Opal resume & CV template
A round photo under a centred name, with the education and skills ruled off down the right-hand side.
EXPERIENCE
Marketing Manager, Maison Verte
Sep 2021 – Present
Paris, France
- Took blended CAC from €41 to €29 on flat spend by moving to holdout-based measurement
- Run a €120k monthly budget across paid social, search and lifecycle email
- Grew the owned email list to 240,000 and email to 31% of revenue
Growth Marketing Specialist, Atelier Nord
Nov 2018 – Aug 2021
Lyon, France
- Built the lifecycle programme from zero to 22% of revenue in under two years
- Ran the brand's first geo-lift tests, ending a two-year argument about attribution
EDUCATION
Master, Marketing & Communication, ESSEC Business School
Sep 2016 – Jun 2018
Cergy, France
CERTIFICATES
Google Analytics 4 Certification, Google
Feb 2024 – Feb 2024
Meta Media Buying Professional, Meta
May 2022 – May 2022
What defines this layout
- Sans-serif typeface
- Single column
- Includes an avatar or photo
- Headings over a full-width rule
- Dates right-aligned against each role
Every one of these is a setting, not a constraint — accent colour, font, size, spacing and page margins stay yours under Customize, and switching template later re-renders what you’ve written rather than starting it over.
Using Opal as a CV
Opal carries a photo, which is what a continental European CV expects alongside the personal details a British one leaves out. For the UK, Ireland or Australia, turn the photo off in Customize — the layout closes up around it and the rest of the page is unchanged.
It sits at a normal density, which lands most histories on the two pages a non-academic CV is expected to fit.
More on the differences: CV templates and CV examples.
Is Opal the right choice?
Who it suits
A photographic page with the details out of the way on the right. The centred name keeps it from looking front-heavy.
What it does to ATS parsing
Two columns with the shorter sections on the right. Check the order once.
At two pages
Fine, though slightly loose — expect a second page sooner than you would with Alder.
Use something else if
Crosshatch for a square photo, or Harlequin for rated skills.
Other templates
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