How to Add AI Skills to Your Resume to Look Like Senior/Lead (Not Like Middle with Midjourney in CV)

Most designers add AI incorrectly: ❌ "AI tools: ChatGPT, Midjourney, Cursor" ❌ "AI-assisted design" ❌ "Prompt engineering" This looks like: "know Microsoft Word" in 2010. This is not expertise. This is a list of applications.

Here's the difference: Middle level: "Used AI to accelerate the design process" Senior/Lead level: "Reduced validation cycle from 6 months to 3 weeks through AI-MVP prototyping, preserving $1.1M in investments" See the difference? One is about the tool. The other is about business results.

How to properly add AI to your resume: 1. Not tool — result Instead of: "Built AI chatbot" Write: "Architected conversational AI that increased checkout conversion by 15%" 2. Not process — economics Instead of: "Optimized prompts" Write: "Reduced AI infrastructure costs by 32–60% through prompt architecture redesign" 3. Not list — case study Instead of: "Technologies: OpenAI API, Python" Write: "Built backend logic in Python (FastAPI) for token-level cost optimization"

But how to rewrite this quickly? I used AI to rewrite my own CV from 8/10 to 9.5/10. Here are the prompts that actually work 👇

💬 COMMENT 1 — For Product Designer If you're targeting a Product Designer / AI Product role: Prompt 1: Rewrite through ownership ``` You are a hiring manager at an AI-first product company. Rewrite my experience: [insert 3-5 bullet points]. Transform into: - End-to-end ownership (discovery → launch → revenue) - Business metrics (revenue, retention, cost reduction) - AI as strategic multiplier, not just execution tool Remove: "participated", "helped", "worked on" Add: "owned", "accountable for", "reduced/increased by X%" Keep it under 8 bullets total. ``` Prompt 2: Find weak spots ``` Review this CV summary for Senior Product Designer role: [insert summary] Find 3 critical gaps: 1. What business impact is missing? 2. What sounds like middle, not senior? 3. What AI competencies should be added? Give specific rewrite examples for each. ``` Prompt 3: Reformulate project ``` Rewrite this project: [insert project description] Structure: → Business problem (with $ impact if possible) → My AI solution (architecture + tech decisions) → Measurable result (metrics) Max 4 bullets. Tone: executive, confident. Example style: "Reduced X by Y%, enabling Z business outcome" ``` Result: From a designer who "uses AI" → Product Owner who impacts unit economics

💬 COMMENT 2 — For UX Designer If you're targeting a UX Designer / UX Researcher role: Prompt 1: Rewrite through user impact ``` You are a UX hiring manager at a SaaS company. Rewrite my UX case: [insert description] Show: - User research → hypothesis → validation method - Design decisions based on data, not intuition - Measurable user behavior change (not "improved UX") Remove: "created wireframes", "designed screens", "made it better" Add: "validated hypothesis that...", "increased task completion by..." ``` Prompt 2: AI as research tool ``` I used AI in my UX process: [describe specifically how] Help me position this in CV as: 1. Research acceleration technique (not shortcut) 2. Hypothesis testing tool 3. Pattern recognition enabler Give 2-3 bullet options that sound senior-level strategic. ``` Prompt 3: Add retention metrics ``` Here's my UX work description: [insert] I'm missing retention/engagement metrics. Suggest how to add approximate impact statements like: "Improved onboarding completion by ~X%" "Reduced churn drivers through..." Based on: [short description of what you did] ``` Result: From UX that "makes wireframes" → UX Strategist who impacts retention

💬 COMMENT 3 — For UX/UI Designer If you're targeting a UX/UI Designer / Product Designer role: Prompt 1: Design System as business asset ``` I built a design system with [number] components for [product type]. Rewrite this for CV to show: - Business value (reduced dev time, improved consistency) - Scalability thinking (multi-product, multi-team) - Engineering impact (component reuse rate, speed to market) Give 3 bullet points. Avoid words: "beautiful", "modern", "clean" Use: "accelerated", "enabled", "reduced inconsistencies by..." ``` Prompt 2: UI → Product Systems ``` Rewrite my UI projects: [insert 2-3 projects] Transform visual work into systems thinking: - Component architecture decisions - Cross-platform consistency strategy - Developer handoff optimization Show I think beyond pixels. Target: Senior UI System Designer or Product Designer role. ``` Prompt 3: Entire Experience block ``` Here is my UX/UI experience: [insert entire section] I'm targeting product IT companies (not agencies). Rewrite to emphasize: - Product ownership mindset - Collaboration with engineering - Measurable business outcomes Remove: - Tool lists without context ("Figma, Sketch...") - Aesthetic descriptions ("beautiful design") - Client work that looks like project-to-project freelance Max 8 bullets per role. ``` Result: From UI designer of "beautiful screens" → Product Designer with systems thinking

💬 COMMENT 4 — How to verify the result After rewriting through AI — run this: ``` Review my updated CV: [insert entire experience] Grade from 1-10 on: 1. Business impact clarity (revenue, cost, speed) 2. Ownership level (owner vs executor) 3. Senior positioning (strategic vs tactical) 4. AI integration (multiplier vs tool user) For each score below 8 — give specific fix with example. ``` If you got 8+ on all points — you're done. If lower: → repeat prompts above → combine approaches from different roles

The main rule: AI in resume — it's not "what you used" It's — "how you created business value through AI" Senior/Lead is not about tools. It's about results.