Professional Recommendations

I’ve worked with Paul on two projects for our University Web Team, one for our Law School site and one for our Undergraduate Recruitment site. On each project Paul was able to provide not only strategic input on the editorial direction of the site but also the bulk of the content ideation, writing and editing. He is a terrific asset to a project because of his willingness to contribute at all levels. He is such an easy person to work with because he can ramp up very quickly into a project and waste no time in making his first contributions. He particularly understands higher education and the student recruitment cycle and can provide insight beyond simply content. I look forward to the next time we can work together

Paul played a critical role in redesigning our website. He produced creative work very quickly and was able to pivot to meet our needs as the project evolved. I was impressed by how quickly he got up to speed on our school’s programs and departments and helped us to describe them in such a concise and interesting way. We really enjoyed collaborating with Paul and will be looking to him to meet our future web copy writing and editing needs.

As our freelancer for Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law website redesign, Paul was effective and creative. He quickly discovered the right tone for our school and worked diligently to make sure the pieces he wrote/edited worked nicely with the pieces we crafted. He provided great insight as an “outsider,” which is an often-needed voice for higher education folks. Through his quick work, he helped keep the project on time, too, which is always a plus!

Paul was great to work with — not only did he work efficiently, he also worked with precision and creativity. We wouldn’t have been able to achieve the success we did without his copy writing and hard work.

We were fortunate to have Paul as part of our core team for the recent redesign of the North Central College website (northcentralcollege.edu). He was instrumental in developing original content, QA testing the site, and using his leadership and expertise with similar website redesign projects to help guide ours. His contributions were significant and I don’t believe we would have had as successful a transition to the new site without his input. Additionally Paul is an excellent writer and he contributed much to our editorial process as well. He is easy to work with and takes feedback with grace. I would definitely recommend Paul and hope I have an opportunity to work with him again.

Paul was a great addition to our team in working on content for the launch of our new website. He had a seamless transition onto our team and always brought an excellent attitude. He is highly collaborative and very knowledgeable in the field of higher education.

Paul Muth is great at helping a team keep its “ducks in a row.” He keeps everybody on task and on schedule, asks the right questions, and is a great writer and strategist. He’s also just a great co-worker. Upbeat and supportive, and an all around good guy. Hope we get to collaborate again!

I’ve worked with Paul at two stops along my professional way — in our mutual roles as digital content innovators with Tribune Co. and at the innovative smartphone radio news startup Rivet Radio, for which I recruited him.

In each case, he’s proven a strong and loyal co-worker and an outstanding team player, always willing to share his experience with colleagues junior and senior. He’s a leader when leadership’s required but a great team player when that’s the right approach.

Paul’s pioneering, can-do embrace of new technology and his strong writing and communication skills make him an invaluable player in a startup environment or in any established organization committed to change.

Paul is a great communicator, skilled at getting to the essential message of a posting in a few words. He is an excellent teacher and guide who can communicate complex subjects in understandable language. He is insightful and thoughtful.

Paul’s in-depth experience in the Chicago media and news market shows in all aspect of his work. His dedication to clarity, accuracy and details make him a solid go-to person for live web updates and an overall web presence. On top of that, he’s an all-around great guy who loves to tell stories! I thoroughly enjoyed working with him at Concordia-Chicago.

Dealing with Paul was one of my favorite parts of the job as a news producer at chicagotribune.com. He kept things steady and running smoothly when all hell would break loose (often the case in a typical newsroom), handled difficult people with the patience of Job, and leavened challenging situations with a wonderful sense of humor. He would be an immeasurable asset to any media operation.

Paul is a dedicated, hard-working manager, always focused on the customer/client. He communicates well and really knows his stuff. Paul’s position at Tribune Interactive required dealing with editors and producers from a number of markets, all with different issues and points of view. He did a good job bringing those interests together and pointing them toward a common goal. I highly recommend Paul and believe any organization would benefit from his talents.

Paul is an excellent facilitator, manager, and news editor who meet the needs of many internal customers, all with different needs, wants, and agendas. While his role was primarily internal facing, his thoughts were always on the end-user and how the news product his team produced would meet their needs, as well as to generate maximum audience volume for the company. I would work with Paul again: Anytime, anywhere.

Paul has an outstanding work ethic; exudes loyalty; is a great team player; works well across departments, divisions and markets; and has a passion to be a great supervisor and manager.

When I was considering joining Tribune Co. in 1998, Paul provided invaluable insight and guidance — and helped me decide that doing so was indeed the right move. In the exciting years that followed, Paul remained a source of great intelligence, and a favorite colleague of mine. His leadership of Shared News (Shared Content) for Tribune Interactive provided popular content for chicagotribune.com. He also demonstrated time and again a knack for hiring great staffers — at least two of which my bosses hired away at convenient times. Paul’s sense of audience, his ability to set priorities and his visionary approach to communications would be a tremendous asset to any organization.