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Michael H.
Last position:
Interim Head of IT / Transformation Manager at A German medium-sized industrial distributor, B2B e-commerce
Agile Transformation: introducing agile principles and transforming traditional IT departments into Scrum and Kanban teams
IT Operating Model: redesigning the IT organization and introducing modern delivery structures and roles
Flight Levels: building up Flight Levels practices within IT to align strategy, coordination and operational execution
Leadership & Coaching: recruiting Agile Coaches and coaching Scrum Masters and IT leaders
ERP Operations: acting as Interim Product Owner for the existing ERP landscape and ensuring business continuity
ERP Transformation: reorganizing and supporting the ERP migration as a Project Manager; Phase 1 (financial accounting) live since October 2025
Operational Core (ERP): establishing dedicated teams for ERP Support, Feature Development, and ERP Migration
Modern Workplace: initiating the transition towards a Microsoft 365-based cloud workplace environment
Integration: establishing a dedicated team to drive integration and connectivity initiatives
Warehouse Operations: building a cross-functional team to support logistics and warehouse-related capabilities
Maintenance & Operations (M&O): introducing a dedicated team for system engineering, security, stable operations and continuous improvement
AI Initiatives: identifying and promoting practical Artificial Intelligence use cases across the IT department
As Interim Head of IT for a German medium-sized industrial distributor, I am responsible for 31 IT employees and lead the digital and organizational transformation, reporting directly to executive leadership. I took over an IT department with almost no basic structures – no clear roles, processes, documentation or ticket system – and with significant technical debt that tied up most of its capacity. Introduced agile principles and ways of working in the IT organization and transformed the traditionally structured IT department into cross-functional Scrum and Kanban teams focused on transparency, collaboration, and customer value delivery.
Redesigned the entire IT organization by establishing a modern operating model, introducing new roles such as Product Owner, Scrum Master and Solution Architect and strengthening the organization through strategic hiring and targeted capability development. Recruited and onboarded Agile Coaches to accelerate the transformation and personally managed and coached Scrum Masters as well as IT department leaders to foster servant leadership, self-management and a culture of continuous improvement.
Aligned IT-internal planning across eight teams to three Flight Levels based on Klaus Leopold (strategy, coordination, team), laying the foundation for later company-wide portfolio management. Consolidated the backlog of more than 10 workstreams and prioritized it by business value and cost of delay. Introduced a ticketing system to increase transparency and enable data-driven decision-making, flow-based work management, and greater accountability at all levels.
Established and supported multiple cross-functional teams, including the Operational Core (ERP) domain with dedicated streams for Support, Feature Development and ERP Migration, as well as teams responsible for Warehouse Operations, Maintenance & Operations (M&O) including system engineering and security, Modern Workplace, Data Quality and integration initiatives. Worked closely with Agile Coaches to support team development, remove impediments, and continuously improve delivery effectiveness.
Acted as Interim Product Owner for the operation and enhancement of the existing ERP landscape while supporting the ERP migration as a Project Manager. Reorganized the project organization and had the already negotiated contract with the implementation partner realigned with a focus on approach and overall responsibility; Phase 1 (financial accounting) has been live since October 2025. Collaborated with the selected implementation partner to design and establish the project organization and target operating model for the ERP transformation, introducing agile delivery structures and ways of working. Facilitated the alignment between business, IT and the external vendor and played a key role in negotiating the contractual framework and delivery model to ensure a sustainable foundation for the transformation program.
Initiated the strategic modernization of the workplace environment through the adoption of Microsoft 365 cloud capabilities, establishing the foundation for enhanced collaboration, scalability and future digital services.
Launched AI initiatives to identify practical business use cases and promote the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence across the IT department. Encouraged self-management and empowered teams to take ownership of decisions, delivery and continuous improvement.
Silvia B.
Last position:
Business Consultant - Product Management Banking at Aareal Bank AG
- Focus on optimizing and further developing the internal customer EBICS application
- Functional and technical consulting for Aareal First Financial Solutions AG on EBICS standard products and applications in the areas of operations and further development, as well as project-related communication with external development partners and the product manufacturer to implement the corresponding technical optimizations
