Freelance Writer Portfolio - Free Canva Template
A clean, flexible portfolio template to showcase your writing work professionally
Most freelance writer portfolios fail for one reason: they focus on design instead of proof.
This Canva-based portfolio template is built to help writers clearly show expertise, credibility, and real results—without needing a website, developer, or design skills.
It’s the same structure used in a real working writer portfolio, adapted into a plug-and-play template you can customize in minutes.
What this template helps you do
- Present your writing samples in a clear, scannable way
- Highlight subject-matter expertise, not just links
- Show where you’ve been published
- Add testimonials, formats, and niches without clutter
- Share a professional PDF or link with clients, editors, and agencies
This isn’t a “pretty” portfolio.
It’s a convincing one.
What’s included
- Fully editable Canva portfolio template
- Sections for:
- Writing samples (with context, not just links)
- Subject matter expertise
- Publications & bylines
- Newsletter or content projects
- Formats you write in (blogs, case studies, whitepapers, etc.)
- Testimonials
- Social links & contact details
- Clean, professional layout suitable for:
- Freelance writers
- Content marketers
- Technical writers
- Newsletter writers
- No-code / SaaS / B2B writers
Who this is for
This template is ideal if you are:
- A freelance writer pitching clients
- A content marketer applying to roles
- A newsletter writer building authority
- A writer who wants a portfolio without building a website
- Someone tired of messy Google Docs or Notion pages
If your work speaks for itself, this template helps it speak clearly.
Why Canva?
- No design skills required
- Edit text, links, and sections instantly
- Export as PDF or share as a live link
- Reuse for different niches or clients
You can duplicate the template and create multiple versions of your portfolio for different use cases.
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About Merrative
At Merrative, we aim to build a collective of writers, analysts, scholars, and journalists to create and discuss thought-provoking content.
We aim to create a one-stop place to access human expertise to publish thought leadership content — starting with newsletters.
Based on your content strategy, we can help you publish below 4 types of newsletter formats:
- Case Studies Newsletter – Breaks down real wins and success stories to demonstrate authority.
- Data Stories Newsletter – Turns industry data and trends into clear, actionable insights.
- Industry Expert Interview Newsletter – Extracts frameworks and lessons from expert conversations.
- Content Curation Newsletter – Curates the most important ideas with takeaways and links so readers don’t have to.
Check our portfolio newsletters for samples
We can pull this off, because we ourselves run a portfolio of newsletters for these formats:
Media First Brand:
Type: Case Studies Newsletter shared twice a month
Join 1400+ content marketers and founders learning from our content strategy case studies and content asset examples across the internet.
AppliedAI Trends:
Type: Data Stories and Trend Analysis Newsletter shared twice a month
Get one-pager AI trends intelligence reports on AI-impacted jobs roles, AI tools adoption trends, AI-first business ideas materialized, and noteworthy benchmarks.
Founder Leverage:
Type: Industry Expert Interview Newsletter shared once a month
Monthly briefs on how capital, ownership, and structure quietly shape business outcomes.
ReadTreats:
Type: Content Curation Newsletter shared every week
Join 6000+ readers receiving books, articles, films, videos, podcasts, and anime recommendations based on theme of the week
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We can build end-to-end newsletter system based on original data and insights that get recommended by your target audience.
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