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About the role
What they deliver
Freelance lecturers plan and deliver focused teaching for universities, business schools, training providers, and in-house learning teams. They turn complex topics into clear sessions and adapt the level to the audience.
- Guest lectures and seminar sessions
- Course design, learning objectives, and session plans
- Workshops, tutorials, and exam preparation
- Executive briefings and specialist training
- Teaching materials, slides, reading lists, and exercises
Core skills
A strong lecturer can teach with structure, pace, and authority. They know how to explain ideas, guide discussion, and keep a room engaged without losing clarity.
- Subject expertise with solid teaching method
- Clear presentation and facilitation skills
- Ability to adjust content for students, professionals, or mixed groups
- Experience with hybrid, remote, and classroom formats
- Strong writing for handouts, slides, and assessments
Tools and formats
Lecturers often work with slide decks, learning platforms, video meetings, and shared documents. Depending on the assignment, they may teach in person, run live online sessions, or combine both.
Typical tools include LMS systems, presentation software, webinar tools, and digital whiteboards. For technical or business topics, they may also use case studies, datasets, demonstrations, or group exercises.
When companies bring one in
Businesses and institutions hire freelance lecturers when they need specialist knowledge quickly, coverage for a missing teaching slot, or extra capacity for a new program. In Hamburg, that often includes logistics, media, trade, finance, and maritime topics, as well as professional development for teams.
They are a strong fit when the topic is narrow, the schedule is fixed, or the audience needs a practitioner rather than a permanent academic hire. They also help when English-language teaching is needed alongside German delivery.
What good looks like
A strong lecturer does more than speak well. They prepare carefully, keep the message focused, and make difficult content usable for the audience.
- Clear structure from start to finish
- Relevant examples and practical cases
- Good classroom control and time management
- Responsive to questions and group dynamics
- Reliable follow-up after the session
Hamburg collaboration
For Hamburg-based assignments, on-site teaching is common when presence matters, such as workshops, examinations, or guest sessions on campus. Remote delivery works well for theory, coaching, or recurring internal training.
Local companies often want lecturers who understand the city’s mix of industry, trade, and international teams. That can matter for language choice, examples, and the level of practical detail in the session.
Meet FRATCH Lecturers
Vadim Bünger
E-Commerce Consultant & Product Owner
Last position:
Dozent Applied AI at Digital Institut des Mittelstands GmbH
- Instructor for applied AI in the courses "AI Implementation Architect" and "AI Business Innovator"
- Running remote training sessions to qualify participants as "AI Implementation Architect" and "AI Business Innovator"
- Building n8n-based automations for the Digital Institut des Mittelstands
Karl-Heinz Schulte
Interim Executive | Board Member for IT, Digital, AI, and Transformation
Last position:
CIO
- CIO at nutrition R&D and producer (family owned)
Strengthened IT Team, recovered IT service, reviewed and streamlined complex SAP landscape, reviewed IT security set-up, reviewed laboratory IT
Nils Hamann
Senior Advisor to CTO
Last position:
Senior Advisor to CTO at McPhy Energy Energy S.A.
Head of Project Engineering: Led 6 teams through rapid growth, doubling headcount within 11 months; managed 3 team leads and 30+ engineers
Set up and led capacity forecast, project capacity alignment, outsourcing, and subcontracting of work packages for the Technology Unit (Engineering, R&D, Product Development)
Established quality metrics for the department’s engineering output and integrated them into bonus objectives for team leads and engineers
Conducted annual appraisals, objectives and bonus discussions, and personal development plans for 7 direct reports
Head of Program Management: Led the largest internal development program for next-generation 4 MW hydrogen electrolysis stacks. Result: “Go” for next phase “Basic Engineering”
Led a strategic make-or-buy study for core components (cathodes). Result: Component & manufacturing technologies down-selected and approved for next phase
Project Director "Green H2 Atlantic" in Sines, Portugal: Managed 100 MW project for a client consortium (EDP, Galp, ENGIE, Vestas, Bondalti, Martifer), funded with €30 m by the European Commission’s “Green Deal” and invited for grant preparation of “Innovation Fund”
Led and coordinated R&D activities under the “Green Deal” with contributors (ENGIE, DLR, ISQ) on topics such as standardization of test protocols, primary grid service, and advanced hydrogen management system
Supported “Green Deal” reporting and applications for various EU grants (e.g., Innovation Fund)
Led technical due diligence from OEM perspective, coordinating approx. 12 departments to respond to an external technical advisor
Corporate Partnerships: Established technological partnerships within the European hydrogen industry under IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest)
Friederike Abresch
Tech Business Design & Growth. Technical expertise. Commercial success.
