Tim HurtExperience Design
Tim does UX Research,
Design & Development.
Sometimes with coffee.
Enough small talklet's
build the next big thing.
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Creative leader with a maker-doer attitude, I help client partners push past myopic strategy and unlock new ways to position their brand and build better experiences.
Disclaimer: Tim Hurt is NOT affiliated with T-Pain nor the club in any meaningful capacity. Requests for VIP appearances will be summarily declined. Thanks for respecting this real and necessary boundary.Let’s walk through wireframes and sprint to release. Find “aha” insights from real humans. It’s where the real work starts. Build. Test. Learn. Ship the ideas that people want to use and share.
Human-Centeredness
Designing from human insights—turning research and behaviors into useful, delightful experiences.
Systems Thinking
Mapping complex flows across products, teams, and channels—connecting dots others might miss.
Generative Thinking
Welcoming challenges with curiosity and responding with bold near-term and far-future ideas.
Prototyping & Visualization
Making ideas more tangible through sketches, mockups, code, or demos that invite feedback early.
Freelance
2025 — Present
Contracted with select agency teams and client partners across healthcare, cloud/software services, real estate and transportation projects. Names withheld, NDAs honored, etc.
Head of Creative Technology
RP3 Agency | 2021 — 2025
Worked in their creative department to deliver design/dev services, balancing the demands of shifting priorities through phased requirements. Helped teammates find focus amid the mayhem of multiple accounts, i.e. overlapping production, media, strategy cycles... Jumped into sprints to code, maintain, and conduct QA where needed and with proactive support for each project. Always grateful for a good experience (if loyal to a fault), and happier to outgrow it with more friends and work as a result.
Executive Producer, Experience Design
WHITE64 | 2015 — 2021
Known for throwing a wildcard idea into a pitch deck to see if people leaned in (they usually did), I pushed non-traditional tactics and spec work that could attract clients, open new lines of business and drive campaign concepts forward. I launched an internal skunkworks initiative (which sounds serious but was rather informal and mostly fun) to cultivate a working curiosity for creative tech and help raise the agency profile among our peers, press and awards juries who dig side projects. Well, the holiday card won some awards. I also silenced Slack/Teams from time to time to participate on industry panels and advisory council meetings.
Freelance
2014
Designed mobile experiences and user flows for Capital One, launching apps for both iOS & Android while incorporating product feedback through user testing cycles. Occasionally snuck into C1 Labs workshops, design jams, and hackathons, really any excuse to nerd out and learn from savvy customers and smart product people.
UX Designer
SONATYPE | 2013
Reconnected with my former boss to join Sonatype's noble (and slightly uphill) quest to secure the open source software supply chain. My job involved translating complex DevOps needs into clear UI, so engineers could move quickly and confidently, even though cybersecurity still makes me sweat.
Creative Technologist
GLOVER PARK GROUP (WPP) | 2011 — 2012
Learned that PR is called "strategic communications" which turned out to be less about lobbying and more like Mad Men meets Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Built sites. Met heroes. Launched campaigns. Greased the gears between gov, grassroots and global orgs to get matters moving. Acronyms were involved. Great office parties.
Creative Technology Intern
AKQA (WPP) | 2010
Got to work on Volkswagen, Delta, LucasArts... the kind of creative briefs that make you think past the assignment. I left to finish school and returned from this internship more focused on the future.
Web Designer
HANLEY WOOD eMedia | 2005 — 2009
We turned dozens of print pubs into digital platforms before broadband was common. Our tight crew used early agile sprints to ship code—and pull a few epic pranks.
EDUCATION
M.S. Advertising
Virginia Commonwealth University,
VCU Brandcenter | 2009-2011
CT/XD Track
B.A. Visual Art
University of Maryland,
Baltimore County | 2000-2002
IMDA Track
Carnegie Mellon | 1998-1999
College of Fine Arts
I occasionally make dinosaur-shaped pancakes and find adventure by way of mountain bikes, golf carts and skis. I'm grateful for opportunities and challenges that have shaped my journey so far.
It's a Girl!
2018 · Sadie Rose is born the week of our 10 year anniversary.
Nature Rocks
2017 · Shenandoah, Olympic, Rainier... National Parks to be continued.
Conferences & Workshops
2016 · I try my mouth at public speaking, UXD panels, presentations.
Wallet Launches
2015 · I get to work with C1 Labs & Apple on a new mobile app.
Hello, David Wesley!
2012 · Welcome to the world my little man. Feeling blessed.
RVA → DMV
2012 · We bought a house. DC is so traffic. Much price.
Grad School
2010 · Sixty weeks of intensive real-world training @ Brandcenter.
Bike to the Beach
2008 · 150 miles to the ocean. Phew. Legs burnt for a good cause.
Bike the Mountain
2008 · Helly Hansen sends me to Whistler's Gravity Camp. It's rad.
She Said ‘Yes’
2007 · Thanks to all who celebrated with us.
Work Work Work
2005 · Joined a great team @ HW, finalist for its Red Point Award.
If you want to collaborate on bringing a new brand campaign, product, or service to people who’ll use it, please contact me
Clients & Companies
EagleBank / CFP Board / PenFed / Long & Foster / Delta / Volkswagen / Sabre / Hanley Wood / JP Morgan / NBC Universal / LEGO / Hilton / Biotechnology Innovation Organization / National Institutes of Health / Capital One / Climate Reality Project / WMATA / American Society of Civil Engineers / Once I did a website for a cave
Dream Projects
Service Design / Activations / Brand Transformation / Startups / Product Extensions / Sports / Travel / Hospitality
Nightmare Projects
Spam
Friends & Follows
Rich is a real sleeve roller-upper
Rye likes race cars & rides horses
Avery writes letters with llamas
Kurt connects creativity & tech
Noah Mooney is good at golf
Noah Gammell does golf too
Brendan's a ride-or-die wave rider
Mike Stango lifts heavy things
Will bribes celebrities for good
Turner bikes around the world
Alex B has a good ear for music
Amy B has a good eye for art
Joel dabbles in hovercrafts
Sarah Reed runs her own studio
Joe Hall's always traveling
Danielle has pet dinosaurs
Steve's tall but short for Steven
Hannah backwards is Hannah
Awards and Things
ADDYs Best of Show Interactive / Davey Gold / W3 Gold / IAC Gold / Telly Awards / HSMAI Adrian Gold / Communicator Awards Gold / Google Demo Slam (5th place) / C1 Labs Hackathon 1st place / Midas Gold / MoFilm Cannes Finalist / Hanley Wood Red Point / CommArts Webpick