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Daniel W.

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Web Developer & UI/UX Designer

Berlin
Daniel W.

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Frontend Lead & Product Owner

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Natalia P.

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Senior UX Engineer & UX/UI Designer

Nuremberg
Natalia P.

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Senior UX Engineer and Frontend Developer at Medikamendo

Medikamendo: E-health platform for digital repeat medication & follow-up prescriptions

  • End-to-end implementation: UX conception, UI design, and frontend development for three connected portals (patients, medical practices, pharmacies).
  • AI prototyping: Efficient creation of interactive prototypes using Figma and GitHub Copilot.
  • Design system: Creation and continuous development of a consistent design system and UI components.
  • Corporate design: Maintenance and further development of the consistent brand presence and websites.
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Ines S.

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UX/UI Designer

Berlin
Ines S.

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Freelance UX Designer at Ines Siebrecht UX | UI Design

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Ricardo C.

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Senior Frontend Engineer | UI/UX Designer

Berlin
Ricardo C.

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Senior Frontend Engineer at Deutsche Rente Versicherung

  • Developed healthcare and webinar platforms using React, Ionic and GraphQL.
  • Built scalable frontend applications in close collaboration with designers and backend teams.
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Marc L.

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Full-Stack Product Engineer | UX/UI Designer

Hamburg
Marc L.

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Full-Stack Product Engineer & Brand Designer at Freelance

  • Planning and implementation of digital client projects at the intersection of visual design, conceptualization, and technical implementation.

  • Development and structuring of well-thought-out websites with a focus on logical user guidance (UI/UX) and functional consistency.

  • Advising companies and start-ups on their digital presence and the development of sustainable systems for the long term.

  • Continuous integration of modern, AI-assisted development processes (Vibe Coding) to massively accelerate project workflows.

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Carina T.

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self-employed, freelance UX/UI & Media Designer

Stuttgart
Carina T.

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self-employed, freelance UX/UI & Media Designer at carryly

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Christian M.

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Lead Experience (UX/UI) Designer

München
Christian M.

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Senior/Lead Product & Service Designer at Freelance

  • Delivered end-to-end product & service design (discovery to delivery) — combining Product discovery, UX/UI Design and Prototyping within an agile delivery framework.
  • Applied AI-assisted workflows across research and prototyping to accelerate discovery and validation cycles.
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Ines L.

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Sr UX/UI Designer (B2B, SaaS) Code-First Prototyping

Munich
Ines L.

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UX designer for AI products at freelance

  • Designing AI-first workflows that integrate AI into existing product experiences
  • Developing UX concepts for prompt management, reusable and combined prompt workflows, tagging, search and information organisation
  • Creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma
  • Defining reusable UI patterns, components and interaction logic for scalable products
  • Exploring human-AI interaction patterns with emphasis on user control, transparency and manageable cognitive load
  • Translating product requirements and technical constraints into developer-ready UX/UI specifications
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Fahad K.

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Product / UI UX Designer

Berlin
Fahad K.

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Senior Designer / Founder at Fahaddeartist

I run my own freelance agency based in Berlin and help startups and teams.

  • I helped 100+ businesses achieve the digital products they wanted.
  • Took ownership of the design process, collaborating with other teams.
  • Conducted design thinking, user research, and competitive analysis.
  • Developed design concepts, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes.
  • Optimized websites and their conversion rates to reach more clients.
  • I help clients in tech, hospitality, luxury, real estate, and professional services.
  • I work with long-term products and clients like Accor, Corso Da Vinci, Webwavers, and ImmoTrust.
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Nika R.

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Junior UX/UI Designer

Cologne
Nika R.

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UX/UI Designer at ELVÉA Maison de Parfum

Self-Initiated Concept Case Study (7 Desktop Screens & 2 Mobile Viewports)

  • UX Architecture & Logic: Designed a clean and minimalist e-commerce catalog experience from scratch. Focused on creating an intuitive layout where users can easily browse products, utilizing structured filtering ("Filter by") and sorting systems to ensure a frictionless shopping journey.
  • Technical Figma Architecture: Engineered a responsive layout utilizing a strict 12-column grid system, fluid Constraints (Left & Right for the header, Center for the catalog), and Auto Layout to ensure perfect adaptive scaling across desktop viewports and clean developer handoff.
  • Conversion Optimization: Implemented high-converting UI elements, including a seamless "Quick Add" hover feature on product cards and a dynamic slide-out cart overlay to minimize checkout steps and improve user engagement.
  • Privacy & Consent: Integrated privacy and consent considerations into the checkout flow.
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Melika A.

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Product Designer / UX/UI Designer

Hamburg
Melika A.

