Meridian sets a dark sidebar for contact details and skills against a clean main column. It is the most widely used arrangement in modern resume design, and it works because the split is obvious at a glance.
Who it suits
Most professional applications
Candidates with a substantial skills list
Anyone wanting a contemporary look that is still conventional
What you get
A real PDF with selectable text, built from the live A4 preview
No watermark and no paywall at the download step
Standard section headings and a single clear reading order, so applicant tracking systems parse it correctly
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