Different CV/Resume for US Universities
Unless you're specifically applying for a MS in graphic design, your CV should, first and foremost, show off your academic and research accomplishments, not your graphic design skills.  

Keep it simple.   Creativity is fine; good typography is great; but emphasize the content.  The fourth image on that page (with the blue dot) is much more suitable.

Good design is invisible.  A bright yellow background is not invisible.  Therefore....