Let's talk about
what you're building.
I'm currently exploring design systems, design engineering, and design leadership roles in the Des Moines area, and I'm open to hybrid or remote. If you're building a system, a team, or the tools a team runs on, and you want someone who designs it and builds it, I'd like to hear about it.
Reach me directly
- Email timothy.mehlhorn@gmail.com
- LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/timmehlhorn ↗
- Location Des Moines, Iowa
For the future
What I'm looking for
I work best where design and engineering are partners: there's a real system to build or fix, a team worth developing, and enough autonomy to take the work all the way to production. Mission-driven organizations are a particularly strong fit.
Roles that interest me
- Design Systems Lead or Manager
- Design Engineer / Design Technologist
- Senior Product Designer, Systems
- Design Operations Manager
- UX or Design Manager
Also open to digital experience and marketing leadership roles, such as Director of Digital Marketing or Head of Marketing, where the same systems thinking applies.
What I bring
- Design systems: tokens, components, documentation, and governance
- Self-service tools that let non-designers ship on-brand work
- Design-to-code fluency: Vue.js, hand-written CSS, accessible front ends
- Accessibility leadership (WCAG AA/AAA)
- Team building and design operations
- Digital strategy and martech budget ownership