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UX/UI Designer at Twoloox GmbH

  • Sole UX designer on a full product redesign and the foundations of a design system for Widget Designer, a B2B professional desktop tool for real-time media control used in live events and installations, working with a product manager and two engineers.
  • Grounded the redesign in user feedback, a product audit, and competitor analysis, which surfaced where the tool's depth had outgrown its usability, leaving expert operators to manage complexity in live moments where errors are immediate and irreversible.
  • Restructured the workspace, navigation, and panels around the operator's real workflow, so they keep the full depth of control while gaining the clarity to act with confidence under live pressure.
  • Extracted a design system from the redesign: semantic color roles, component states, spacing rules, and reusable dialog and form patterns, with foundational accessibility built into color contrast and state feedback, validated through prototypes against the legacy codebase and giving design and engineering a shared foundation to build from consistently and at speed.
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Kirill L.

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UX Researcher | UX Research Consultant | UX/UI Design

Hamburg
Kirill L.

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UX researcher, UX/UI designer at 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Elia Group)

Energy, transmission system operator · Desktop, web application

  • Products Digitalisation of the grid connection process; master data and processes of market locations; balancing of virtual MaBiS aggregate time series; the group's first searchable catalogue and visual UI pattern library

  • Planning, running and analysing qualitative in-depth interviews: more than 100 interviews with external market partners and internal departments

  • Designing qualitative interviews including interview guides and evaluation logics; recruiting and scheduling participants

  • Analysing, preparing and presenting research findings as usability reports and result reports

  • Translating research findings into UX and design requirements and deriving prioritised recommendations for improvement

  • Presenting analysis and research results to departments, product owners and decision makers in a form suited to each audience

  • UX research for internal enterprise and line-of-business applications along regulated market processes

  • Quantitative methods: online surveys for roadmap prioritisation, questionnaire studies, definition and measurement of UX KPIs

  • Facilitating requirements workshops; gathering, analysing, describing, agreeing and documenting functional and non-functional requirements

  • Developing user flows and customer journeys; building and providing UX standards, methods and capabilities (UI pattern library)

  • Working in product and project teams under Scrum, taking part in all subject-matter meetings and Scrum events

Impact Took three software products to launch

Tools Condens, Miro, FigJam, Figma, Whimsical, Microsoft Teams, Typeform

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Michael D.

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Senior UX/UI Designer • Product Experience • App & System Design

Halle (Saale)
Michael D.

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Senior UX & Visual Designer (Lead) at SENEC GmbH

Responsibility for the end-to-end product experience of the SENEC app (B2C energy platform).

Focus areas:

  • UX ownership for app structure, information architecture, and user flows
  • Concept and design of complex system views (energy flows, devices, monitoring)
  • Development and ongoing improvement of the UI & multibrand design system (SENEC, EnBW, Yello)
  • Translating technical system logic into clear, easy-to-understand interfaces
  • Close collaboration with product, engineering, and stakeholders
  • Structuring decision-making processes and clarifying responsibilities

Focus:

  • Mobile UX/UI (iOS / Android / PWA)
  • System experience & platform logic
  • Design consistency across all app touchpoints
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Oliver K.

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Senior Product Designer | AI-Native UX/UI Designer | Design Systems | Human-Centered AI

Dortmund
Oliver K.

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Founder & Manager at ThinkForm Studio – AI Product Design & Innovation

Designing AI-native digital products by combining product strategy, UX research, interaction design, software engineering, and modern AI workflows. Leading projects from discovery to implementation while integrating AI throughout the entire product development lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

  • → Product discovery, stakeholder workshops, Jobs-to-be-Done and user research
  • → User journey mapping, information architecture and interaction design
  • → Wireframes, high-fidelity UI, prototypes and scalable design systems in Figma and Penpot
  • → AI-assisted interface generation and rapid concept exploration using Figma AI, Figma Make and generative design workflows
  • → Design-to-code workflows with AI-supported frontend generation and engineering collaboration
  • → Building accessible interfaces following WCAG 2.2 and enterprise design standards
  • → Usability testing, iterative validation and KPI-driven product optimization
  • → Development of AI knowledge systems, MCP-powered design workflows and human-in-the-loop review processes
  • → Close collaboration with engineering teams to ensure production-ready implementation

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UI/UX Designers statistics

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

16 years

UI/UX Designers in Germany have 16 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.8 years

UI/UX Designers in Germany stay in a single position for 2.8 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

11

UI/UX Designers in Germany have completed 11 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing

UI/UX Designers in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Product Development, Information Technology, and Marketing.

Top industries

Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Advertising

UI/UX Designers in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Advertising.

Certification focus areas

Product Development, Information Technology, Research and Development

UI/UX Designers in Germany earn their certifications most often in Product Development, Information Technology, and Research and Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

90%

90% of UI/UX Designers in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

36%

36% of UI/UX Designers in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Certifications per freelancer

1

UI/UX Designers in Germany hold 1 professional certification on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

UI/UX Designers in Germany most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

93%

93% of UI/UX Designers in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 7 Nov 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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4% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge less than €320 per day.
4% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge between €320 and €480 per day.
24% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge between €480 and €640 per day.
42% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge between €640 and €800 per day.
20% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge between €800 and €960 per day.
4% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge between €960 and €1120 per day.
3% of UI/UX Designers in Germany charge €1120 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this role in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

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Average rates for UI/UX Designers in Germany

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Daily rate avg. 690 €

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Median rate 700 €

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 7 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

UI/UX Designers experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (86%)
  • Media and Entertainment (50%)
  • Advertising (46%)
  • Automotive (43%)
  • Retail (40%)
  • Education (39%)
  • Professional Services (38%)
  • Banking and Finance (31%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the role

What they do

UI/UX designers shape how a product feels and how easily people can use it. They turn business goals and user needs into clear flows, screens, and interactions that support conversion, adoption, and retention.

