Matthew Green
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About
A digital product maker with an extensive history shaping user experiences, providing strategic leadership, managing product roadmaps and iterative design processes, conducting user research & usability testing, digging into analytics, and teaching young professionals to do the same.
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Education
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MA New MediaDePaul University2006
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BA Political ScienceUniversity of Missouri1996
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BA CommunicationsUniversity of Missouri1996
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Experience
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Director of ProductChicago, ILOct 2016 - Present (10 years)Lead the rapid, iterative delivery of a machine-learning backed user experience designed to help news consumers connect what they’re reading, watching, etc. with opportunities to take action on the causes they care about most.
Partners include CNN, Univision, Upworthy, Gannett, Meredith Broadcasting, Lyft and State Farm. -
Adjunct Faculty: Interactive Arts & MediaChicago, ILSep 2003 - Present (23 years 3 months)Teach courses (online and in-person) in user experience design (user research & usability testing methods), conversational interfaces, and a capstone practicum courses focused on the preparation of a body of work. Courses are project focused and use both qualitative and quantitative user research and methods designed to define a set of product problems to address in the usability testing portion of the classes.
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Director of Digital Product ManagementChicago, ILJan 2011 - Oct 2016 (5 years 9 months)Provide strategic leadership, analysis, and management of the digital product lifecycle for all of Chicago Public Media's digital and mobile efforts, including responsive web and native mobile applications for WBEZ, Vocalo, This American Life, Sound Opinions, and the podcast Serial.
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Content Strategy and Social Media ConsultantContractJun 2010 - Oct 2016 (6 years 4 months)Author digital content taxonomies and recommend digital content and social media practices and behaviors to clients seeking to re-architect their digital properties and increase engagement with their digital audiences. Clients: University of Illinois-Chicago’s (UIC) College of Education; The Society of Women Engineers; Third Coast International Audio Festival; Dynomapper LLC; The InterContinental Chicago O’Hare; Traffic Public Relations; Silbar Public Relations; and David James Group.
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Director of Student CommunicationsChicago, ILSep 2007 - Dec 2011 (4 years 3 months)Conceived of, pitched, and was appointed first Director of Columbia College Chicago’s first student-focused communications operation with an emphasis on developing an online student community and establishing an editorial operation focused on student retention and success. Served as the primary voice to 12,000 students at the largest arts and media college in the world.
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Associate Director of the Portfolio Center + Employer Relations Coordinator + Career AdvisorChicago, ILNov 2001 - Sep 2007 (5 years 10 months)Co-founded the college’s Portfolio Center, the first collegiate career center focused completely on the development of a body of work and the development of a non-academic curriculum for students interested in pursuing professional experiences in the arts & media.
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Awards
Best Handbook or Brochure
Communicator Awards, 2011
Best Event and Best Education related website
Communicator Award of Distinction, 2011
SIlver Award: Online Internal Audience Periodicals
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2011
Bronze Award for Use of Social Media
Council for Advancement and Support of Education, 2011
Gold Award: The Loop, A Virtual Student Center
NASPA, 2010
Overall Grand Silver Award for innovation in higher education for The Loop, A Virtual Student Center. Gold Award for innovation in higher education communications and on campus community.
Best Online Newsletter
Communicator Awards, 2010
Communicator Award of Excellence, Best Online Newsletter for In the Loop in the Interactive category.
Best Student Produced Video
Communicator Awards, 2010
Communicator Awards Award of Excellence, Best Student Produced Video.
Best School/University Website
Communicator Awards, 2010
Communicator Award of Distinction, Best School/University Website.
Silver Award, Website Features
W3 Awards, 2010
W3 Silver Award for Pop-Up Manifest in the Website Features category. -
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On Coroflot@mathyougreen, member since 2015
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