Colin Brooks
NEW INC Mentor at Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Brooks is a software engineer and product-minded digital leader with 13 years of experience building web platforms for museums and cultural institutions. Currently mentoring at NEW INC and serving as Head of Digital Development at the Whitney Museum, he leads cross-channel product work spanning whitney.org, mobile guides, digital signage, and collection interfaces. He brings full-stack chops across JavaScript, PHP, SQL and Swift, combined with robust analytics, accessibility, and UX practice honed at MoMA, Whitney and in freelance projects. His background in art education (Master’s from Teachers College) and darkroom mentorship informs a rare blend of technical rigor and curator-minded design thinking. Known for pragmatic tooling—like custom WordPress themes and smart data pipelines—he focuses on equitable, visitor-centered digital experiences. Based in New York, he pairs hands-on coding with cross-disciplinary collaboration between curators, educators, and engineers.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree General Science: Computer Science Neuroscience Concentration, Bachelor’s Degree General Science: Computer Science Neuroscience Concentration at Grinnell CollegeMaster’s Degree Art & Art Education, Master’s Degree Art & Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
English
Github Skills (45)
player10
bootstrap9
javascript9
html5-audio9
responsive9
css9
sass9
video-player9
html5-video9
html9
lightbox8
videojs8
fancybox8
stacktrace8
error-handler7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
brooksco/colinbrooks-wordpress
Aug 2018 - Dec 2024
colinbrooks.co theme
Contributions:2 PRs, 72 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 5 months
GrinnellLocalFood/localfoods
Nov 2012 - Sep 2013
Contributions:141 commits in 10 months
ruby-on-railsrails-appco-oprailsruby
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