Tim Hoste

Hi!
I'm Tim

Education

University of San Diego

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.