Tommy Shimko

Creative Direction & Strategy

Tommy has spent the last 11 years at Google on teams like Gmail, Search, and (currently) YouTube. A hands-on creative with a focus on craft and discernment, he has led teams through everything from zero-to-one product definition to massive platform shifts.

Currently at Google he is working on the next frontier of creativity, branding & AI.

Outside of Google, he advises startups in the wellness and humane technology space.

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Patents

21 granted US patents, assigned to Google — 5 utility and 16 design, largely covering transitional interfaces and systems for generating display content.

US D1,139,345 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface2026
US D1,139,340 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface2026
US D1,123,967 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface2026
US 12,461,985 B2System and method for creating responsive display content2025
US 12,118,073 B2Converting static content items into interactive content items2024
US D1,041,503 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface2024
US 11,630,878 B2System and method for creating responsive display content2023
US 11,625,472 B2Converting static content items into interactive content items2023
US 11,550,598 B2Systems and methods for adding digital content during an application opening operation2023
US D947,868 SComputer display screen or portion thereof with a transitional graphical user interface2022
US D943,600 SComputer display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface2022
US D899,448 SDisplay screen with transitional graphical user interface2020
US D897,355 SComputer display screen or portion thereof with a transitional graphical user interface2020
US D896,243 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface2020
US D896,242 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface2020
US D890,190 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with transitional computer graphical user interface2020
US D845,313 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with transitional graphical user interface2019
US D840,425 SDisplay screen with transitional graphical user interface2019
US D838,733 SComputer display screen with transitional graphical user interface2019
US D835,124 SDisplay screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface2018
US D803,853 SDisplay screen with transitional graphical user interface2017

Each entry links to the official record and its filed drawings.