- As the functional coordinator, providing advice on content-related and regulatory requirements as well as technical prerequisites and requirements, and bringing these together at the functional level
- Consulting on the use of EBICS formats
- Reviewing the current EBICS standard for optimization and further development potential
- Analyzing the current state to identify development potential and deriving appropriate recommendations for action while considering regulatory requirements
- Conducting EBICS tests throughout the project
- Functional responsibility for requirements management and, in this context, recording and documenting requirements for such tests
- Designing a functional and sustainable test management system
- Conducting and evaluating tests
- Consulting on sustainable quality assurance and audits
- Project language: German and English
- Tools/Methods: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio, TestRail, Confluence, Jira, Business Logics Bankkrecher, Business Logics Test Data Generator, Business Logics Banking Tool, Business Logics Test System, DBEAVER, Squirrel, Unix Virtual Machines, WinSCP, Kitty, Putty, various Aareal Bank products, Online Banking Portal, Aareal Sign, core banking system, SAP Blue Eagle, SAP RE-FX, Aareon Wodis Sigma, Haufe Real Estate Wowinex, GAP Group Immotion, UTS Karthago, SAP IS-U/Waste, SIV kVASy, various EBICS clients
Thorsten H.
Last position:
Product Owner, Software Developer, AI Manager, Technical Consultant at crazyALEX.de GmbH
AI-supported document processing and inventory management integration
Design and development of an AI-supported application for the automated processing of delivery and invoice documents, connected to SelectLine ERP. Documents are analyzed using AI, matched with orders and line items, and prepared for posting goods receipts.
IMPACT:
- Automated extraction of structured order, delivery and invoice data from PDF and image documents
- Automatic and manual mapping of documents to orders and order line items
- Integration with SelectLine ERP for order import, status synchronization and goods receipt postings
- Traceable processing through separate analysis, mapping and posting processes as well as technical logging
- Development of a containerized end-to-end architecture with AI analysis, workflow automation and relational data storage
KEYWORDS: AI, document analysis, OpenAI, n8n, SelectLine ERP, FastAPI, Python, JavaScript, MariaDB, Docker, REST API, PDF, OCR, mapping, inventory management, goods receipt, workflow automation
Markus O.
Last position:
Lead E-Solution Architect & Senior Requirements Engineer at Zasterbot-Oracle
- Clarification of project objectives, scope and the target business vision for building the AI-based knowledge database.
- Derivation of the initial architecture and implementation strategy for the Zasterbot chatbot, including separation of the MVP and further development stages.
- Development of a target business vision for building a structured knowledge database and integrating a future chatbot.
- Derivation and prioritization of use cases for information retrieval and provision by the chatbot.
- Modeling of data structures and flows for the effective organization of the knowledge database on the Base44 platform.
- Design and implementation of data models for storing and linking relevant information.
- Development of processes for extracting, analyzing and preparing raw data for the knowledge database.
- Ensuring data consistency and quality as the basis for the future chatbot.
- Planning the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for precise and context-specific answers.
- Implementation of functions for analyzing and displaying data from the knowledge database.
- Use of the Base44 platform with JSON Schema-based entities and a flexible permission concept.
- Implementation of Deno functions for backend logic, event processing and connecting external APIs.
- Integration of OpenAI services for initial data analysis.
Markus G.
Last position:
Open-Source Software Engineer & Maintainer at Stealth Startup
Independent, part-time open-source engineering focused on build-time tooling for Next.js, React, MDX, and JavaScript/TypeScript compiler pipelines.
Built next-slug-splitter to optimize content-driven Next.js applications. It analyzes MDX content at build time, resolves component usage, and generates route-specific handlers so pages avoid sharing the full catch-all component bundle.
Created supporting plugins and utilities for scoped MDX transformations, nested component dependency resolution, compile-time refinement, safe ESTree evaluation, and object-graph diffing.
Own architecture, API design, implementation, automated testing, npm publishing, documentation, demos, and performance benchmarking.
Building blocks:
remark-scoped-mdx: Context-aware AST transformations with nested scope isolation, typed component registries, and prop inference.
recma-component-resolver: Dependency-graph analysis and selective component forwarding across nested MDX includes.
recma-static-refiner: Build-time prop extraction, schema validation, derivation, and pruning.
estree-util-to-static-value and object-graph-delta: Safe static evaluation and deterministic, cycle-safe structural diffing.
Tech Stack:
Frameworks: TypeScript · Next.js · React · MDX
Compiler tooling: Unified · Remark · Recma · MDAST · ESTree · ts-morph · esbuild
Competencies: Static analysis · AST traversal and transformation · dependency graphs · code generation · schema validation · route and bundle splitting
