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Use this certification to identify freelancers who understand user-centred design, usability evaluation, task analysis, and basic UX methods. It points to people who can support research, clarify user needs, and improve interfaces with structured, practical work. Get fast, precise matching with vetted freelancers holding CPUX-F in Germany.
About the certification
What CPUX-F means
CPUX-F is the Foundation Level certification from UXQB for usability and user experience. It shows that a freelancer understands the basic language, methods, and goals of UX work. For companies, it is a clear signal that the person can take part in user-centred projects without guesswork.
Core skills
A holder of CPUX-F is expected to know how usability and UX fit into product work and how user needs are turned into design decisions.
- User-centred design principles
- Basic UX research and analysis
- Usability goals and quality criteria
- Evaluation of interfaces and journeys
- Communication with designers, product teams, and stakeholders
Typical profiles
This certification is common among UX designers, interaction designers, researchers, product people, business analysts, and consultants who work close to digital products. It also suits freelancers who support discovery, concept work, testing, or service improvement. In Germany, it is especially useful when teams want a shared UX vocabulary across in-house and external specialists.
Where it helps
CPUX-F matters in projects where the team needs to understand users before building or changing a solution. That includes websites, enterprise software, apps, portals, self-service tools, and service design work.
- Discovery and user research
- Concept and wireframe review
- Usability testing support
- Interface and workflow improvement
- Cross-functional product work
What it tells you
If a freelancer holds CPUX-F, you can expect a solid foundation in usability methods and a disciplined way of thinking about user experience. It does not mean deep specialisation in every UX discipline, but it does mean the person knows the basics well enough to contribute in structured projects. For hiring teams, that reduces risk when a role needs reliable UX support rather than broad marketing language.
Certification path
CPUX-F is the entry point in the UXQB CPUX path and is often the starting level before more advanced UX certifications. Preparation usually focuses on learning the terms, methods, and core process behind usability work, then applying them to real examples. In Germany, candidates often prepare alongside work, so the certification is a practical marker of structured UX knowledge rather than theory alone.
Meet FRATCH UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F)
Michael Berninger
Product Design & Design Systems Expert | Helping Startups and Companies Transform Ideas into Scalable Products
Last position:
Senior Product Designer at Awake Mobility GmbH
- Spearheaded efforts to enhance product consistency and achieve significantly better usability, ensuring a more intuitive experience
- Partnered with the founders to define a new go-to-market strategy through product discovery
- Directed the process of creating a new company website from concept and wireframes to design and final implementation in Webflow
- Responsive Webdesign
- WCAG
- Corporate Branding
- Product Discovery
- MVP
- Product Design
- User Experience
- Rapid Prototyping
Markus Schrumpf
Content Expert, AI Content Architect | Intelligent UX Writing and Localization
Last position:
Co-Founder & Managing Director at dialogue gmbh
- Strategic and operational overall responsibility for a specialized agency for UX Writing & Content Strategy
- Product development, client acquisition, and the setup and strategic further development of UX writing systems for clients in the IT and finance sectors
Elisabeth Wesse
Executive Advisor | Business Potential & Strategy Implementation & Managing Partner
Last position:
Executive Advisor | Business Potential & Strategy Implementation & Managing Partner at Wesse Consult
- Analyzing business challenges with ~20% effort to drive ~80% output, ensuring clear priorities, structures and actionable recommendations that deliver rapid, measurable results.
- Driving holistic business transformation, customer focus, go-to-market strategy and KPI-driven performance.
- Acting as a trusted C-Level advisor and sparring partner to turn strategy into measurable results.
- Helping CEOs, founders and leadership teams in businesses of all sizes to strengthen growth and profitability.
Huda Iftikhar
AI-Augmented UX Designer · Human-AI Interaction · Design Systems & Product Strategy
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer & AI Experience Lead at NTT Data DACH
BMW AG · Mercedes-Benz AG · Munich Re · CARIAD / VW Group
- Leading UX and product direction of PromptM, an enterprise AI prompt management platform at BMW, designing human-agent interaction models, role-based governance flows, and a Playground testing environment for prompt validation and iteration
- Redesigned insurance policy workflows at Munich Re, restructuring form layouts, improving field prioritisation based on user needs, and introducing new design components into the existing product system
- Led end-to-end UX at BMW shopfloor: user flows, wireframes, usability testing, and Figma design system adopted across 5+ agile squads, reducing order processing time by 35%
- UX Coach at Mercedes-Benz, upskilling 50+ team members in user research, usability testing, and agile UX methods; reduced design-to-dev handoff by 30%
- Facilitated 10+ design sprints and discovery workshops; enforced WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility across all deliverables
Patricia Euler
Freelance UX Researcher, Concepter & Information Architect
Last position:
Freelance UX Researcher, Concepter & Information Architect at Self-employed
- UX research, conception and information architecture services on various projects
André Ullmann
RTE / Agile Coach / Full SAFe Consultant
Last position:
RTE / Agile Coach / Full SAFe Consultant at Siemens Energy
- RTE/Agile Coach for the SAFe 6 (Scaled Agile Framework) rollout
- Building and establishing a LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) for several ARTs
- Using the tools: Azure DevOps with SCALE, Loop, MS Whiteboard
- Building the ART with 7 teams
- Training Product Owners, e.g. through SAFe POPM training and LearnSnacks
- Running the initial PI Planning as a Kickoff Planning Event
- Introducing a demand process
Anton Hoffmann
Senior UX Professional / Researcher
Last position:
Senior UX Professional / Researcher at Viessmann Group GmbH & Co. KG
- B2B: conceptual project development of the production software for ViGuide (Web), ViGuideMobile and HMI.
