tim-hose / portfolio · v.2026 — spec sheet
Tim Hose
I design the systems behind the tools. Token architectures, component libraries, and lately, the interfaces where designers+AI work side by side.
Selected work
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Building and validating a native design system from zero
Our design system covered web, but native iOS and Android had nothing of their own. This push created and validated an entire native component library across both platforms, and I led the visual QA that held it to the bar.
It started as one person screenshotting every component state by hand. It became a tooled pipeline and a team, with automated screenshot intake, a feedback tool I designed and built with AI, a tracking model for coverage, and a full beta launch for both platforms.
Verizon Design System
Foundational design-system work: native shadow and type, a data-viz palette, and accessible interaction.
Capabilities
component sheet · 6 variantsTim Hose — Lead Experience Designer on Verizon's design systems. 20+ years from print and art direction to tokens, component libraries and AI design tools.
Design Systems
Token architecture, theming, governance, documentation. Systems that engineers actually adopt.
AI Design Tools
Interfaces for human and AI collaboration: prompt surfaces, review flows, trust and feedback loops.
Product UX / UI
From research to redlines. High-craft interface design with measurable outcomes.
Prototyping
From quick clickthroughs to high-fidelity interactive prototypes, testing ideas before they get expensive.
VQA & Spec Creation
Visual QA, redlines, annotations, acceptance criteria. Dev handoff that leaves nothing to guesswork. This file is the proof.
Print & Brand
A decade of print, brand and art direction: booklets, campaigns and product launches, before the pixels took over.
assets / toolkit
I started in Adobe CS, moved to Sketch, and now I live in Figma. The project trackers turn over even faster. Jira one place, Workfront the next, Asana after that. I go looking for the next tool before I need it, because what worked five years ago is already behind, and keeping up with them is the part I enjoy most.
enough to be dangerous
Every résumé lists these. Here they are, listed.
Google Workspace
Microsoft Office
Everything else
Experience
timeline · 7 nodes · 20+ yrsLead Experience Designer, Design Systems
VerizonDesign systems leadership across Verizon's digital experiences: tokens, component libraries, governance, and the specs product teams build from.
Manager, Visual Design
VerizonLed visual design and copy for Verizon Wireless, and helped grow the in-house design group from about 5 to 40, advancing from designer to manager during the build-out. Partnered with national agencies including R/GA, AKQA, and Moxie.
Web Designer
VerizonSite look & feel, landing pages and campaign graphics. Awarded for work on the iPhone 5s / 5c launches (Internet Sales Operations, 2013).
Graphic Designer
AlltelPrint booklets and web graphics across every area of the business.
Lead Art Director
The Design GroupOn every project from first business pitch through design, production and final delivery.
Art Director
Heritage AuctionsWorked up from Imaging Specialist to Art Director at the world's third-largest auction gallery.
Graphic Designer
Rainbow Educational ConceptsEducational publishing house with offices in New York, Chicago and Jonesboro, AR.
Education & credentials
2-col · BFA + certificationsBFA, Graphic Design
Vice President, Art Directors Club (ADC). Who's Who Among American College Students.
Certified & current
- Google AI Essentials, Coursera · 2026
- Google AI Professional, Coursera · 2026
- Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) and User Experience Analyst (CXA), Human Factors International · 2014
Let's build to spec.
Have a design systems or AI tooling challenge worth solving? Tell me what you're building and I'll get back within a couple of days.
Prefer email? tim@timhose.com