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Matthias Bullmahn
Last position:
Member at Rotary – Passport Club Werderscher Markt
Thomas Polanski
Last position:
Project Manager & Product Owner – M&A Integration at voxa c/o IC Music and Apparel GmbH
- Project management of the legal and system-side integration of Taschenkaufhaus into the Voxa group: conversion of all contracts, accounts, and system access rights on the defined cutover date
- Migration from Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 to 2013: analysis of all existing interfaces, redefinition of processes, and coordinated go-live without interrupting operations
- Integration of the complaints and returns process into MS Dynamics NAV 2013; major process simplification through standardization
- Introduction of a new POS system (Shopify POS) in all stores: requirements analysis, configuration, rollout, and employee training
- Use of n8n automation workflows for data reconciliation between marketplaces and ERP; manual processes significantly reduced
Christine Tantschinez
Last position:
Communications Consulting at Storytrend
Most mid-sized companies already have their numbers. What is missing is the translation: a dashboard with forty tiles does not answer a single question that is actually asked in management.
Analysis
- Evaluation of existing data with Python and SQL
- Checking data quality and methodology before making a statement
- The result is an analysis that leads toward a concrete decision
Preparation
- Reports in Power BI and Tableau
- Interactive calculators and visualizations on the web
- Presentations and specialist texts for customers, sales and the public
- Analysis and communication from one source — that
Serkant TĂĽremiĹź
Last position:
Interim Manager, License Controlling at Tonies GmbH
- Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
- Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
- Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
- Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
- Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.
Christian Hildebrandt
Last position:
Senior Business Consultant CTV Sales - Livestreaming at Under NDA
- Strategic consulting for the implementation of a CTV sales concept in the livestreaming area - sports
- Consulting and support in selecting sales partners
- Strategic consulting and screening of ad technologies, their integration, and delivery of an integrated business workflow
- Stakeholder management and management support
- Pricing, cost and benefit analyses
- Sub-project leadership for external and internal stakeholders and teams
David Schindler
Last position:
Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant at NetCologne Gesellschaft fĂĽr Telekommunikation mbH
- Managed marketing, content and communications projects with six-figure budgets for a regional telecommunications and IT service provider
- Developed and managed content and video formats from concept to production, including shoot planning
- Led and coordinated social media managers, creative teams as well as external agencies and service providers
- Conceptualized, developed and optimized campaign landing pages throughout the entire lifecycle
- Managed collaboration between departments, management and external partners
- Ensured consistent brand communication as well as timely and high-quality delivery of all projects
Artur Schmalz
Last position:
Marketing Consultant // Strategy & Campaigning at Stadtwerke LĂĽbeck
- Marketing consulting for the business units EDL@Home and Commodity (electricity & gas)
- Development and implementation of the marketing/sales strategy in close coordination with the department head
- Definition and expansion of key channels (web, app, portal, social, paid, sales partners)
- Goal, annual, and budget planning for the EDL@Home business unit
- Leading and running team workshops to define goals & develop campaigns
- Campaign/content planning for different target groups
- Concept and implementation of the regional multi-channel sales campaign incl. A/B testing
- Optimization of the customer experience across all channels
- Technical support/advice for the product teams during iterative implementation
- Building and managing a campaign dashboard to measure success
- Managing external agencies and internal teams
- Regular results presentations and reporting to department leadership
- Active stakeholder management
Nicole Appleby
Last position:
Project Lead Marketing & PR at Bubble Planet - Das Erlebnismusem fĂĽr alle Sinne
Project focus: overall responsibility for 360-degree communications at the Cologne location
Range of responsibilities:
Launch & premiere management: strategic planning and seamless coordination of the communications launch for two metropolitan areas (Cologne & Berlin), including adapting global brand guidelines to the German market
Budget responsibility & controlling: independent budget planning and ongoing cost control of all marketing and PR activities for both locations
Integrated campaign management: operational management of creative, media, and digital agencies to deliver an emotional, experience-driven consumer campaign
Press and public relations: building regional and national media buzz around the interactive experience museum, responding to media inquiries, and placing trend stories on the topics of “immersion and experience museums”
VIP & journalist support on site: highly flexible support for press representatives, bloggers, artists, and cooperation partners during the opening events and during ongoing exhibition operations (including weekends and evenings)
Janis Antwerpen
Last position:
Performance Marketing & E-Mail Automation Expert at INeKO Institute at the University of Cologne
- Planning, optimization, and analysis of SEA and Meta campaigns
- Planning and execution of automations and mailings
- Optimization of landing pages (funnel, structure, copy, image)
- Creation of creatives, media plans, and reports
- Planning and support for the move to server-side tracking
Corinna Schmidt
Last position:
Strategic Advisor Brand and Change at Targobank
- Strategic consulting for the Head of Brand on brand strategy and change processes
