Student Compact resume template
A space-efficient layout with clear section rules for education, experience, personal projects, leadership, and skills.
Before you download: Uses compact 9 pt Arial text. Keep entries selective and check at full size; choose two pages for more evidence instead of shrinking the body further.
All names, organizations and achievements in this sample are fictional. Replace them with your own facts.
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AVERY BENNETT
Raleigh, NC • avery.bennett@example.com • (919) 555-0156 • LinkedIn
SUMMARY
Marketing student with a minor in Management Information Systems and experience supporting email campaigns, customer research, spreadsheet analysis, and content production. Uses clear writing and practical data skills to turn research into useful marketing recommendations. Seeking a Summer 2027 internship in digital marketing, analytics, or research.
EDUCATION
Redbrook College & State University Meadow Ridge, NC
B.B.A. in Marketing | Minor in Management Information Systems Expected Graduation: May 2028 | GPA: 3.62
- • Dean's List recognition for earning a 3.8 semester GPA.
- • Database Management: Use PostgreSQL to query a sample retail database, combining customer and order tables with JOINs, filters, grouped totals, and data-quality checks.
- • ERP / Business Processes: Use SAP training exercises to trace purchasing and sales activity, document process steps, and explain how records move between departments.
- • Applied Python in an introductory course to clean survey responses and calculate simple summary statistics.
EXPERIENCE
Larkwell Outdoor Goods May 2026 - August 2026
Digital Marketing Assistant
- • Reviewed 280 customer records for accuracy and completeness, correcting inconsistent fields and flagging 24 duplicate entries before a campaign.
- • Supported the team's monthly email program by drafting three newsletters, preparing product images, checking links, and recording manager feedback.
- • Built a weekly Excel report that compared email clicks by product category and reduced manual report preparation time by approximately 25%.
- • Researched six competing outdoor retailers, comparing product assortments, delivery policies, and seasonal promotions to inform a planning brief.
- • Checked 40 online product listings against supplier records and corrected missing sizes, materials, and care instructions before publication.
PERSONAL PROJECTS
research.example.com Marketing & Data Analytics Project
- • Created a small consumer-research website to present findings from a 64-student coffee survey, with charts comparing the importance of price, convenience, and wait time.
- • Used Excel, GitHub, and a simple web publishing workflow to turn survey responses into charts, document sampling limits, and explain three practical recommendations.
market.example.com Digital Media & Web Project
- • Created a community-market website for a class project, organizing fictional vendor profiles, event listings, visitor information, and directions into an easy-to-follow site structure.
- • Built the site in WordPress and tested it with five classmates, revising page headings, mobile layouts, and navigation based on specific tasks they found confusing.
LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES
Marketing Guild Student Events Chair
- • Organized two alumni career panels with 36 student attendees in total, coordinating speaker invitations, room bookings, questions, and check-in with the club president.
- • Maintain event checklists and send reminders to help members prepare for guest speakers.
Community Reading & Student Mentoring
- • Volunteer with Maplebridge Reading Partners twice monthly, helping elementary students choose books, read aloud, and build confidence through patient feedback and encouragement.
SKILLS
Technical: Microsoft Excel, SQL, Looker Studio, Google Sheets, SAP, GitHub, WordPress, Python (coursework)
Business & Marketing: Consumer Research, Survey Design, Dashboard Development, Email Reporting, Data Cleaning, Competitor Research, Content Quality Checks
Edit Student Compact in Word
One page fits a focused selection of early experience and short project entries. Choose two when additional work adds distinct evidence, keeping Skills at the end. Both versions use 9 pt body text; compare Academic Internship or Graduate Classic if you prefer an available 11 pt design.
Section order: Summary → Education → Experience → Personal Projects → Leadership and Activities; Selected Coursework in the two-page version → Skills
Replace the student-specific details
Update the target internship term, expected graduation and GPA. Label a tool learned only through coursework accurately. Replace the LinkedIn and project link destinations as well as their visible text; remove links to sample sites you have no equivalent for.
Shorten wording before compressing it
Keep the original 9 pt Arial body and tight spacing rather than reducing them further. Remove repeated duties and unnecessary introductions. View the file at full size to judge legibility; the browser preview can make small text appear larger than it will on paper.
Keep section endings together
After editing, check that each ruled heading stays with its first entry and that role lines have a bullet below them. In the two-page version, keep the additional coursework before Skills. Review the page break after changing project lengths or the number of activities.
Why this sample bullet works
Fictional example from the 1-page sample
Reviewed 280 customer records for accuracy and completeness, correcting inconsistent fields and flagging 24 duplicate entries before a campaign.
The bullet distinguishes the records reviewed from the issues found, then explains why the check mattered. It shows practical work without claiming ownership of the whole campaign. If you do not have counts, name the types of checks and the handoff or decision they supported.
Find the facts for your own version
- What records or materials did you check, and for what purpose?
- Which issues did you correct yourself, and which did you flag for someone else?
- Do your notes support a count, or would a specific description be more accurate?
Use only details you can support. You do not need to invent a number to describe useful work.