Package for more creative text formatting in latex

Question

What is a reasonable package to be used for realizing something like the following example (including image altered):

The source is http://blog.azubiyo.de/bewerbungstipps/deckblatt-bewerbung/attachment/deckblatt-muster-4/ (a PDF file can be downloaded from there) and this belongs to a blog entry in German AZUBIYO-Blog: Deckblatt in der Bewerbung? Vorlagen und Muster, where the following copy rights are given:

Bildnachweise: © lev dolgachov-fotolia, © Minerva Studio-fotolia; Urheber Design 1 & 2: Designbewerbung

Answer 1

Just for fun:

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \gdef\shift{0}
  \foreach \x in {1,...,100}{
    \pgfmathsetmacro\r{random(0,5)}
    \xdef\shift{\shift,\r}
  }
  \foreach \sh in {0,...,5}{
    \gdef\rec{0}
    \foreach \s [count=\c] in \shift { \ifnum\s=\sh \xdef\rec{\rec,\c} \fi }
    \begin{scope}
      \clip \foreach \x in \rec {(0, \x pt) rectangle ++(110pt,1pt)};
      \node[anchor=south west] at (\sh pt,0)
      {\includegraphics[width=100pt,height=100pt]{example-image-a}};
    \end{scope}
  }
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Answer 2

Procrastination team, represent!

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This is just too easy with TikZ ;-)

Now with correct colors, correct font and the code matches the picture. You will need to use xelatex or lualatex to typeset.

\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Calibri}
\usepackage{tikz,xcolor,mwe}
\definecolor{cvgreen}{HTML}{92D14F}
\definecolor{cvgray}{HTML}{D8E4BE}
\definecolor{cvtext}{HTML}{92909B}
\usetikzlibrary{shadows}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    % green bar
    \fill[cvgreen] (current page.north west) rectangle ([xshift=5cm]current page.south west);
    % gray bar
    \fill[cvgray] ([yshift=-5cm]current page.north west) rectangle ([yshift=-10cm]current page.north east);
    % title and date
    \node[cvtext,right] at ([yshift=-7cm]current page.north west) {\addfontfeature{Scale = 5}\bfseries Bewerbung als Bankkauffrau};
    \node[cvtext,above left] at ([xshift=-1cm,yshift=-9.5cm]current page.north east) {\huge\bfseries zum 01.09.2013};
    % cover photo
    \node[inner sep=0pt,below right] (image) at ([xshift=5cm,yshift=-10cm]current page.north west) {\includegraphics[width=7cm,height=9cm]{example-image-a}};
    % name and address
    \node[fill=white,drop shadow,align=center,text width=6.4cm,inner sep=0.3cm,below] (name) at (image.south) {\LARGE Martina Mustermann};
    \node[text width=15cm,inner sep=0.3cm,below right] at (name.south west) {\Large\obeylines%
        Musterweg 8
        81929 München
        Tel.: 01 74 / 98 98 61
        E-Mail: Martina.M@web.de
    };
    % attachments
    \node[white,text width=5cm,inner sep=0.3cm,above right] at ([yshift=1cm]current page.south west) {\large\obeylines%
        \textbf{Anlagen:}
        Lebenslauf
        Bewerbungsschreiben
        Letzte 2 Schulzeugnisse
        Praktikumsbestätigungen
    };
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}