Tooling: Vitest · tsup · npm · performance benchmarking
David S.
Last position:
Senior Marketing and Communications Consultant at NetCologne Gesellschaft für 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
Sara B.
Last position:
Marketing Manager at amber Tech GmbH
- Developed and implemented the overarching marketing strategy to increase brand awareness, lead generation and customer retention, closely aligned with sales and product.
- Strategically expanded market presence in Scandinavia, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and France, including country-specific communications activities.
- Established and optimized a CRM-based funnel and lead process, including the definition of KPIs, performance reporting and continuous optimization measures.
- Planned, managed and analyzed cross-channel campaigns across SEA/Google Ads, SEO, social media, email/newsletters, events, website and landing pages, as well as conversion optimization of information architecture and user journeys.
- Developed sales-supporting content such as whitepapers, case studies, newsletters and website content, and managed press and public relations as the primary contact, including for Handelsblatt.
- Built and professionally managed the marketing team with a designer and working student; briefed and managed external agencies and service providers and was responsible for a six-figure marketing budget.
Rashi J.
Last position:
Design Consultant at Valutics Inc.
- Designing UX for a B2B AI SaaS platform covering the full software development lifecycle, including an orchestration transparency panel showing users which AI model is active at each stage, reducing AI opacity and building user trust in multi-model workflows.
Asen K.
Last position:
External Product Owner / Project Manager at Publicplan GmbH
- Overall project planning for resources, budget, costs, license and service contracts, cost optimization and negotiations
- Leading and managing the project team and achieving the project goals
- Leading digitalization projects and their phases such as concept, planning, change and requirements management, configuration, implementation, testing, interfaces, communication and approval
- Conducting planning meetings
- Organizing, planning and conducting team, customer and requirements workshops with up to 50 participants at operational and management level
- Main contact for technical and functional topics as well as project coordination
- Recording and maintaining backlogs (user stories and EPICs) in Jira and turning requirements into user stories and prioritizing them
- Approval and publication of online services in the Wirtschafts-Service-Portal.NRW (WSP.NRW)
- Creating and maintaining project documentation
- Planning and designing the nationwide rollout/reuse as part of the once-for-all principle via WSP/FIT-Connect
- Communication between stakeholders, customers, authorities and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy (MWIKE)
- Work according to the SCRUM method
Corinna S.
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
Kirill L.
Last position:
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
Markus S.
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at VRM Digital / RYZE
- Development and maintenance of a news portal CMS with interfaces.
- PHP development with HTML, CSS, SCSS, JavaScript, MySQL, Laravel, documentation of the interfaces and the system.
- Further development of the SSO system based on Laravel with a large API and connections to AWS, SAP, ERPS.
- Reorganisation and development of the news portals on the basis of a publish platform, services and interfaces to Google, Facebook, Twitter, SSO, SAP technical based on NodeJS with TypeScript and AWS.
- Technologies: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Vue.js, NodeJS, TypeScript, jQuery, CSS, SCSS, SASS, Unix, Jira, Confluence, Git, Apache, Nginx, AWS.
Kenneth S.
Last position:
Content Producer at Digital Career Institute GmbH
- Created marketing content including videos, graphics for marketing and sales activities
- Developed content strategies using Adobe Creative Cloud tools for course promotion
- Additionally worked on content as director, producer and script writer
- Set up KPIs for online marketing, then analyzed analytics and engagement
Saruna M.
Last position:
Master's Thesis at Heinrich Heine Universität
- Title: Enhancing Syntactic Awareness in Transformer Language Models for Hindi Dependency Parsing
- Investigated syntactic knowledge captured by transformer language models (RoBERTa, XLM-RoBERTa) for Hindi dependency parsing, a morphologically rich and low-resource language.
- Developed structure-aware model variants (Struct_Roberta_hi, Struct_XLMR) by integrating a CNN-based parser network between transformer layers, inspired by the StructFormer architecture.
- Conducted extensive error analysis including label-wise, distance-based, direction-based, sentence length-based, and LVC/Non-LVC evaluations.
- Evaluated models on downstream NLP tasks (NER, POS tagging) using the IndicXTREME benchmark.
Jan M.
Last position:
Managing Director at Nexcent GmbH
- IT consulting
- Power Platform & Databricks
- AI software development (custom software)
- Commercial responsibility for the company
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Statistics of experts using Adobe Illustrator
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years

