Tim Hoste

Hi!
I'm Tim

Education

University of San Diego

Business Administration | Marketing

Skills

UI Design

UX Design

Figma

Abode Creative Cloud

CSS

Sketch

HTML

Wordpress

Shopify

Logo Design

Branding

Javascript

React

PHP

Head of UI/UX Design | Vydia

Holmdel, NJ | Oct 16 to Present
  • Developed and implemented a comprehensive design system that improved design consistency across products.
  • Led a design team to establish a streamlined design-to-development workflow, enhancing collaboration and reducing project delivery time.
  • Directed a comprehensive platform redesign, improving user engagement by 30% through intuitive interfaces and modern design principles.
  • Redesigned and developed the company website, aligning with current marketing initiatives to increase user acquisition by and boost brand visibility.
  • Created impactful marketing collateral for events, sales, and executive teams, ensuring consistent branding
  • Implemented a design thinking framework for product requests, standardizing workflows and improving cross-functional team efficiency.
  • Contributed to coding responsive styles for mobile and web platforms using React, ensuring pixel-perfect UI and seamless user experiences.
  • Developed high- and low-fidelity prototypes, effectively communicating design concepts to stakeholders and accelerate approval cycles.

Head of Design | Yashi

Toms River, NJ | Jun 14 to Oct 16
  • Oversaw the design of all marketing, sales, and development materials, ensuring cohesive branding and increasing campaign engagement by 20%.
  • Designed booth layouts for events and conferences, enhancing attendee interaction and boosting brand visibility.
  • Led design and development of platform and website redesigns, improving user retention through modern, user-centric interfaces.
  • Created high-fidelity prototypes for new features using HTML, CSS, and jQuery, accelerating stakeholder approval and cutting development time.
  • Integrated sales team feature requests into the platform, simplifying user workflows and increasing functionality adoption.
  • Restructured data architecture with cross-functional teams, transitioning to an API based application that improved data access speed.

Senior Web Developer | SEMGeeks

Belmar, NJ | Nov 11 to Jul 14
  • Developed custom HTML, PHP, JS, and CSS websites for Drupal, Magento, WordPress, and BigCommerce, incorporating bespoke functionality and effects to enhance user engagement
  • Established a comprehensive QA protocol, implementing a step-by-step process including browser testing, responsive checks, and link validation.
  • Created a streamlined design-to-launch workflow, encompassing designer reviews, mobile optimization, testing server builds, and client approvals.