Architect CV: How to Combine a Portfolio and an ATS-Friendly CV (With Examples)

Architecture hiring runs on two documents: the portfolio shows how you design, the CV shows what you delivered and with which tools. The CV is often read first, sometimes by software, so it must be clear and text-based.

Keep the CV simple, let the portfolio be visual

A CV full of images and creative layouts can lose its text in applicant tracking systems. Keep the CV clean and put a link to your portfolio (PDF or website) in the header.

Software and skills

• Design and BIM: Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp.
• Visualisation: V-Ray, Enscape, Lumion, Twinmotion, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Technical: construction drawings, detailing, building codes, BIM coordination, sustainability (LEED, BREEAM).
• Project stages: concept, design development, tender, construction administration.

Describe projects by type, size and your role

• «Residential tower, 32 storeys, 28,000 m²: led design development and Revit model coordination with structural and MEP consultants.»
• «Primary school, 6,500 m²: produced the full construction drawing set; project delivered on time and achieved LEED Gold.»
• «Competition entry for a cultural centre: concept design and parametric facade in Grasshopper; shortlisted in top 5 of 80.»

Licences

List your registration (for example RIBA or ARB in the UK, a state licence in the US, the Architektenkammer in Germany or the Saudi Council of Engineers), and the year.

Junior architects

Use university projects and internships, but describe them like real projects: type, size, software and what you produced. Add competitions and workshops.

The portfolio shows how you think. The CV proves what you delivered.

Templates that keep text readable

CV Analyz covers more than 780 professions, including architecture. Its 35+ templates produce a clean, text-based PDF, and the analysis shows which software and skills from the job ad your CV is missing.