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ATS-safe resume templates
All three of these templates are free, single-column, and built for maximum ATS compatibility. Standard headings, clean typography, and a layout that every parser can read correctly.
Jordan Martinez
Marketing Manager
New York, NY · jordan@email.com · (212) 555-0198
Summary
Results-driven marketing manager with 6+ years of experience in digital strategy, brand development, and campaign optimization for B2B SaaS companies. Proven track record driving revenue growth through data-informed marketing decisions. Skilled at building and leading cross-functional teams, managing multi-million dollar budgets, and translating complex analytics into actionable growth strategies. Passionate about combining creative storytelling with performance marketing to build lasting brand equity.
Experience
Senior Marketing Manager
2022 — Present
Notion · New York, NY
- Led a comprehensive brand refresh across all digital touchpoints, redesigning the website, social media presence, and marketing collateral, resulting in a 45% increase in organic traffic and a 22% improvement in brand recall within six months of launch
- Managed a $2.4M annual marketing budget across paid advertising, organic content, influencer partnerships, and event sponsorships, optimizing spend allocation based on quarterly performance analytics and achieving a 35% reduction in cost-per-acquisition
- Launched and scaled an influencer partnership program from the ground up, recruiting 50+ content creators across YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram, driving 15K new user signups per month at 40% lower acquisition cost than paid channels
Marketing Manager
2019 — 2022
HubSpot · Cambridge, MA
- Built and executed a full-funnel content strategy spanning blog posts, webinars, whitepapers, and gated resources, generating over 10K qualified leads per quarter and contributing to 30% of total pipeline revenue across enterprise and mid-market segments
- Spearheaded product marketing for 3 major feature releases, developing positioning frameworks, competitive battle cards, sales enablement decks, and go-to-market strategies that drove $8M in incremental ARR within the first two quarters post-launch
- Redesigned the onboarding email sequence using behavioral segmentation and A/B testing across 12 variants, improving new user activation rates by 32%, reducing time-to-value by two weeks, and increasing trial-to-paid conversion by 18%
Content Marketing Specialist
2017 — 2019
Mailchimp · Atlanta, GA
- Created and managed a comprehensive editorial calendar producing 200+ blog posts annually across 8 content categories, establishing the brand as a recognized thought leader in email marketing and small business growth
- Grew the email subscriber base from 40K to 180K through targeted lead-generation campaigns, content upgrades, strategic cross-promotion partnerships with complementary SaaS brands, and SEO-optimized landing page experiments
Projects
Brand Voice Guidelines
Authored a comprehensive 40-page brand voice document adopted across 6 departments and 200+ employees, establishing unified messaging standards for web, email, social, and sales collateral that improved brand consistency scores by 28%
Marketing Analytics Dashboard
Built a real-time analytics dashboard in Looker tracking 15 key performance indicators with automated weekly reporting and executive summaries, reducing manual reporting time by 6 hours per week and enabling data-driven budget reallocation decisions
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
B.S. Marketing, Minor in Data Science — Dean's List, GPA 3.8
2013 — 2017
Skills
SEO/SEM · Content Strategy · Marketing Analytics · HubSpot · Brand Strategy · Copywriting · A/B Testing · Google Ads · Salesforce · Figma · Email Marketing · Social Media · Data Visualization · Team Leadership
Classic
FreeTraditional single-column format with clear hierarchy. The safest ATS choice for any industry or role.
Jordan Martinez
Marketing Manager
jordan@email.com · (212) 555-0198 · New York, NY
Summary
Results-driven marketing manager with 6+ years building growth strategies for B2B SaaS. Proven track record in brand development, content marketing, and team leadership driving measurable business outcomes. Expert in full-funnel demand generation, go-to-market strategy, and cross-functional collaboration across product, sales, and design teams. Adept at turning market insights into scalable campaigns that accelerate pipeline and strengthen market positioning.