  • Map user journeys and information architecture
  • Create wireframes, clickable prototypes, and interface concepts
  • Improve usability across web, mobile, and SaaS products
  • Align visual design with brand and product goals
  • Prepare handoff assets for developers and product teams

Core skills

A strong UI/UX Designer combines product thinking with visual craft. They know how to run or interpret user research, turn feedback into design decisions, and keep interfaces consistent across the product.

  • User research, interviews, and usability testing
  • Information architecture and interaction design
  • Responsive UI design and component-based thinking
  • Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar design tools
  • Design systems, accessibility, and developer handoff

Common projects

Companies bring in freelance UI/UX designers for new product launches, redesigns, feature rollouts, and design system work. They are also useful when a team needs extra capacity for a busy roadmap or a second opinion on an interface that is underperforming.

In Germany, they often support B2B software teams, digital agencies, ecommerce brands, and internal tools where clarity and speed matter. Remote collaboration is common, but on-site workshops can help when product, engineering, and stakeholders need to align quickly.

What good looks like

Strong UI/UX design is not just clean screens. It is clear decisions, consistent patterns, and interfaces that help users finish tasks without friction.

  • The product flow feels simple and predictable
  • The interface reflects real user needs, not just taste
  • Design files are structured and easy to hand over
  • Accessibility and responsive behavior are considered early
  • Feedback is turned into practical changes, not debate

Adjacent titles

Searches for this role often include UX designer, UI designer, and product designer. In practice, the scope can overlap, but the best freelance candidates should make clear whether they focus more on research and flows, visual interface design, or the full product design process.

For hiring teams, the key is to match the title to the actual need. A UX-heavy project may need stronger research and testing skills, while a UI-heavy brief may need polished component design and close work with the brand.

When to hire freelance

A freelance UI/UX Designer makes sense when you need speed, flexibility, or a specialist for a defined product problem. It is a good fit for short-term projects, peak workload, early product validation, and design work that has to move in step with engineering.

This is especially useful when internal teams are missing design capacity or need outside input before a launch. For freelancers, the best projects have clear goals, access to stakeholders, and room to improve the product based on real feedback.

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Frequently asked questions

The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to UI/UX Designers.

A UI/UX Designer turns user needs and product goals into clear screens, flows, and interactions. The work usually covers research, wireframes, prototypes, interface design, and support during handoff to development. Good designers also help decide what should be simplified, removed, or highlighted.

Look for strong product thinking, a clean design process, and solid visual judgment. The designer should be comfortable with Figma or similar tools, understand usability, and know how to build or work within a design system. If research matters for your project, check that they can test ideas and turn feedback into changes.

Not always, but the roles often overlap. A UX designer usually focuses more on user research, flows, and task structure, while a UI designer focuses more on layout, visual detail, and component consistency. Many freelance projects need a hybrid profile, which is why the title UI/UX Designer is so common.

A freelancer is a strong choice when the work is project-based, time-sensitive, or outside your current team’s capacity. It also helps when you need a specialist for a redesign, a design system, or a new product area. If the need is ongoing and broad, a permanent hire may make more sense.

Typical deliverables include user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and handoff-ready design files. Depending on the brief, they may also deliver usability findings, design system updates, or interface specs for developers. The exact output should always match the stage of the product.

Yes, remote work is common and often efficient for this role. Many teams in Germany work with freelancers through regular design reviews, shared files, and clear feedback loops. On-site workshops can still be useful at the start of a project or when several stakeholders need alignment.

Look for solved problems, not just attractive screens. A strong portfolio shows the design challenge, the reasoning behind decisions, and how the final work improved the user experience. For freelance work, also check whether the designer can explain handoff, iteration, and collaboration with product and engineering.

A product designer often covers a wider scope that can include strategy, research, UI, and delivery across the product lifecycle. A UI/UX Designer may focus more directly on user experience and interface work, though many freelancers cover both. The right choice depends on whether you need broad product ownership or a more focused design specialist.

The average hourly rate for UI/UX Designers in Germany is 86 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 690 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers working as UI/UX Designers in Germany, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 36% hold at least a Master's degree.

On average, freelancers working as UI/UX Designers in Germany have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers working as UI/UX Designers in Germany are German (98%), English (93%), and French (15%).

The most common industries among freelancers working as UI/UX Designers in Germany are Information Technology (86%), Media and Entertainment (50%), and Advertising (46%).

The most common business areas among freelancers working as UI/UX Designers in Germany are Product Development (99%), Information Technology (91%), and Marketing (86%).

FRATCH UI/UX Designers main locations

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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