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One profile. A polished CV and a live portfolio — built at the same time.

GradUp is a platform where you fill in your experience once and get two outputs: a downloadable, recruiter-ready CV (PDF & DOCX) and a live portfolio website you can share anywhere. AI helps you write stronger content, career-specific templates match your field, and everything stays in sync — update once, both documents follow. It doesn't exist yet. We're gauging real interest before we build, and we want your honest take.

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The idea, in plain terms

Two documents, one real source of truth.

Every piece of data you enter — your name, your work history, your skills — feeds both your downloadable CV and your live portfolio site. Change it once, it updates everywhere.

The problem

Building a CV and a portfolio site means doing the same work twice. You write your experience for the PDF, then rewrite it for the website. When your job title changes or you finish a new project, one document gets updated and the other quietly falls out of date — and you don't notice until someone important sees the wrong version.

The idea

One profile, two outputs. You enter your experience, projects, skills, and contact info once into a single shared profile. GradUp keeps your CV and your portfolio website in perfect sync — update your job title in one place and it changes everywhere, instantly. No copy-pasting between documents, no version drift.

Why now

AI can now draft a professional summary, strengthen a weak bullet point, or tailor your entire CV to a specific job posting — in seconds. But every portfolio builder we've tried treats the CV and the website as separate products, when they're really telling the same career story. The technology to unify them properly finally exists.

What you'd actually do, step by step

01Import or start fresh. Upload an existing resume (PDF/DOCX) and let AI parse it into structured sections automatically, connect your LinkedIn profile to pull in your history, or start from a blank template — you're never forced to begin from zero.
02Write with AI help, or write it yourself. Click “Generate with AI” on any section to get 2–3 content variants — a professional summary, rewritten bullet points, or a full project description from a short input. You can also paste a specific job posting, and the AI will tailor your content to match its keywords and tone. You always review and edit before anything saves.
03Pick a template, then make it yours. Choose from career-specific templates — a terminal-inspired layout for developers, a case-study format for designers, a clean corporate style for business roles. Then fine-tune: change fonts, adjust your color palette, tweak spacing, and drag-and-drop components into the order that tells your story best. See changes live as you make them.
04Publish, export, and grow your reputation. Publish your portfolio to a free subdomain (or connect your own custom domain). Download a matching PDF or DOCX of your CV. Share your portfolio link directly to LinkedIn with a proper preview card. Request written recommendations from colleagues or managers — they can submit without creating an account — and let visitors like and comment on your work.

“I don't want to maintain a resume and a website separately. I want to update one thing and have both stay current — and I want it to actually look good without hiring a designer.”

— the core assumption we're testing with this waitlist

What it would do

Everything a CV and a portfolio need — designed to stay perfectly in sync.

Every feature is built around one idea: you shouldn't have to do the same work twice. Here's what GradUp would include from day one.

AI assistance

Write less, say more

Generate a professional summary from a few keywords, rewrite weak bullet points to be results-driven, or paste an entire job posting and get your CV content tailored to match its keywords and tone. The AI gives you 2–3 variants to choose from — you always review and edit before anything saves. Every suggestion is safety-checked before you see it.

Career-aware

Templates built for your field

A developer sees a terminal-inspired portfolio with a GitHub projects section. A designer gets case studies and process timelines. A marketer sees campaign showcases. An academic sees publications, properly formatted. Finance sees a clean, executive ledger layout. The right components appear for your field — not one generic list for everyone.

Full customization

Your fonts, your colors, your layout

Start from a style preset (minimal, corporate, creative) or set fonts, font sizes, color palettes, and spacing yourself. Drag and drop components — hero, about, experience, projects, skills, testimonials, contact — into the order that tells your story best. See every change live in a desktop and mobile preview as you make it.

Social proof

Recommendations, likes, and comments

Request a written recommendation from a manager, colleague, or client by sending them an email link — they submit their endorsement without needing to create an account, and you review and approve it before it goes live. Visitors to your published portfolio can react and leave comments, building visible engagement on your page.

Publish anywhere

Subdomain, custom domain, PDF, or DOCX

Publish your portfolio to a free platform subdomain, or connect your own custom domain with automatic SSL. Export your CV as a polished PDF (or DOCX on premium) — exports run in the background so you're never stuck waiting. Share your portfolio straight to LinkedIn and it displays with a proper preview card — title, description, and image.

Always in sync

Update once, both documents follow

Your CV and portfolio read from the same underlying profile data. Change your job title, add a new project, or update your summary — it reflects in both your downloadable CV and your live website immediately. No more copy-pasting between two documents that quietly fall out of date.

