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Tailoring is more than swapping keywords.
Each application requires a relevant story, complete context, and a resume and cover letter that support one another.
Every role asks for a different story
A strong master resume still needs choices about which experience, language, and evidence matter for a particular job.
Missing context weakens the draft
Generic writing tools cannot use achievements, scope, or constraints that the applicant never supplied.
Two documents must agree
The resume and cover letter should tell one consistent story without inventing qualifications or repeating the same paragraphs.
Vivid turns that work into one guided workflow.
Upload your experience, answer targeted gap questions, add the job description, and receive a job-specific resume plus matching cover letter. You review the final documents before using them.
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Alex Chen
Software Engineer
alex.chen@email.com • San Francisco, CA
Professional Summary
Highly motivated and results-oriented software engineer with extensive experience in full-stack development. Strong communicator with excellent problem-solving skills and a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions. Passionate about technology and committed to continuous learning.
Experience
Software Engineer
2021 - Present
Tech Company
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Responsible for developing and maintaining software applications using various technologies
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Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget
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Participated in code reviews and contributed to team best practices
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Utilized agile methodologies to manage project workflows effectively
Skills
JavaScript, Python, React, Node.js, SQL, Git, Agile, Communication, Problem Solving, Team Player, Self-Motivated, Detail-Oriented
Alex Chen
Senior Software Engineer
alex.chen@email.com • San Francisco, CA
Professional Summary
Full-stack engineer with 7+ years building scalable applications serving 2M+ daily users. Led $3.2M cloud migration reducing infrastructure costs by 40%. Expert in React, Node.js, and AWS with proven track record shipping products at TechCorp (Series D, $2B valuation).
Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Jan 2021 - Present
TechCorp Inc.
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Architected microservices platform handling 50M+ daily requests with 99.99% uptime, reducing latency by 65%
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Led team of 6 engineers to deliver payment system redesign, reducing transaction errors by 40% and saving $2.1M annually
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Implemented CI/CD pipeline cutting deployment time from 4 hours to 15 minutes, enabling 10x more frequent releases
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Mentored 4 junior developers, with 3 promoted to mid-level within 12 months
Skills
React • TypeScript • Node.js • Python • AWS (Solutions Architect Certified) • PostgreSQL • Docker • Kubernetes • GraphQL • Redis • System Design • Team Leadership
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Every word comes from your actual experience. We reframe it. We don't make it up.
See the Transformation
Same experience. Completely different signal.
Software Engineer — Acme Corp • 2022–2024
Developed software applications using various programming languages
Vague — no scale, no specific tech, no outcome
Worked on improving system performance and reliability
Passive — "worked on" hides your contribution
Collaborated with team members on project deliverables
Generic — every engineer "collaborates"
Software Engineer — Acme Corp • 2022–2024
Built real-time event processing system handling 2.3M daily events in Python/Kafka, reducing data pipeline latency from 4 hours to 12 minutes
Redesigned authentication service (OAuth 2.0 + RBAC), eliminating 3 critical CVE exposure paths and reducing login failures 67%
Led 4-person team through SOC 2 compliance sprint, delivering audit-ready infrastructure 3 weeks ahead of deadline
See your resume transformed
Upload your resume. Get results in minutes.
How Vivid Works
Four steps to a resume that actually gets interviews.
Upload Your Resume
Drag and drop your master resume. We'll analyze it for gaps.
Answer Smart Questions
Our AI identifies what's missing—vague metrics, missing context, unquantified achievements—then asks targeted questions to fill them in. Takes 3–5 minutes.
Paste the Job Description
Copy/paste any job posting. Our Chrome extension makes this instant on 16+ job boards.
Get Your Resume
Our 80-step AI workflow generates your customized resume + cover letter in minutes. Download and apply.
Most tools just swap keywords. We actually understand your career story first—then customize intelligently.
Why Vivid Resumes Are Better
Most AI tools have a "garbage in, garbage out" problem.
Upload a weak resume → get a weak customization.
Vivid fixes this before generating anything:
We analyze your resume for gaps (vague metrics, missing context, unquantified achievements)
We ask smart follow-up questions to fill them in
THEN we generate your resume using the complete picture
Result? Resumes that sound genuinely impressive—not just keyword-stuffed.
ChatGPT
"Increased revenue"
Vivid
"Drove $2.4M ARR growth (47% YoY) by leading 8-person sales team through enterprise expansion into fintech vertical"
The difference? We asked the right questions first.