Experience
Senior Marketing Manager
2022 — Present
Notion · New York, NY
- Led a comprehensive brand refresh across all digital touchpoints, redesigning the website, social media presence, and paid creative, resulting in a 45% increase in organic traffic and a 22% lift in brand recall within six months of launch
- Managed a $2.4M annual marketing budget across paid advertising, organic content, influencer partnerships, and event sponsorships, optimizing spend allocation based on quarterly performance analytics and achieving a 35% reduction in cost-per-acquisition
- Launched and scaled an influencer program from scratch, recruiting 50+ creators across YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram, driving 15K new signups monthly at 40% lower cost than paid acquisition while building a library of 200+ branded content assets
Marketing Manager
2019 — 2022
HubSpot · Cambridge, MA
- Built and executed a full-funnel content strategy spanning blog posts, webinars, whitepapers, and gated resources, generating over 10K qualified leads per quarter and contributing to 30% of total pipeline revenue across enterprise and mid-market segments
- Spearheaded product marketing for 3 major feature releases, creating positioning frameworks, competitive battle cards, and go-to-market strategies that drove $8M in incremental ARR within the first two quarters of each launch cycle
- Redesigned the onboarding email sequence using behavioral segmentation and A/B testing across 12 variants, improving new user activation rates by 32%, cutting time-to-value by two weeks, and increasing trial-to-paid conversion by 18%
Content Marketing Specialist
2017 — 2019
Mailchimp · Atlanta, GA
- Created and managed an editorial calendar producing 200+ blog posts annually across 8 content verticals, establishing the brand as a recognized industry thought leader in email marketing and small business growth
- Grew the email subscriber base from 40K to 180K through targeted acquisition campaigns, content upgrades, strategic cross-promotion with complementary SaaS brands, and SEO-optimized landing page experiments that improved conversion by 24%
Projects
Brand Voice Guidelines
Authored a comprehensive 40-page brand voice document adopted across 6 departments and 200+ employees, establishing unified messaging standards for all customer-facing communications that improved brand consistency scores by 28%
Marketing Analytics Dashboard
Built a real-time analytics dashboard in Looker tracking 15 KPIs with automated weekly reporting and executive summaries, reducing manual reporting time by 6 hours per week and enabling data-driven budget allocation decisions across all channels
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
B.S. Marketing, Minor in Data Science
2013 — 2017
Skills
SEO/SEM · Content Strategy · Marketing Analytics · Brand Development · HubSpot · A/B Testing · Google Ads · Salesforce · Figma · Data Visualization · Email Marketing · Social Media · Team Leadership
Languages
English (Native) · Spanish (Conversational)
Executive
FreeBold header with compact sections. Designed for senior roles while staying fully ATS-parseable.
Jordan Martinez
Marketing Manager
jordan@email.com | (212) 555-0198 | New York, NY
Profile
Results-driven marketing manager with 6+ years of experience in digital strategy, brand development, and campaign optimization for B2B SaaS companies. Proven track record driving revenue growth through data-informed marketing decisions. Experienced in leading distributed teams, orchestrating product launches, and developing integrated content programs that generate qualified pipeline at scale. Combines analytical rigor with creative vision to deliver campaigns that resonate with technical and executive audiences alike.
Experience
Senior Marketing Manager
2022 — Present
Notion | New York, NY
- Led a comprehensive brand refresh across all digital touchpoints, redesigning the website, social media channels, and marketing collateral, resulting in a 45% increase in organic traffic and a 22% improvement in brand recall within six months
- Managed a $2.4M annual marketing budget across paid advertising, organic content, influencer partnerships, and event sponsorships, optimizing spend allocation through quarterly performance reviews and achieving a 35% reduction in cost-per-acquisition
- Launched and scaled an influencer program from scratch, recruiting 50+ creators across YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram, driving 15K new signups monthly at 40% lower cost than paid acquisition channels
Marketing Manager
2019 — 2022
HubSpot | Cambridge, MA
- Built and executed a full-funnel content strategy spanning blog posts, webinars, whitepapers, and gated resources, generating over 10K qualified leads per quarter and contributing to 30% of total pipeline revenue across enterprise and mid-market segments
- Spearheaded product marketing for 3 major feature releases, developing positioning frameworks, competitive analysis, and go-to-market strategies that collectively drove $8M in incremental ARR within the first two quarters post-launch
- Redesigned the onboarding email sequence using behavioral segmentation and A/B testing across 12 variants, improving new user activation rates by 32%, cutting time-to-value by two weeks, and increasing trial-to-paid conversion by 18%
Content Marketing Specialist
2017 — 2019
Mailchimp | Atlanta, GA
- Managed an editorial calendar producing 200+ blog posts annually across 8 content verticals, establishing the brand as a recognized thought leader in email marketing and driving a 60% increase in organic search impressions year-over-year
- Grew the email subscriber base from 40K to 180K through targeted lead-generation campaigns, content upgrades, strategic cross-promotion partnerships with complementary SaaS brands, and SEO-optimized landing page experiments
Projects
Brand Voice Guidelines
Authored a comprehensive 40-page brand voice document adopted across 6 departments and 200+ employees, establishing unified messaging standards for web, email, social, and sales collateral that improved brand consistency scores by 28%
Marketing Analytics Dashboard
Built a real-time analytics dashboard in Looker tracking 15 KPIs with automated weekly reporting and executive summaries, reducing manual reporting time by 6 hours per week and enabling data-driven budget allocation decisions across all channels
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
B.S. Marketing, Minor in Data Science
2013 — 2017
Skills
SEO/SEM | Content Strategy | Marketing Analytics | Brand Development | HubSpot | A/B Testing | Google Ads | Salesforce | Figma | Email Marketing | Team Leadership
Languages
English (Native) | Spanish (Conversational)
Modern
FreeEditorial layout with wide letter-spacing. Contemporary look that reads perfectly in every ATS.