- Analysis of existing processes, resources, and interfaces within the team as well as with internal and external stakeholders
- Development and implementation of recommendations for action to improve processes and increase efficiency
- Project management and change management for the successful implementation of measures
- Management and selection of external service providers to ensure smooth execution
- Optimization of internal processes and interfaces through in-depth analysis and recommendations for action
- Effective acceleration of decision-making and management processes in brand management
- Successful management of external service providers and agencies for more efficient workflows and higher quality
Jens Sander
Last position:
Marketing Consultant – [New customer acquisition (B2B), Social Media, SEO] at Manufacturer of precision parts made of metal [confidential]
Strategic Marketing / New Customer Acquisition (B2B):
- Market and competition analysis: Identified competitors, developed evaluation grids, sketched provider landscape with potential customers, competitors and partners
- Concept for a cross-media, personalized multi-touch campaign
- Developed the multi-touch strategy in different variants with several stages, defined touchpoints, target companies and target people, developed the ideal customer profile and contact ideas
- Designed all individual measures: developed concepts for letters, postcards, landing pages, emails, phone calls and downloads
- Visualized the logic of the contact sequences (flowchart)
- Described the distinction from "account-based marketing"
- Implementation planning: Researched providers for packaging, shipping and landing page software, negotiated terms, recommended tools and partners
Social Media Marketing:
- Target categorization, definition and recommendation for action
- Review and selection of channels
- Concept for channel management
- Developed an 11-week editorial plan (Instagram & LinkedIn)
- Created, implemented and published image and video posts
- Campaign launch, ongoing monitoring and optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO):
- Website audit with indexing check
- Ranking, backlink, traffic and competition analysis
- Analyzed search and user behavior
- Consulting on SEO risks during relaunches with domain changes
- Keyword research and recommendations for action
Hans Friedrich
Last position:
Process expert and AI developer at Dev.d2d-hub.com
· Initial situation and target picture – which problem does the platform solve, for which user group? · Requirements gathering and scope – from the idea through the processes to the scope, · Architecture and technology selection – stack, hosting, data storage,
- Vercel Inc. – hosting and delivery of the application.
- Supabase – database, authentication, and file storage.
- Stripe – processing payments for application and unlock fees.
- Resend – sending transactional notification emails
- Calendly – appointment booking for consultation calls; processes the data provided there (e.g. name, email address, appointment request). · AI components – which models or providers, which task does the AI take on exactly,
- Claude Opus 5 by Anthropic. · Data model and integrations – interfaces to third-party systems, import/export, APIs.
Richard Trtanj
Last position:
Principal Commercial Operations Business Partner DACH at Staffbase
- Managing the regional GTM rollout in close collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and Analytics – converting strategy into measurable outcomes
- Responsibility for the regional Annual Operating Plan: aligning targets, capacity and investments to meet Net New cARR within Sales & Marketing budgets
- Operational excellence across the entire revenue funnel: improving pipeline quality, forecast accuracy, conversion rates and goal achievement through strong governance and data integrity
- Design of territory, quota and capacity models; accelerating onboarding and ramp-up times for new sales reps in close collaboration with enablement
- Development and continuous improvement of KPI dashboards and quarterly business reviews as a key decision-making tool for regional and global leadership
- Translating regional insights into globally scalable GTM processes and best practices – directly contributing to the global commercial operations strategy
Katharina Neumann
Last position:
Consultant Global Communications & Corporate Branding/ Strategic Brand & Marketing Project Lead at Merck
Project management for the development, launch, and company-wide implementation of the strategic realignment of the brand based on the new corporate vision (CEO-driven transformation project).
Key responsibilities:
- Designing, enhancing, and implementing the global brand and communication strategy (internal and external) to strengthen strategic positioning, including follow-up concepts for internal identification with the new corporate vision (cross-country implementation with over 60k employees) and external activation.
- Developing and executing new global campaigns across owned and paid channels, including channel strategy, (social) media strategy, and creative concepts.
- Developing and implementing a data-driven approach to manage and optimize brand communication.
- Managing internal communication on strategic topics, including internal events.
- Leading interdisciplinary project teams and collaborating with stakeholders across various functions and hierarchy levels.
- Budget responsibility and managing and integrating external agencies and service providers.
- Driving the integration of AI into brand management and communication.
- Acting as a strategic sparring partner for organization design and the further development of the division strategy and project roadmap in corporate branding. Result: Implemented the global brand and communication strategy and established data-driven and AI-supported foundations for future-ready brand management, strengthened internal anchoring of the corporate vision, and significantly advanced the transformation of corporate branding; awarded the CEO Award.
Markus KĂĽmpel
Last position:
Online Marketing Expert at S2 Software GmbH & Co. KG
- Lead generation for S2 Software in 10 European countries
- Google Ads (& Bing) and funnel optimization (A/B testing, copywriting, etc.)