Multiple versions

Tailor a CV for every application

Duplicate any CV to create a targeted version for a specific job — without affecting your original or your published portfolio. Paste the job description and let AI identify keyword gaps and suggest rewrites for ATS alignment. Keep as many tailored versions as you need, each one independent.

Clickable by default

Contact info that actually works

Phone numbers dial when tapped, email addresses open the user's mail app, WhatsApp links open a chat, and LinkedIn links go straight to your profile. No dead text on your published page — every contact detail is a working, clickable action.

Private review

Get feedback before going public

Generate a private share link and send it to a mentor, friend, or career coach. They can view your draft and leave comments anchored to specific sections — no account required. You resolve each piece of feedback as you address it, then publish when you're ready.

How it would work

Four steps — from nothing to a published portfolio and a downloadable CV.

Everything happens from one builder. Your data flows into both outputs automatically — no switching between tools, no re-entering information.

Start from something real

Upload an existing resume (PDF or DOCX) and let AI parse it into structured, editable sections — experience, education, skills, projects — automatically. Or connect your LinkedIn profile to import your full work history. If you'd rather start fresh, pick a career-specific template so you're never staring at a blank page. Either way, you land in the builder with real content to work from in under a minute.

Build with AI where it helps

For any section, click "Generate with AI" — you'll get 2–3 content variants to choose from. Generate a professional summary, strengthen weak bullet points, expand a short project note into a full description, or paste a specific job posting and have the AI tailor your content to match its keywords and tone. You pick, you edit, you save. Nothing publishes without your explicit approval.

Style it until it feels like you

Start with a style preset — minimal, corporate, creative — or go fully custom. Set your font family, font sizes, color palette, and spacing. Drag and drop components (hero, about, experience, projects, skills, testimonials, contact) into the layout order that tells your story best. Toggle between desktop and mobile preview to see exactly how it looks on every screen. Everything autosaves as you go.

Publish once, use everywhere

Hit publish and your portfolio goes live at a free subdomain (or your own custom domain with automatic SSL). Download a matching PDF or DOCX of your CV from the same content. Share your portfolio link to LinkedIn — it displays with a proper preview card. Request written recommendations from colleagues, let visitors like and comment, and track how many people view your page. One profile, two polished outputs, always in sync.

Not one generic template

Designs shaped around your actual career field.

When you tell GradUp your field and seniority level, it recommends templates and components that actually make sense for your work — not a one-size-fits-all layout you have to fight against. Every template is a starting point you can fully customize.

Console

For Developers & Engineers

Terminal-inspired layout with a GitHub projects section, tech stack badges, and code-friendly typography

Atelier

For Designers & Creatives

Visual-first layout with case studies, process timelines, and a full-bleed image gallery

Editorial

For Marketing & Writing

Content-forward design with campaign showcases, writing samples, and clean editorial typography

Gallery

For Photography & Video

Minimal chrome, maximum imagery — a grid portfolio built to let visual work speak for itself

Ledger

For Finance & Executive

Clean, corporate layout with structured experience sections, achievements, and a formal tone

Clinical

For Healthcare & Research

Publication-ready sections, certifications, and a structured academic format

Planned pricing

Free would stay genuinely useful — not a crippled trial.

Nothing is final — pricing is one of the things we most want your opinion on. The current thinking is that free users should have a real, shareable product (not a locked-down teaser), and premium unlocks the features that save serious time or add professional credibility.

Free

Free forever, no credit card required

✓ 1 portfolio on a free subdomain
✓ Up to 2 CVs with PDF export
✓ AI content generation (limited monthly quota)
✓ Basic career-general templates
✓ Font and color customization (curated palette)
✓ Likes & comments on your published page
✓ Basic analytics (total view count)

Premium

~$9/mo

Everything in Free, plus:

✓ Unlimited portfolios & CVs
✓ Custom domain with automatic SSL
✓ Unlimited AI generation + job-posting tailoring
✓ Full career-specific template library
✓ Full customization + custom fonts
✓ PDF + DOCX export (all templates)
✓ Recommendations (request, approve, display)
✓ Detailed analytics (referrers, geography, trends)
✓ Remove GradUp branding

Before we write a single line of code

Would you actually use this? We need your honest answer.

We're not building this in a vacuum — we're reading every single response before deciding what to build first, what to cut, and whether to build it at all. Join the waitlist to get early access, and if you have a minute, tell us what excites you, what sounds unnecessary, what's missing, or what would make you skip it entirely. Brutally honest feedback is the most useful kind.