Modern Sidebar
Stand out with a bold two-column design
A striking sidebar layout with dark panel, profile photo, and a clean accent system. Built for professionals who want to make an impression. Perfect for tech, design, and creative roles.
- Dark sidebar with photo and contact info
- Technical & Soft Skills in sidebar
- Skill categories: Backend: Node.js, TypeScript
- Real text PDF — searchable & ATS-ready
- High-contrast, agency-quality look
Marcus Chen
Lead UX Designer & Design Systems Architect
Experience
Lead UX Designer
2021–Present
Stripe, Inc.
Built design system used by 40+ engineers. Increased design
velocity 3×.
Senior Product Designer
2018–2021
Figma
Designed core editor features. Owned onboarding flow serving
2M+ users.
Projects
OpenDesign — Open source design system
800+ GitHub stars. Used by 200 companies worldwide.
Education
BFA Interaction Design
2014–2018
Parsons School of Design
Why Modern Sidebar?
Make a visual statement. Memorable, structured, and still professional.
Best for these roles
- UX/UI Design
- Software Engineering
- Product Design
- Marketing & Brand
- Architecture & Creative
- Startup founders
Template highlights
- Dark sidebar with independent sidebar color picker
- Profile photo in sidebar (circle, square, or rounded)
- Technical Skills & Soft Skills in sidebar
- Skill categories with bold label (Backend: …)
- Real text PDF — copyable, searchable, ATS-ready
- Photo editor: crop, zoom, brightness & contrast
Sections included
- Photo + name + title in sidebar
- Contact, Technical Skills, Soft Skills, Skills (sidebar)
- Summary, experience, projects (main)
- Education, certificates, languages
- All sections independently toggleable
Customization options
- Accent color + sidebar color: two independent color pickers
- Font size: compact / regular / large
- Profile photo: upload, crop, zoom, shape picker
- Description style: paragraph, • bullets, – dashes
- Toggle each section independently