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How to make your resume ATS-friendly
Use standard section headings the parser expects
ATS software identifies your resume sections by looking for specific heading labels. Stick with the names every system recognizes: Experience or Work Experience, Education, Skills, Summary or Professional Summary, and Certifications. Creative alternatives like “Where I’ve Made an Impact” or “My Toolbox” may look distinctive, but they prevent the parser from categorizing your content correctly. When the ATS can’t map a section, that content is effectively invisible to recruiters who search and filter by category. The template does the visual design work — let the headings do the structural work.
Avoid tables and multi-column layouts for critical content
Tables and complex multi-column layouts cause ATS parsers to read content out of sequence. A two-column experience section might merge your job title from the left column with an unrelated skill from the right, creating garbled output in the recruiter’s view. Keep your work history, education, and summary in a single, linear flow. If you want visual variety, a sidebar can work — but only when supplementary details like skills and contact information go there, not your primary experience. The templates above are all single-column specifically because it eliminates this risk entirely.
Choose a single-column layout for your work history
Your work experience section is the most important part of your resume for both ATS parsing and recruiter evaluation. A single-column layout ensures that job titles, company names, dates, and bullet points are read in the correct order by every parser on the market. This is especially important for roles at large companies that use enterprise ATS platforms like Workday or Taleo, which are stricter about document structure. All three free templates above use a single-column format that presents your career history in clean reverse-chronological order — exactly what the parser and the recruiter both expect to see.
Keep formatting simple — skip headers and footers for contact info
Many resume templates place your name, phone number, and email in the document header or footer. This looks clean on screen, but most ATS parsers skip headers and footers during text extraction. If your contact information lives in those areas, the ATS won’t have your email or phone number — and neither will the recruiter. Put all critical details in the main body of the document. Stick to standard bullet points (round dots or hyphens), avoid decorative icons or skill-level bars, and use common fonts. The less visual flair you add manually, the more reliably the parser reads your content.
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What is an ATS-friendly resume template?
An ATS-friendly resume template is a pre-designed layout that follows the formatting rules applicant tracking systems need to parse your resume correctly. That means single-column structure for primary content, standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills), real selectable text instead of images, and clean PDF encoding. A good ATS template handles all of these constraints for you so you can focus on writing strong content instead of worrying about formatting.
Do all BravoResume templates pass ATS?
Yes. Every BravoResume template — free and premium — generates PDFs with real selectable text, proper heading hierarchy, and clean document encoding. The three free templates (Classic, Executive, and Modern) are single-column layouts, which are the safest format for any ATS. Our sidebar templates keep all ATS-critical content (work history, education, summary) in the main column, so even two-column designs parse correctly.
Can I use a two-column resume with ATS?
You can, but it depends on the template. Poorly built two-column layouts cause ATS parsers to read content out of order — merging text from the left and right columns into garbled sentences. If you want maximum compatibility, choose a single-column template like Classic, Executive, or Modern. If you prefer a sidebar layout, make sure the template places your work experience and education in the main column, not the sidebar. BravoResume's sidebar templates are designed this way.
What file format should I use for ATS?
PDF is the best default for most applications, as long as the PDF contains real selectable text — not a scanned image. You can verify this by opening the file and trying to select and copy text. If a job posting specifically asks for a .docx file, submit that instead. Some older ATS platforms like Taleo handle Word documents more reliably. When no format is specified, a properly encoded PDF works with every major ATS on the market.
How do I know if my resume passed the ATS?
There is no direct notification from the ATS itself. However, you can test your resume before submitting. Open the PDF, select all text (Ctrl+A or Cmd+A), and paste it into a plain text editor. If everything appears in a logical reading order with no garbled characters or missing sections, the ATS will be able to parse it. Beyond formatting, passing ATS also depends on keyword relevance — your resume needs to include the skills and terms from the job description. If you get an interview request, your resume passed.