- Increased leads by 250% between October and April (the company has been on the market for 10+ years)
- Responsible for the performance of 8 lead-gen websites and 2 online shops
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Marketing Consultants statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.8 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Marketing, Project Management, Strategy
Top industries
Advertising, Professional Services, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Marketing, Human Resources, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
87%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 27 Aug 2026.
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Average rates for Marketing Consultants in Germany
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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.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 27 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the role
Strategy that fits your market
A marketing consultant turns business goals into a clear plan. That can mean positioning, channel mix, messaging, customer journey design, or campaign structure. Companies bring in a freelance marketing consultant when they need sharp outside thinking, fast input, or support for a specific launch, pivot, or growth push.
What they deliver
- Market and competitor analysis
- Positioning and messaging framework
- Channel and campaign strategy
- Lead generation and funnel review
- Content and SEO guidance
- CRM, email, and lifecycle recommendations
A strong consultant does not just give ideas. They turn findings into practical next steps that a team can use right away.
Skills that matter
The best marketing consultants combine strategy with hands-on execution knowledge. They understand how channels work together and where budgets are wasted.
- Demand generation and campaign planning
- B2B and B2C marketing logic
- SEO, paid search, paid social, and email
- Analytics, tracking, and attribution basics
- Copy review, briefs, and stakeholder alignment
- Product marketing and go-to-market work
Freelance marketing consultants often need to move between workshops, audits, and execution support without losing clarity.
Common project types
Companies hire a marketing consultant for a brand relaunch, a new product, a weak pipeline, or underperforming campaigns. In Germany, this often includes support for industrial firms, software companies, service brands, and growing SMEs that need experienced input without long internal hiring cycles.
The best fit is usually someone who can work remotely with fast feedback loops, but also join on-site workshops in Germany when teams need alignment across sales, product, and management.
What sets strong consultants apart
- They ask the right questions before proposing tactics
- They connect brand, demand, and sales goals
- They adapt recommendations to team size and budget reality
- They write clearly and make decisions easy
- They can challenge assumptions without creating friction
A strong marketing consultant is easy to trust because the work is structured, practical, and tied to business results.
When to bring one in
Bring in a freelance marketing consultant when your team lacks specific expertise, needs a second opinion, or has to move faster than a permanent hire allows. They are also useful for interim support during rebrands, product launches, market entry, or when internal teams need a clear plan before execution starts.
For companies, that means less hiring risk and faster access to proven expertise. For freelancers, it means focused projects where their strategic judgment matters from day one.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Marketing Consultants.
A Marketing Consultant shapes strategy, messaging, and channel choices around a clear business goal. They may review positioning, diagnose weak campaigns, or build a go-to-market plan. In many projects, they also define what the internal team should execute next.
Hire a consultant when the need is specific, urgent, or senior-level, but not always full-time. A freelancer is often the better fit for launches, audits, rebrands, or short advisory work. A permanent hire makes more sense when you need ongoing day-to-day ownership.
Look for strategic thinking, channel knowledge, and clean communication. A good marketing consultant should understand brand, demand generation, analytics, and how sales and marketing support each other. They should also be able to turn insight into a plan that the team can actually use.
Not always. A marketing manager usually owns ongoing execution, while a fractional CMO is more focused on senior leadership and broader direction. A marketing consultant is often brought in to diagnose, advise, and structure the work, sometimes with selective hands-on support.
They often work with analytics tools, CRM systems, SEO and ad platforms, and presentation or workshop formats. The exact stack depends on the assignment, but a strong consultant knows how to read data, spot gaps, and turn findings into decisions. Frameworks for positioning, funnel review, and campaign planning are common.
Yes, most projects can be handled remotely with workshops, interviews, and regular review calls. In Germany, some clients still want on-site sessions for leadership alignment, brand work, or team kick-offs. The best setup depends on how much collaboration and stakeholder input the project needs.
Review the structure of their thinking, not just the polish of their slides. A strong marketing consultant asks precise questions, explains trade-offs, and adapts to your market and team setup. Ask for examples of similar challenges, then check whether their approach is practical and specific.
Companies in Germany often bring in marketing consultants when they need a clear plan for B2B growth, product launches, or brand repositioning. This is common in industrial firms, software companies, and service businesses that need experienced input without adding permanent headcount. They are also useful when teams need support across both German and English communication.
The average hourly rate for Marketing Consultants in Germany is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 876 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Marketing Consultants in Germany, 87% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Marketing Consultants in Germany have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Marketing Consultants in Germany are German (98%), English (94%), and French (37%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Marketing Consultants in Germany are Advertising (71%), Professional Services (67%), and Media and Entertainment (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Marketing Consultants in Germany are Marketing (99%), Project Management (67%), and Strategy (67%).
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