Netflix-Style CV Template: Your Career as a Catalogue

This template displays your experience in horizontal rows, the way titles appear on the platform: a large card, a title, a short description. The idea serves people with many varied pieces of work, because the form encourages showing rather than explaining. It suits media, creative and project-based professions.

The steps

1. Open it and fill in name and job title in the main card
2. Put your strongest piece of work in the first card — it is the first thing seen
3. Write two lines per piece: role, organisation, result
4. Arrange the rows so each represents a kind of work: projects, roles, freelance
5. Add links to the work where possible; a catalogue without links stays a list of claims

Practical tips

• Variety of work is an asset in this layout, not a flaw — show it plainly
• Make each card self-contained; readers stop at the one that catches them rather than reading all
• Suited to production, media and content work, or anyone presenting themselves as multi-project

Common mistakes to avoid

• Filling each card with a full paragraph, which destroys the grid logic
• Leading with older work — readers judge your current level from the first card

Frequently asked questions

Does it suit traditional professions?

Less well. If your history is a sequence of similar roles, use a conventional template; this one highlights variety more than depth.

How many cards?

Six to eight at most. Beyond that the catalogue loses its function and readers do not get past the first two rows.

Links for this guide

• See the Netflix template
• Use this template in the editor
• Portfolio builder tool
• One-page CV guide