refactor: update layout, smaller titles, smaller text

resumes/Murtadha.tex

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 \usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
 \usepackage{multirow}
 \usepackage{textcase}
+\usepackage{anyfontsize}        % allows arbitrary font sizes
+\AtBeginDocument{%
+  \fontsize{9pt}{11pt}\selectfont
+}
+
 \setlength{\multicolsep}{-3.0pt}
 \setlength{\columnsep}{-1pt}
 \input{glyphtounicode}
@@ -44,16 +49,20 @@
 
 % Sections formatting
 \titleformat{\section}{
-  \vspace{-4pt}\raggedright \fontsize{12}{10} \bfseries
+  \vspace{-4pt}\raggedright \fontsize{10}{12} \bfseries
 }{}{0em}{}[\color{blue}\titlerule \vspace{-5pt}]
 
 % Ensure that generate pdf is machine readable/ATS parsable
 \pdfgentounicode=1
 
+\makeatletter
+\renewcommand\Huge{\@setfontsize\Huge{17pt}{20pt}}
+\makeatother
+
 %-------------------------
 % Custom commands
 \newcommand{\resumeItem}[1]{
-  \item\small{
+  \item{
     {#1\vspace{-2pt}}
   }
 }
@@ -62,35 +71,36 @@
   \item
   \textbf{\color{black}#1}
   \vspace{1pt}  % Adjust this value to increase or decrease space
-  \small#2\vspace{-2pt}  % Adjust this value to increase or decrease space between items
+%   \small
+  #2\vspace{-2pt}  % Adjust this value to increase or decrease space between items
 }
 
 \newcommand{\resumeSchoolItem}[2]{
     \item
     \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
-        \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{\small #2} \\
+        \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{ #2} \\
     \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt}
 }
 
 \newcommand{\resumeSubheading}[4]{
   \vspace{-2pt}\item
     \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
-      \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{\small #2} \\
-      \textit{\small#3} & \textit{\small #4} \\
+      \textbf{\color{black} #1} & \textbf{ #2} \\
+      \textit{#3} & \textit{ #4} \\
     \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt}
 }
 
 \newcommand{\resumeSubSubheading}[2]{
     \item
     \begin{tabular*}{1.0\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
-      \textit{\small#1} & \textit{\small #2} \\
+      \textit{#1} & \textit{ #2} \\
     \end{tabular*}\vspace{-7pt}
 }
 
 \newcommand{\resumeProjectHeading}[2]{
     \vspace{-2pt}\item
     \begin{tabular*}{1.00\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
-      \small#1 & \textbf{\small #2}\\
+      #1 & \textbf{ #2}\\
     \end{tabular*}\vspace{-10pt}
 }
 
@@ -111,14 +121,14 @@
 
 %----------HEADING----------
 \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{ @{\extracolsep{\fill}}l @{\hspace{-1ex}}l @{\hspace{-1ex}}l}
-    \textbf{\href{http://m.nisyif.com/}{\huge\color{blue}Murtadha Nisyif}} & \faIcon{map-marker-alt} Ontario, Canada & \faIcon{link} \href{https://m.nisyif.com/}{m.nisyif.com} \\
+    \textbf{\href{http://m.nisyif.com/}{\Huge\color{blue}MURTADHA NISYIF}} & \faIcon{map-marker-alt} Ontario, Canada & \faIcon{link} \href{https://m.nisyif.com/}{m.nisyif.com} \\
     \emph{} & \faIcon{at} \href{mailto:mnisyif@gmail.com}{mnisyif@gmail.com} & \faIcon{linkedin} \href{https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnisyif/}{linkedin.com/in/mnisyif}\\
     & \faIcon{phone-square-alt} +1 (519) 502-8463 & \faIcon{github} \href{https://www.github.com/mnisyif}{github.com/mnisyif}
 \end{tabular*}
-\vspace{-10pt}
+\vspace{-20pt}
 
 %----------Experience----------
-\section{\color{blue}Relevant Work Experience}
+\section{\color{blue}WORK EXPERIENCE}
     \resumeSubHeadingListStart
         \resumeSubheading
             {Software Engineer - Machine Learning}{Jan 2024 -- Aug 2025}
@@ -151,27 +161,27 @@
             \resumeItemListEnd
 
     \resumeSubHeadingListEnd
-    \vspace{-8pt}
+    % \vspace{-8pt}
 
 %-----------EDUCATION-----------
-\section{\color{blue}Education}
+\section{\color{blue}EDUCATION}
     \resumeSubHeadingListStart
-        \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{MASc. - Computer Engineering}}{}
-        \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{B.Eng - Comp. Engineering, B.Comp. - Comp. Science}}{}
+        \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{MASc. - Computer Engineering}}{Aug 2025}
+        \resumeSchoolItem{University of Guelph $|$ \color{blue} \emph{B.Eng - Comp. Engineering, B.Comp. - Comp. Science}}{Apr 2023}
     \resumeSubHeadingListEnd
-\vspace{-8pt}
+% \vspace{-8pt}
 
 %-----------SKILLS-----------
-\section{\color{blue}Skills}
+\section{\color{blue}SKILLS, TECHNOLOGIES, INTERESTS}
   \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ @{} >{\bfseries}l X }
     \textbf{Skills:}       & AI; DevOps; Software Testing; Cloud Computing; Data Analysis; ML; CI/CD \\
     \textbf{Technologies: } & Python; C++; C; JavaScript; Rust; HTML; Java; Bash; Flask; FastAPI; Swagger; Node.js; React; PyTorch; MongoDB; PostgreSQL; SQLite; Docker; Kubernetes; Git; Jenkins; Terraform; AWS \\
     \textbf{Languages: }    & English (Fluent); Arabic (Fluent)
   \end{tabularx}
-  \vspace{-8pt}
+%   \vspace{-8pt}
 
 %-----------PROJECTS-----------
-\section{\color{blue}Projects}
+\section{\color{blue}PROJECTS}
     \resumeSubHeadingListStart
         \resumeSubItem{\textbf{\color{black}Personal Portfolio Website}}
             {Full-Stack Developer: built with React frontend and Rust backend, integrated end-to-end Jenkins CI/CD and Docker deployment; reduced manual deployment time by 70\%}
@@ -186,10 +196,5 @@
             {Built a custom OpenAl Gym environment in Python that leverages Dynamic Sparse Training (DST) and FFT-based audio processing (librosa) to adaptively filter noise; implemented a waveform-similarity reward and achieved up to 5209 FPS during PPO training}
 
     \resumeSubHeadingListEnd
-    \vspace{-8pt}
-
-
-
-
-
+    % \vspace{-8pt} 
 \end{document}