12 cover letter designs, each shown as a complete letter.
Read a whole letter in every design before choosing one. If you already have a letter, the preview shows your letter in that design instead.
The designs are grouped into 5 families — Everyday, Modern, Creative, Minimal and Formal, and each card shows a finished letter rather than a thumbnail, because a letter is judged by how it reads at full length.
Choosing a design does not change a single word of your letter. The words are yours; the design is the paper they are printed on, and it can be changed at any point, including after the letter is written.
How to use a cover letter template
- Open a design — Read a complete letter in it at full size.
- Use this design — Write your letter, or draft it from your résumé and a job description. /cover-letter-builder
- Download — Download PDF or Word, or copy the text. Free, no sign up.
The example letters here are written specimens, shown so you can read a whole page. They are never mixed into your letter.
Guides for this tool
- Cover letter format
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- What to include, and what to leave out
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Questions
- Are these cover letter templates free?
- Yes. The designs, the letter and the PDF and Word downloads are free, with no sign up.
- Can I change the design after writing the letter?
- Yes, at any time. Your words do not change when the design does.
- Whose letters are these?
- They are authored specimens, written to show a complete page in each design. Once you have a letter of your own, the preview shows yours instead.
- Do I need a résumé to start?
- No. You can write the letter yourself, or import a résumé to draft from it.