Position duration
3.4 years

Positions per freelancer
10

Top business areas
Marketing, Product Development, Information Technology

Top industries
Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Advertising

Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
77%
Master's degree or higher
39%
Doctorate
6%

Certifications per freelancer
2

Most common languages
German, English, French

Speak two or more languages
99%
Based on our profile pool as of 16 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts using Adobe Illustrator
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.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 16 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Adobe Illustrator 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 (60%)
- Media and Entertainment (60%)
- Advertising (52%)
- Professional Services (43%)
- Education (38%)
- Retail (33%)
- Automotive (30%)
- Manufacturing (29%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Vector Graphics
Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics application for creating artwork that stays sharp at any scale. Companies use it for logos, icons, illustrations, diagrams, typography, packaging layouts and marketing assets. Its paths, shapes and editable fills support precise visual systems for digital and print use.
Creative Workflow
Illustrator is part of Adobe Creative Cloud and works closely with Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects and Acrobat. Strong specialists understand how to move assets between these tools while preserving color, layers, artboards and export settings. They may also use Creative Cloud Libraries, Adobe Fonts, linked files and reusable graphic styles.
Typical Deliverables
- Brand marks, responsive logos and visual identity elements
- Packaging artwork, labels and retail graphics
- Icons, infographics, maps and technical illustrations
- Social, web and campaign assets in multiple formats
- Print-ready files with bleeds, spot colors and outlined type
When to Hire
Companies bring in freelance Illustrator specialists when a new identity needs a consistent asset library, a product launch requires packaging variations or an internal team faces a demanding production queue. External support is also useful for artwork cleanup, vectorization, localization and adapting master files across channels. Remote collaboration works well when briefs, references and review steps are clearly organized.
Skills That Matter
A capable professional combines drawing technique with production discipline. Look for expertise in Bézier curves, pen and shape tools, typography, color management, clipping masks, pattern creation and non-destructive editing. Experience with SVG, PDF, EPS and print specifications matters when files must pass directly to vendors or downstream teams.
Quality Review
Review a portfolio for work similar to the required output, not just attractive samples. Ask how the specialist structures layers, names files, handles editable source artwork and prepares exports for different uses. Strong professionals explain technical trade-offs, respond well to feedback and deliver organized files that another team member can update without rebuilding the artwork.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Adobe Illustrator? These answers cover the essentials.
Adobe Illustrator is used to create vector artwork such as logos, icons, illustrations, diagrams, packaging and typography. Because artwork is built from paths and shapes, it can be resized for a business card, website or billboard without losing sharpness.
Adobe Illustrator is usually preferred for scalable vector artwork, while Photoshop is built around raster images and pixel-level editing. Many projects use both: Illustrator for logos and graphic elements, then Photoshop for photographs, textures or image compositing.
A strong Illustrator specialist may also work with InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Fonts, Creative Cloud Libraries and Acrobat. Knowledge of typography, brand systems, color management, SVG, PDF preparation and print production helps turn artwork into usable final assets.
Adobe Illustrator work can range from a focused vector cleanup task to a full identity or packaging system. The right level of experience depends on complexity, production constraints and the number of asset variations, so the brief should define deliverables, source-file expectations and review stages.
Adobe Illustrator projects are well suited to remote collaboration when the team shares references, brand guidelines, file conventions and feedback in one place. On-site work may help when a specialist must review physical proofs, packaging samples or print production with a local team.
A portfolio for Adobe Illustrator should show relevant examples, such as identity systems, packaging, editorial graphics or technical artwork. Check whether the samples demonstrate clean curves, consistent typography, sensible composition and files prepared for their intended production process.
Adobe Illustrator works well for diagrams, maps, process visuals, product callouts and other structured illustrations. Specialists can combine grids, symbols, layers and precise alignment to keep complex artwork clear, editable and consistent across versions.
A reliable Adobe Illustrator professional delivers organized layers, sensible naming, editable source files and exports matched to their destination. They also check color mode, resolution for linked assets, bleed, fonts, transparency and compatibility before handing over the final package.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects is 86 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 685 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects, 77% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 39% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects are German (100%), English (98%), and French (26%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects are Information Technology (60%), Media and Entertainment (60%), and Advertising (52%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Adobe Illustrator in their recent projects are Marketing (83%), Product Development (72%), and Information Technology (62%).
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