The meaningful difference
A polished sentence is not useful if the fact is wrong.
Open-ended tools optimize for the answer you request. Vivid starts with the career evidence you supplied, retrieves relevant context, and checks substantive claims again before presenting the documents for your review.
See how grounding changes the workflow
Open-ended drafting
Evidence check
Your prompt
Generated copy
You verify every claim
Flexible output with a user-managed factual boundary
Evidence-grounded drafting
Evidence check
Career evidence
RAG retrieval
Resume-specific generation
Grounding review
A resume and matching cover letter ready for final user review
General AI
Open-ended prompting
For flexible drafting when you want to direct—and verify—the conversation.
Resume platforms
Editor-led workspaces
For hands-on building, scoring, keyword work, and ongoing job-search tools.
Design tools
Template-led creation
For visual freedom when you want to compose and manage the document yourself.
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Resume builders have a trust problem.
Pricing complaints, cancellation nightmares, and bait-and-switch reports are common across major resume builders on Trustpilot and Reddit. We built Vivid to be different.
No Subscription. Period.
You pay $5 for one tailored resume + matching cover letter. That's it. No recurring charges, no 4-week billing cycles, no cancellation button to hunt for. Credits never expire.
Price First, Resume Second
We show you exactly what it costs before you type a single word. No building your resume for 2 hours only to discover you need to pay to download it.
Every Fact Verified
Our workflow compares generated claims with the career information you supplied and flags unsupported details. These controls support your review; they do not make AI output error-free.
ATS-Tested, Not Just "ATS-Friendly"
72% of Canva resume templates fail basic ATS parsing (ResumeGenCV). Our resumes are algorithmically scanned before you download. Single-column, standard fonts, proper heading hierarchy — verified, not assumed.
Real complaints. Our answer.
“Zety unethically billed my account for 10 months without sending receipts” — Trustpilot
Vivid: Pay once. $5. Done.
“An absolute unprofessional and scam company. They have taken money out of my account via deceit.” — Trustpilot, Resume.io, March 2026
Vivid: No subscription to cancel. Ever.
Why I Built This
Gabriel Fenton
Founder, Vivid Resume
I’m a PM who can’t write code. Not a single line. I spent six months job hunting and watched the same broken system grind everyone down — 100+ applications, maybe 3 callbacks. I built myself a Claude pipeline that generated tailored resumes for each application. It worked.
So I shipped a production platform in under 3 months. My GitHub has two contributors. Both are Claude.
Under 3 months
Build time
0 lines of code
Written by Gabriel
2 contributors
Both are Claude
5 AI review agents
Per application kit
I used Claude Opus for architecture — the best reasoning model for design decisions. Claude Sonnet for resume generation — Anthropic’s best model for high-quality, high-volume work. No subscription model because I watched people get quietly billed for months by tools they forgot they signed up for. Every decision was deliberate.
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14-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Use up to 3 application-kit credits during the 14-day evaluation window and remain eligible for a full refund.
Each application kit includes one tailored resume + matching cover letter for the same job.
If you use 4-10 credits, the purchase is eligible for a 50% refund within 14 days.
Purchases with more than 10 used credits are not refundable.
Credits never expire, and there is no subscription to cancel.
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Pay per application kit. Not per month.
One credit includes a tailored resume + matching cover letter. Credits never expire.
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$45
10 credits ($4.50/credit)
Each credit includes one tailored resume + matching cover letter
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Get Started — $45Full refund if you use 3 or fewer credits. That's 3 complete application kits to decide.
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$100
25 credits ($4/credit)
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Blitz
$175
50 credits ($3.50/credit)
Each credit includes one tailored resume + matching cover letter
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Campaign
$300
100 credits ($3/credit)
Each credit includes one tailored resume + matching cover letter
Save $200Sustained job search
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Included in every tier:
AI-powered resume customization (in minutes)
Cover letter generation included
Smart questionnaire to fill resume gaps
Chrome extension for 16+ job boards
Application tracking dashboard
Source-comparison and unsupported-claim checks
14-day guarantee (3 application kits risk-free)
All plans include our 14-day money-back guarantee. Try up to 3 application kits risk-free — each includes a tailored resume + matching cover letter. See full refund policy
Professional resume writing services charge $200–$500. Vivid delivers AI-powered tailoring from $5.
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