- Revamping information architecture, UX concept for new and existing features.
- UX research.
- UI business analysis: analyzing and designing existing UI and UX structures, and validating existing interaction and design concepts against business, technical and user requirements.
- Conducting UI/UX workshops, deriving consistent UI concepts, and creating wireframes, click dummies and prototypes to support decision-making and implementation in close coordination with stakeholders, UX and development.
- Accessibility according to BITV/WCAG (analysis, concept, implementation).
- Using AI to support UX analysis, pattern recognition in research data and to speed up concept development and prototyping.
- User centered design, usability engineering, agile working – Scrum, UX analysis, concept, wireframing, prototyping, DIN EN ISO 9241-110 / 210, user journeys, personas, interaction design, user guidance and information architecture.
- Remote/onsite interviews, test planning, moderation, documentation of UX/UI concepts and recommendations, Jira, Confluence, Miro, UI/UX workshops (requirements analysis, UI alignment, design reviews).
- Figma (mockups, wireframes, design, concept), Axure and ProtoPie (low- and high-fidelity prototyping), Confluence, Jira, Office, Miro, Maze.
- Quantitative research: usability & prototyping tests via Maze (remote), surveys (Maze).
- Qualitative research: moderated interviews, analysis and action recommendations.
Peter Wellbrock
Technical Product Owner
Last position:
Technical Product Owner at Mercedes-Benz Tech Motion
- Developed a technical concept for virtual testing and variant management.
- Aligned with technical teams to implement innovative test solutions.
- Facilitated workshops for requirements definition and process optimization.
Christian Van Elten
UX Designer
Last position:
UX Designer at Freelance
- Conceptualization, UX design, and prototype development of custom SAP Fiori® apps
- Reviewing developed apps for usability and compliance with SAP Fiori® design guidelines
- Producing videos for internal knowledge transfer and internal communication for Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Patrick Antony
Product Owner
Last position:
Project Manager (P1) at Tech Mahindra GmbH
- Led end-to-end delivery of WHOacademy.org, defining product vision, success metrics, and execution strategy for a global learning platform built on Open edX and hosted on Azure.
- Drove program execution across cross-functional teams (UX, frontend, backend, mobile, DevOps, content), coordinating delivery of web (JavaScript) and iOS/Android applications through structured CI/CD pipelines, ensuring predictable, high-quality releases.
- Managed senior stakeholders across multiple WHO entities and external partners, aligning priorities, roadmap, and KPIs to measurable outcomes including platform adoption, performance, scalability, and learner engagement.
- Oversaw vendor and partner performance, ensuring compliance with SLAs, timelines, security, and quality standards.
- Led complex multi-organization migrations (IARC, PAHO, WPRO, OpenWHO), managing course, user, and data transitions with minimal disruption and clear risk governance.
- Provided post-launch Level 2 production support, collaborating with Global Service Desk teams and leveraging ServiceNow for incident, problem, and change management, ensuring platform stability and continuous improvement based on operational metrics.
Artur Sopelnik
Senior Consultant
Last position:
Senior Consultant at MHP - A Porsche Company
Daron Bedikian
Digital Director
Last position:
Digital Director at Bowl of Beauty
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UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
14 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
9
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Research and Development, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
25%
Certifications per freelancer
7
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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CPUX-F validates a basic but structured understanding of usability and user experience. It shows that the holder can work with core UX terms, methods, and quality goals in a user-centred project. For companies, that means the freelancer can contribute to research, analysis, and evaluation without needing to be taught the fundamentals from scratch.
The UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) is the entry point in the UXQB path. It covers the basics of UX language and method, while advanced levels go deeper into specialist practice and application. If you need someone to support a project at a solid operational level, CPUX-F is a good signal; if you need deep specialisation, you may want to look for a higher level as well.
CPUX-F fits freelancers who work near product design, research, analysis, or improvement. That includes UX designers, researchers, product specialists, business analysts, and consultants who need to speak the same language as design and delivery teams. It is also useful for people moving into UX from adjacent roles and wanting a formal foundation.
Preparation for CPUX-F usually involves learning the main UX concepts, reading the standard vocabulary, and practising how to apply methods to real product situations. Many candidates combine study with hands-on work so the ideas are grounded in practice. The exam is commonly approached as a structured foundation check rather than a test of narrow tools or software.
The CPUX-F foundation level is designed as an entry certification, so it is commonly used as a starting point in the UXQB track. That said, having some exposure to digital products, research, or design makes the material easier to absorb. Companies should read it as a sign of formal baseline knowledge, not as proof of years of senior UX practice.
For CPUX-F, renewal and continuing recognition are handled through the UXQB framework, which may differ by level and scheme updates. The safe assumption is that holders should keep their knowledge current and check the latest UXQB rules before planning recertification. If you are hiring, the key point is still that the person has passed a recognised foundation standard.
CPUX-F is useful anywhere digital products need to be understandable and efficient for real users. That includes software, public sector services, financial tools, e-commerce, and internal enterprise systems. It is especially relevant when teams in Germany need clear UX communication across local and international stakeholders.
A freelancer with CPUX-F brings a shared UX baseline into the team. That helps when a project needs someone who can structure user needs, review designs, or support usability work with a common method. It is a practical choice when you want reliable UX contribution and clear communication from the start.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 774 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 25% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany have 14 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany are German (100%), English (100%), and French (8%).
The most common industries among freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany are Information Technology (83%), Professional Services (67%), and Automotive (58%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience – Foundation Level (CPUX-F) in Germany are Product Development (92%), Information Technology (83%), and Marketing (50%).
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