Responsible for the design and implementation of high-quality business tools for Glassdoor and Indeed, facilitating effective communication between employers and highly skilled job seekers worldwide. Blessed to have joined a talented team of product managers and engineers, allowing us to successfully navigate the complexities of supporting two online properties and hundreds of unique country/language profiles.More details to come :)

- Designed internal and external tools to support Department of Defense initiatives. - Partnered with Product Management team on all research endeavors.- Responsible for managing all assets related to Shift.org and its internal tools. - Created the Mission design system to universally govern multiple projects, dramatically increasing deployment speed and lowering overall maintenance costs related to design. - Maintained WordPress and Webflow instances to limit engineering support needs.- Supported marketing website and sales collateral development.

- Created open-sourced design education exercises for students and educators.- Recorded and edited a significant library of free training videos focused on design and career development.- Built recurring revenue stream business tools using Stripe and Gatsby.js- Leveraged Figma community to host sharable lessons that complimented the curriculum and videos produced.

- Orchestrated development of an integrated curriculum and video content covering UX, UI, and Front-end design.- Built and directly managed a culturally diverse remote team of 25 designers.- Joined company leadership team in 2016. - Contributed to the successful graduation of hundreds of students.- Transformed the design program into a significant profit center for the company.

The world of media is changing rapidly and I continue to find myself lucky to stumble through the darkness ahead of the pack. Below are a list of the other groups that I have either presented to or organized training for. Note: This is somewhat ongoing. 2020:National College Media, VirtualSND Annual Conference, Virtual2019:National College Media, San DiegoWAN-IFRA, Asian Digital Media AwardsWAN-IFRA, Bengaluru WorkshopsOhio University2018:WAN-IFRA, Asian Digital Media AwardsCreative Jam, Adobe + Northwestern2017:iXDA 2017, NYCSNDCharlotteFrontEnd Camp, ChicagoWAN-IFRA, Asian Digital Media Awards JuryCampSND: Michigan St., Kansas St., Ball St.2016:HTML5 ChicagoWAN-IFRA, Vikatan, The Hindu Workshops: Chennai, IndiaCampSND:SNDSF, Indiana U., Ohio U.2015:Design Days T+1, Zaman: IstanbulCampSND: Ohio U., UNC, U. Montana2014:CampSND: Arizona St., Missouri, Mississippi, Wisconsin, DePaulMobile + Web DevCon, Chicago2013:DePaul, WisconsinISOJ, University of Texas, AustinSND Tablet Quick Course: Medill School of JournalismUniversité du QuébecUniversity of MinnesotaLoyola University2012:Publishing Exec Web SeriesNational College Media, ChicagoSND Annual Convention: ClevelandArt Institute of ChicagoSDUT Executive Session: San Diego2011:SND-R: MoscowMoscow St. UniversityInnovative Design Forum: Dougguan, ChinaEconomic Observer: BeijingUX4Good, #ThirdTeacher team: ChicagoDePaul UniversityASNE, San DiegoSocial Dev Camp, ChicagoSND Annual Convention: St. Louis2009:Hoy, Los AngelesArt Institute of Chicago2008:Folio Design Conference: ChicagoSND Las VegasCSND Olympic Gathering: ShanghaiNAA Youth Editors Convention: PhoenixSyracuse University2007:Art Institute of ChicagoTulsa World newsroom retrainingSND: Jacksonville, Fla.Michigan St. University2006:Crain Communications, DetroitACES: Davenport, IowaSND OrlandoSND: West Palm Beach, Fla.2001, 2004:SND, Tulsa, Okla.

- Created standalone web experiences for numerous special projects that would have been limited in existing CMS.- Designed responsive tools utilized by the newsroom.- Supported ongoing election coverage tools and reporting for eight properties.- Managed ongoing deployment and updating of legacy Tribune mobile apps.Former projects ( some links have died/altered :( ):http://apps.chicagotribune.com/sports/wrigley-field-100-greatest-moments/http://elections.chicagotribune.com/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chicagoland-sirens-public/id719763736?mt=8http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/school_utilization/http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/grace/http://archives.chicagotribune.com

- End-to-end management of mobile products, overseeing every phase from inception to completion. - Defining product scope, performed user research, and led overall product design for new mobile iniatives.- Supervised offsite development teams for several mobile products.Projects included:North Side Rundown mobile app (iOS/Android)South Side Rundown mobile app (iOS/Android)Chicago Breaking News Live (HTML5 web app)RedEye Transit mobile app (iOS/Android)Bears 2011 eBook (Kindle)When Theo Met Tom eBook (Kindle)Across the Border, Beyond the Law eBook (Kindle)The Bulletin (tablet magazine)RedEye for iPad (tablet magazine)Blueprint for iPad (tablet magazine)Printers Row Lit Fest (iOS/Android)SoCal Close-ups (tablet magazine)Go See Do Orlando (tablet magazine)Bear Download (tablet magazine)More to come...

Award-winning emerging platform designer who is busy finding new ways to make everything tick.----UX and design behind the following iPhone and Android apps:Los Angeles Times*, Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, The Morning Call, The Daily Press, WGN, KTLA, WPIX, WTIC, WGNO, WXIN, WPMT, KTXL, WXMI, KDAF, KCPQ, KSWB.iPhone-only apps:LA Walk of Fame*, Chicago Tribune Football Notebook, Baltimore Sun Football Notebook, Astrosource.Android-only apps:Chicago Blackhawks, WGN 720 AM.* indicates award-winning app for 2010.----Read about my take on the job here. http://update.snd.org/miscellany/entry/chris-courtney-leaving-redeye-a-qa-on-what-lies-ahead/

Fueling innovation in our targeted demo publications with editorial and design ideas

In charge of overseeing visual direction of publication. Directly responsible for building and managing an award-winning team of 6 designers. In my time at RedEye, the group was recognized with over 40 design awards.----Twice redesigned the publicationNov. 2005: Complete overhaul of the publicationAug. 2008: Major changes due to web-width reduction and content refocusing----Also created The Mash, Chicago Tribune's weekly high school publication with RedEye editor Jane Hirt.

Helped faculty shift class structure away from being a desktop publishing course and into a Visual Journalism course grounded in proper ethics and a firm understanding of how design works.