# Tim Collins > Head of Design | Design Director | Product Design & Design Systems Leader | B2B SaaS | Google & LinkedIn Alumni Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/timcollins I build products and the design systems that scale them. Over 10 years at Google, LinkedIn, and AI/ML startups, I've shipped end-to-end product experiences, built design teams, and established design functions from scratch. I'm effective as a sole designer and as a team lead, equally comfortable defining product strategy with a founder and executing high-fidelity UI with an engineering team. I've built 60+ component design systems from scratch, conducted 50+ user research interviews across 7 countries, mentored designers to promotion, and actively use AI-assisted workflows with Claude, Lovable, Figma Make, and Runway as part of my daily practice. What I focus on: ⦿ 0→1 product design and design systems for enterprise SaaS and AI-native products ⦿ Design leadership, team building, and cross-functional strategy ⦿ AI-assisted workflows as an active part of daily practice Currently consulting through TimCo Studio. Open to full-time Head of Design, Senior IC, and Founding Designer roles in B2B SaaS or AI-native companies. ## Work Experience ### Product Design Consultant @ TimCo Studio Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, CA Independent product design consultancy focused on 0→1 builds, design systems, and UX strategy for early-stage and growth-stage startups. ⦿ Partner with startup founders and engineering leads to prioritize features, validate user flows, and quickly deliver. ⦿ Create product design strategy, prioritization and roadmaps. ⦿ Rapid prototyping of new features with Lovable, Vercel and Claude ⦿ Built component libraries, token systems, and handoff documentation across three client engagements, replacing ad hoc workflows with a consistent design foundation ⦿ Audited and redesigned product workflows for SaaS ConstructionTech platform ⦿ Rapid prototyping with Lovable, Figma Make, and Claude as active tools in client delivery ### Head of Design, Founding Product Designer @ OurHive™ Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, CA Drove end-to-end product design for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-powered home management system. Mobile and desktop webapp. ⦿ Led the product design, strategy and creative branding for an early stage AI/ML-powered SaaS ⦿ Defined design strategy and sequencing to ensure alignment with engineering ⦿ Collaborated and communicated daily with the CEO, CTO and Head of Product ⦿ Created scalable design systems for desktop and mobile from scratch ⦿ Created information architecture, user flows, user journeys, personas ⦿ Developed user flows for mobile and desktop experiences ⦿ Led branding workshops that resulted in name, tone, palette and voice ### Senior Design Lead, Google Cloud University @ Google Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, CA Led a 3-person distributed design team to elevate the learning experience for 20K+ global Google Cloud learners. ⦿ Designed UX, UI, & IA for global programs, increasing discoverability and engagement of content ⦿ Implemented design-thinking workflows and standardized creative processes across teams, improving delivery speed and output consistency by 30%. ⦿ Spearheaded the creative execution of websites, videos, animations, interactive games, and presentations. ⦿ Collaborated with sales university, operations, and internal systems teams to align content strategy with business goals ⦿ Launched UX & creative design of new learning platform ⦿ Built intake, resourcing, and timeline processes in Asana & Jira ### Design Team Manager, Sales Readiness, Learning Experience Design @ LinkedIn Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area I led the creative design team for LXD. I hired, mentored and managed a team of 5 senior UX/UI, motion & visual designers. ⦿ Designed and launched the two most highly trafficked internal websites in the company that resulted in lower help tickets and minimal disruption to CRM and sales tools workflow. ⦿ Applied human-centered design approach to lead the design of sales tools learning & user guide portals. ⦿ Defined design process, intake, simplified documentation, refined feedback loops. ⦿ Established and maintained relationships with LinkedIn Creative & LinkedIn Learning studios to improve internal visibility and collaboration for a distributed design team. ⦿ Designed and built a custom Digital Asset Manager and CMS for the LXD team. ⦿ Developed and built first career profile ladders for creative teams within GBO. ### Senior Designer, UX/Creative Lead @ LinkedIn Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Developed scalable design systems to ensure design excellence and enable global learning initiative to quickly iterate and scale, reducing development time by 15%. Created UX standards and design systems to ensure cross-platform consistency. Created design pitches and custom branding for large multi-year programs. Built relationships with brand and other creative studios to ensure quality and enable our team to scale. Managed two contractors. ### Interactive Learning Designer @ LinkedIn Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Applied human-centric UX principles to increase engagement and consumption. Collaborated with flagship communications to launch internal Microsite platform. Launched first ever internal blog. Worked with Sales Performance Consultants and Instructional designers to launch new sales methodology, onboarding, and interactive campaigns ### Interactive Creative Director @ Furnaceboy Jan 2010 – Jan 2015 Furnaceboy focuses on creating compelling experiences for learning and marketing content. Led the creative vision and managed small teams from concept to ideation to production to delivery. Collaborated closely with clients to understand their goals and user needs, developing storyboards, wireframes, and UX for innovative web and mobile campaigns. Oversaw UI design, animation, managed voice and multimedia talent, writers, and developers. Managed budgets, timelines, and stakeholder communications. Clients: Accenture, Bloomberg, Bolt Creative, Cisco, Credit-Suisse, Chevron, Genentech, Groupon, Open Table, Sociometrics, Symantec. Awards: Gold Medal Winner, Best Custom Content Bloomberg Customer Service ## Education ### B.A. in English & Classical Civilizations University of California, Berkeley ### National University of Ireland, Galway ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tscollins - Portfolio: https://www.timco.studio/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/timcollins JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/timcollins/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13