Brian Shimkus

Scoped and delivered an automated content pipeline reducing a weekly social-media workflow from 8 hours to 10 minutes. Build AI and integration solutions connecting third-party platforms through REST APIs, webhooks, and automation tooling.

Led design and development of an early-stage web and mobile platform from concept through delivery. Owned vendor evaluations and scoped third-party and AI integrations with UX, product, and backend teams.

Ran weekly stakeholder sessions at a systemically important financial market utility, aligning goals and demonstrating progress. Delivered React and TypeScript solutions from Figma through testing, QA, and production.

Led digitization of broker and trader onboarding, replacing a compliance-heavy paper workflow with an end-to-end digital process. Integrated the DocuSign API across products and led a five-person front-end team.

Built Vue.js and Storybook components connected to APIs.

Led the front-end lifecycle and standardized web accessibility across projects.

Built a Contentful CMS for marketing owners and deployed it to AWS.

Identified gaps with directors and prototyped AngularJS solutions.

Built WordPress themes for Athletico and the Chicago Wolves.

Built Rails/SASS sites and led client meetings with Aon and Manchester United.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, completed in 2013.

Studied Instructional Design and Technology at Western Illinois University from 2008 to 2010.