designer · Lumen Health

2018 – 2021

Remote

  • Shipped patient onboarding for a telehealth platform serving 400,000 patients.
  • Partnered with engineering to cut average appointment scheduling time from four minutes to ninety seconds.

UI Designer · Studio Kestrel

2016 – 2018

Chicago, IL

  • Designed marketing sites and product interfaces for more than twenty early-stage clients.

Projects

Ledger · ledgerbudget.com

Open-source budgeting app; 4,000 weekly users and a 4.8 rating.

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago

2012 – 2016

BFA, Graphic Design

Dean's List, 2014–2016

Skills

Design systemsInteraction designUser researchPrototypingAccessibility (WCAG)Data-informed designFigmaCross-functional leadership

Certifications

  • Nielsen Norman Group — UX Certification · NN/g · 2022

Bold

Pro

Colour-filled header block for creative, marketing and founder-facing roles.

What is inside

An editing studio, not a form you fill in.

AI bullet rewriting

Turn a flat responsibility into a bullet with action, scope and outcome — in your own voice, not corporate filler.

Summaries aimed at the role

Paste the job posting and Inkwell writes a summary that speaks directly to what the hiring team asked for.

Cover letters that match

Generate a letter from the same experience, structured and specific — never a mail-merge template.

Parser-safe structure

Standard section names, a single column of real text, no images or tables that confuse applicant tracking systems.

Live preview while you type

Edit on the left, watch the finished page build on the right, so you always know what the recruiter will see.

One-click PDF export

Download a print-ready document with the typography, spacing and colour you chose. No watermarks on Pro.

Pricing

Write for free. Upgrade when you are ready to apply.

Free

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Everything you need to write one strong résumé.

  • 1 saved résumé
  • Classic and Modern templates
  • 5 AI rewrites to try
  • Live preview and PDF export
  • A small Inkwell footer on the page
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Pro

Most popular

$12per month

For anyone applying seriously, or several roles at once.

  • Unlimited résumés and tailored versions
  • All four templates
  • Unlimited AI writing and summaries
  • Matching cover letters
  • Watermark-free PDF export
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