About Me
Hi, my name is Tim Hose and I am a creative living and working in Little Rock, Arkansas. In my career I have worked with clients both large and small on campaigns for customers on national and local levels.
Within the last five years I have worked directly with the creative teams from companies like Google, Apple, Motorola, LG, Samsung for landing pages, product launches and more. Much of my work has also focused on leading a digital branding and design team for Verizon Wireless in collaboration with their national agencies R/GA, AKQA, Moxie, Sapient Nitro, Meclabs, O2 Media, Rebellion, McGarry Bowen and others on various projects for Verizon Wireless. During that time I helped grow Verizon’s internal digital design group from 5 to 40 people to serve as the company's internal digital design agency.
Skillset
Digital Design
Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision Studio, and more.
Have created company-wide training in color contrast accessibility best practices outlined in WCAG 2.0.
Print Design
InDesign, Illustrator, as well as photography and photo shoot/lab experience.
UI/UX
Certified through Human Factors International as a User Experience Analyst and UX Designer. (CUA/CXA)
Optimization
Trained and certified in Landing Page Optimization and Value Prop Development through MecLabs.
Project Management
Slack, Trello, InMotion, Workfront, Jira, Proof HQ, Quality Center, and more.
Team Building
Hiring and retaining talent to build design, QA and copy teams both in Arkansas and in New York for Verizon's internal digital design team.
In the past
Work History
Manager, Visual QA/QC
Verizon
- Created and developed the Visual QA/QC team.
- Established the practice of visually validating all creative and design work.
- Bridge the gap between Design, Front End Dev, IT and Launch Support.
- Responsible for eliminating errors for a site with over 3.5 million daily visitors.
Manager, Digital Design Team
Verizon
- Led the Visual Design and Copy teams for four years.
- Worked to help found the in-house Digital Brand Agency.
- Created and developed visual standards for Verizon Wireless.
- Certified in User Experience Testing and User Analysis through Human Factors International.
- Responsible for hiring a world-class staff and onboarding and training new designers and copywriters.
Art Director
Alltel Wireless
- In-store video display motion graphics.
- Store display graphics.
- All direct mail, out of home, vehicle wraps, and advertising.
Lead Art Director
Design Group Marketing
Design Group Marketing is a local multicultural marketing agency here in Little Rock, Arkansas. Work focused on marketing from print to digital to personal and the difference that a person's mental space and attitude can make. Now more than ever the importance of inclusive marketing should be a first thought and never an afterthought.
2009 - 2011Art Director
Heritage Auction Galleries
The third-largest auction house in the world, Heritage auction galleries has an intense schedule of sales that require signature catalogs and collateral.
- Work with product photographers.
- Color-correction.
- Catalog and ad layout.
- Proofing checks, press checks and final product oversight.
Education
Mini MBA - Internet Marketing
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2016User Experience AnalystUser Experience Design
Human Factors International
2015Landing Page Optimization Certification
MECLABS
2013BFA in Graphic Design
Arkansas State University
Accredited program.
2005Testimonials
Cyrene Quiamco
Snapchat Queen and Social media personality
I had the pleasure of having Tim Hose as my manager during my three years as a web designer in Verizon. Tim is easy to approach, friendly, but also has a firm hand when it comes to managing and business. He went above and beyond to help me advance my career not only within the company, but also beyond. Tim is simply an amazing and talented person and I would work with him again in a heartbeat!
Payton Pronia
User Experience Manager Verizon Wireless
Tim is, frankly, awesome. He's proven his worth many times over as someone who can be relied on to get work done and get it done well. As a leader for Verizon, he built a successful cross-functional team of designers and content creators that launched large-scale products and initiatives that successfully delivered on the company promise of providing valuable services to customers, relevant to the modern digital age.
Kendra Howard
UI/UX Designer + Front-end Developer Inuvo, Inc.
You have managers and you have leaders and Tim is a leader in every sense of the word. He truly cares about the success of his employees and is willing to make sure we not only have the resources we need to do our best work but that we also get the recognition we deserve. Under Tim's leadership I was encouraged to use my failures as learning experiences to do better next time rather than feel badly about them. Any creative team would be priviledged to have Tim leading it.
Sharon Hose
This is my mom. She's the best.
I am so proud of my son, Tim. He has proved to be a thoughtful and caring man. He is always willing to help me and others in the community.
Portfolio
Agency Relations
Working with a great agency is like juggling with rockets.
These are a few of the fantastic branding groups I've worked with.
R/GA
Working with R/GA really is like working with creative rocket fuel.
My team was lucky enough to work on location in their brand new New York office for over a month last year.
AKQA
AKQA is a creative powerhouse that I have wroked with through two branding cycles.Together, we outlined the digital version of Verizon's brand guidelines now used across the business.
Moxie
Moxie is a creative group out of Atlanta that does work on ecommerce and checkout flows as well as many other projects involving landing pages and personalization.
Rauxa
Rauxa has a wealth of talent, taking center stage in email and customer relationship campaigns as well as accessory launches.