Paul McAleer

Paul McAleer

Something about yourself

Paul McAleer is a leader in the digital design and content space. Paul has been working in the digital space since the 1990s, with their “web exhibits” awarded by Columbia College Chicago and their photography published in travel guides and inspirational reference books.

In the 2000s and 2010s, Paul became recognized as a leader in UX and content. Paul spoke at conferences including SXSW, CreativeMornings, Design & Content, and World IA Day. Paul taught at General Assembly in Chicago and Denver, and led Denver’s World IA Day for two years.

On the profesh side, the work Paul and their teams created has been used by millions of people – from company intranets that do not suck to storefronts that look amazing to SaaS sites that are anything but a bore. Paul led design work for a NN/G Ten Best Intranet in 2019, which is no small feat. Industries Paul has worked in include healthcare, retail, industrial manufacturing, banking & fintech, and equestrian buildings. Yes, equestrian buildings.

(Also, this is not a website.)

Relevants:

  • Product Strategist - Livefront

  • SVP, Experience - TMG

  • SVP, CX & Content Strategy - QD

  • Group Content Strategy Director - Bounteous

  • Associate UX Director - Rightpoint

  • UX Strategist - Centralis

You may know me from such projects, publications, and appearances as…

  • GEnie Commodore FlagShip RoundTable, Family RT, Education RT (1990s)

  • Loadstar & Loadstar 128 (author, contributor; 1989-1993)

  • RAMGauge (1993-1996)

  • Micro-Bytes (1990-1992)

  • The Commodore MailLink / Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail (1991-1992)

  • phonezilla.net (1999-present)

  • The Daily Ping (with Ryan MacMichael; 2000-2013)

  • The Yearly Ping (with Ryan MacMichael; 2014-present)

  • Columbia College Chicago (graduated 2000; taught 2001)

  • Big Fat Blog (2000s)

  • Gapers’ Block (contributor; 2000s)

  • Communicating with Patterns: Stripes (contributing photographer; 2006)

  • Designing Yourself (with Whitney Hess; 2013-2015)

  • General Assembly (taught 2015-2017; Chicago and Denver)

  • Girl Develop It Denver: Intro to User Research (2017)

  • Intersection: Denver Meetups (2015-2016)

  • O’Reilly Media, Designing for Mobile (2015)

  • Denver UX Meetup: PM ❤️ KJ (2016)

  • CreativeMornings Denver (2016)

  • SXSW (2010s)

  • Design & Content (2018)

  • World IA Day Denver (2019-2020)

  • NN/G Ten Best Intranets (work for 3M while at Rightpoint; 2019)

  • The IA Summit (participant and volunteer): 2010s

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