Colour
Showcase · not ATS-safe
Ashford — letterpress resume template on cream stock
Letterpress feel on cream stock — centred caps serif over a full rule. Print it for the interview.
Ashford is one of 22 free résumé templates in PaperKit, the no-login résumé builder from CodeSierra. It is free to use and free to download as a PDF — no account, no watermark and nothing to pay — and it prints to A4 or US Letter. Ashford is a showcase layout, so send it where a person reads your résumé first and keep an ATS-safe template for job portals. You fill it in as a form with the real PDF rendering beside you, and switching to any other template carries your content across untouched.
Cream stockCentred capsFormal
Use this templateNo login · No watermark · Free PDF
- Audience
- Formal · Print · Interview copy
- Colour schemes
- Navy, Ink, Maroon
- Photo slot
- Yes
- Paper
- A4 and US Letter
Pick Ashford if…
- You are carrying printed copies into the room.
- You want a document that feels considered in the hand.
- You are in academia, law, hospitality or a heritage brand.
What to know before you send it
- Tinted paper scans badly
- Letterspaced caps can split words in parsers
- Decorative rules around the header
- Applying through a job portal as well? Keep an ATS-first template for that copy — switching costs nothing.
Ashford works well for these roles
Each example comes with profession-specific bullets you can edit in place.
Questions about Ashford
- Is the Ashford resume template free?
- Yes. Ashford is free — no login, no watermark and nothing to pay at the download step. You can edit it in your browser and download the PDF straight away. Every PaperKit template is free the same way, in all four makers: there is no premium set and nothing to unlock.
- Is Ashford ATS-friendly?
- Ashford is a Showcase layout: it uses tinted paper and a photo slot, which some applicant tracking systems parse poorly. Use it when a person will read your resume first, and switch to an ATS-first template for automated applications — your content carries over.
- Can I switch away from Ashford later?
- Yes. Templates are a design layer over your content, so you can change template at any point inside the editor without retyping or losing a single line.