Graphic Designer cover letter example. Annotated, paragraph by paragraph.
Grace Holloway is applying for the Graphic Designer, Packaging & Brand role at Coho Winery. The letter goes with their graphic designer resume example — same person, same results — so you can see how the two work together.
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Graphic Designer cover letter
Grace Holloway
Providence, RI · grace.holloway@email.com · behance.net/gholloway
Laura Bianchi
Graphic Designer, Packaging & Brand, Coho Winery
Dear Laura Bianchi,
I'm applying for the Graphic Designer role on Coho Winery's packaging and brand team. At Harborview Foods I design packaging, labels and in-store displays for 40+ specialty food products sold in 1,200 grocery stores, so I know what it takes for a label to stand out on a crowded shelf and still print cleanly.
Most recently I led the packaging refresh for our 9-product sauce line. I built the system in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, prepared print-ready files with dielines and Pantone color specs, and attended the press checks. Adding a prepress checklist cut our revision rounds with the printer from 4 to 2 on average.
I also try to make the brand easy for everyone else to use. I wrote our brand guidelines and built Figma and Canva templates so the marketing team can make on-brand social media graphics without waiting for a designer. Before Harborview, at Copperline Creative, I designed logos, brochures, trade show graphics and digital ads for 25+ clients and made motion graphics in After Effects for 6 client campaigns.
My portfolio, with the sauce line refresh and several label projects, is at behance.net/gholloway. I'd be glad to talk about Coho Winery's upcoming releases.
Sincerely,
Grace Holloway
What each paragraph does
Paragraph 1: Connects her packaging work at scale to the employer's product: labels that compete on a shelf.
Paragraph 2: One project from brief to press, with a production result an art director will notice.
Paragraph 3: Brand systems for non-designers, plus agency range across clients and media.
Paragraph 4: Points to specific portfolio pieces and asks about their work.
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/ Tips
Tips for your graphic designer cover letter.
01
Point to the right portfolio pieces
Name the two or three projects closest to the job so the reader knows where to look first.
02
Show you can finish the job
Print production, press checks or developer handoff prove your work leaves the screen correctly.
03
Keep the letter's design simple
Clean type and spacing are enough. The portfolio is where the visual work belongs.
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/ Questions
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Do graphic designers need a cover letter?
Often yes, especially for in-house roles. A short letter explains which portfolio pieces match the job and why.
Should my cover letter match my resume design?
Using the same fonts and header is a nice touch, but keep it simple and easy to read as plain text.