Last position:
Senior Consultant Portfolio Strategy, Offerings, and Go-to-Market
- Consulting and interim management for portfolio strategy and implementation
- Building transition and monetization portfolio, focus on telecoms
- Business unit transformations (structure, services, roles)
- Executive coaching
- Go-to-market, positioning, and offering logic
- Transferring telecom-specific monetization logics to other industries
Henning Weick
Freelance Lecturer
Last position:
Freelance Lecturer at Macromedia Akademie & Macromedia Hochschule
Freelance Lecturer for Audiovisual Media
Anja Żalik
Managing Consultant
Last position:
Managing Consultant at FHC+P GmbH
- Managing complex projects in digitized environments, including planning, reporting, risk, and budget management
- Creating roadmaps, milestone planning, and cross-functional coordination
- Taking over project leadership in real estate and facility management, focusing on relocation processes and space planning
- Coordinating and aligning with subproject leads, department heads, construction management, and internal and external team members
- Monitoring and ensuring project progress and timely achievement of project goals
- Developing and maintaining project plans, creating presentations, reports, checklists, and other relevant documents
- Organizing and conducting regular alignment meetings, including standing meetings with department heads and team members
- Applying modern process management methods to optimize workflows
Thorsten Schulz
Project Manager
Last position:
Project Manager at ORLEN Deutschland GmbH, Wholesale IT
- Project management and change management
- Blueprint-to-go-live including cutover
- Implementation in a greenfield approach
- Management of the integrator
- Designing, organizing, and executing change management
- Agile management in Jira and Confluence
- Fit-gap analysis, requirement engineering, development, testing, cutover, and hypercare
- Covering the processes Sales-from-Stock, Procure-to-Pay/-Receipt, Invoice-to-Pay
Stephan Bütje
Interim HR Management and Consulting
Last position:
Interim Head of HR Division at Energy provider
- Leading the HR team (25 employees), including cafeteria operations
- HR transformation and employee support, developing an HR strategy, selecting an HR software suite and preparing for its implementation, process mapping and analysis, and projects like non-tariff compensation structures and job descriptions
Runhua Peng
Lecturer
Last position:
Lecturer at University of Europe
- Developed and delivered IT/Tech courses, integrating data visualization and analytics tools.
- Enhanced student competencies in data processing and visualization through hands-on projects.
Maximilian Späte
Lecturer in Change & Project Management
Last position:
Lecturer in Change & Project Management at HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
- Lecturer for Managing and Leading Change and project management
Mandar Ambekar
Digital Media, Marketing & Technology Expert
Last position:
Guest Lecturer / Adjunct Lecturer at HMKW
Barbara Freund
Project Lead – Roll-out Brand Relaunch (Implementation Phase)
Last position:
Project Lead – Roll-out Brand Relaunch (Implementation Phase) at QIAGEN GmbH
Gunnar Vollering
Coordinator
Last position:
Coordinator at City of Hamburg
- Are pure-play shops relevant to customer magazines
- eCommerce solution that feels authentic
- Digital guides
Ron Warncke
Expert in Media & Transformation • Strategic Media Consulting & Agile Change • 15 Years of Experience • Lecturer & Advisor
Last position:
Ambassador at The GoodNet
Markus Löbbert
Artificial Intelligence, Compliance, Cybersecurity
Last position:
Senior Project Manager Compliance & AI and Cybersecurity at KeepBlue GmbH
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Lecturers statistics
Typical experience
21 years
Average project duration
3.1 years
Certifications per freelancer
2
Top business areas
Marketing, Project Management, Information Technology
Top industries
Education, Information Technology, Professional Services
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
61%
Doctorate
17%
Salary / Daily Rate Distribution
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Average rates for Lecturers & Seniority distribution
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions in mind? Get key insights about FRATCH
A lecturer plans and delivers teaching, training, or specialist talks for a defined audience. That can include university seminars, guest lectures, workshops, executive education, or internal company training. Strong lecturers also prepare materials and adapt the content to the group in front of them.
The key mix is subject knowledge, clear explanation, and good room control. A strong lecturer can handle questions, keep a session on track, and make complex ideas easy to follow. For many projects, presentation style matters as much as the content itself.
A lecturer usually focuses more on structured teaching, concepts, and knowledge transfer, while a trainer often leans toward practice and skill drills. In real projects, the titles can overlap, especially for workshops and executive learning. If the goal is a formal teaching session with clear learning outcomes, lecturer is often the best fit.
Freelance lecturers are a good choice when the topic is temporary, highly specialized, or tied to one course or event. They also make sense when you need fast coverage for a teaching gap or extra capacity for a new program. That avoids a long hiring process for work that does not need a permanent role.
A lecturer can do both, depending on the format. Remote works well for online classes, briefings, and recurring training, while on-site is often better for workshops, labs, or campus teaching. In Hamburg, many clients use a mix of both.
Look at the person’s teaching track record, not just their subject background. A good guest lecturer should show clear session planning, audience fit, and examples of past formats they have led. If possible, ask for a sample outline or slide deck to judge structure and clarity.
People may search for lecturer, guest lecturer, adjunct lecturer, instructor, or trainer, depending on the setting. In higher education, the role can also sit close to seminar leader or course tutor. The right title depends on whether the work is academic teaching, professional training, or a one-off talk.
A strong lecturer profile should make the teaching topic, audience level, and format obvious. Clients want to know what you can teach, how you structure a session, and whether you are comfortable in German, English, or both. Concrete examples of past courses or workshops help much more than general claims.
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