Tim Hose

Experience

3 roles · Verizon · 14 yrs

1. Lead Experience Designer

   Verizon Design Systems

   Oct 2021 – Present · Remote

   • Lead designer on Verizon's native component library across iOS and Android: spec, components, tooling, and adoption.
   • Author component spec and partner with developers from definition through handoff, keeping design intent intact in production.
   • Steward and evangelize the system: run the adopter support channels, and contribute to design reviews and critique.
   • Designed and built Feedbacker, a Figma plugin that turns scattered QA notes into a dev-ready list with deep-linked artboard coordinates. Adopted by every VQA tester on the team; saves ~30 minutes per feedback round per component.
   • Led Dynamic Type and owned cross-platform shadow translation, defining the accessible type scaling and elevation standards the native library is built on.
   • Contribute to token naming, component creation, and the internal docs and ways-of-working that keep the system usable at scale.
   • Ran the visual-QA gate for the native release: validated and cleared 15 of 40-plus components and built the coverage and pass/fail tracking model the team uses.
   • Built tester capacity to hit the native launch deadline: interviewed, onboarded, and coordinated the team, and wrote their training and process docs.
   • Train external agency partners on the system, including on-site international sessions in Colombia and Costa Rica.
   • Work daily in AI (Claude Code, Copilot, Gemini, NotebookLM, MCP), shipping internal Figma tooling built with AI assistance.

2. Manager, Visual Design

   Verizon

   Mar 2014 – Oct 2021

   • Led 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.
   • Helped found the in-house digital brand agency and set Verizon Wireless visual standards. Partnered with national agencies including R/GA, AKQA, and Moxie.
   • Built and ran the visual-QA validation practice, bridging design, front-end, IT, and release teams for a site serving 3.5M+ daily visitors.

3. Web Designer

   Verizon

   Jun 2012 – Mar 2014

   • Designed the look and feel of Verizon's web experiences, from landing pages to product-launch pages, with the user experience as the priority.
   • Earned the 2013 Tireless Wireless Award for work on the iPhone 5s/5c launch.

Capabilities

Design Systems

Tokens, components, governance, cross-platform (web, iOS, Android); Figma variables, modes, and surfaces.

Product & UX

Product and UX design; accessibility, including dynamic type; visual QA and quality stewardship.

AI in Practice

Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, NotebookLM, MCP; Midjourney and Adobe Firefly.

Tooling

Figma plugin design and build; prototyping; design-to-engineering handoff.