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Hooman Behmanesh

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Fullstack Developer

Cologne
Hooman Behmanesh

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Fullstack Developer at Möbel Roller GmbH

  • Further development of the existing e-commerce platform based on SAP Commerce (Hybris) to meet the growing demands of digital commerce.
  • Ensuring the scalability and performance of the backend, so the platform remained stable and efficient even under heavy user load.
  • Development and integration of new OCC REST APIs and services for modular extensions and flexible adjustments, to implement new features quickly.
  • Optimization of data flows and interfaces, which significantly improved platform efficiency and system performance.
  • Ensuring a maintainable and scalable code base by using Clean Code principles, proven design patterns, and a future-proof architecture.
  • Reduction of errors through extensive testing with JUnit, Mockito, and load tests with Gatling, supported by the introduction of automated test processes.
  • Improved system performance through targeted refactoring measures and efficient database queries, especially to handle peak loads.
  • Use of modern cloud and monitoring tools such as Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Grafana to ensure a stable and monitored infrastructure.
  • Clear improvement in efficiency, scalability, and reliability of the platform, which now meets the demands of a dynamic and growing e-commerce market.
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Michael Appel

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Independent Management Consultant

München
Michael Appel

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Senior Project Management at Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG

  • Project management of a simplification project to reduce effort for an IT transformation project
  • Stakeholder management and preparation of decision papers for top management
  • Scoping and PI planning across multiple delivery streams
  • Planning requirements for the transformation project
  • Creating partner and customer journeys for structured end-to-end capture of requirements
  • Designing suitable tracking methods for project progress
  • Coordination with IT service providers and transformation project committees
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David Schindler

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Senior Marketing & Communications Manager with an AI focus. Strategy, content and execution all from one source.

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David Schindler

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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
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Rashi Jain

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Product designer

Berlin
Rashi Jain

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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.
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Janis Antwerpen

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Analytics - Paid Media - CRM

Cologne
Janis Antwerpen

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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
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Asen Kyuchukov

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Project Manager / Product Owner

Düsseldorf
Asen Kyuchukov

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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
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Corinna Schmidt

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Strategic Advisor Brand and Change

Düsseldorf
Corinna Schmidt

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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
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Isabelle Rath

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Social Media Specialist

Hamburg
Isabelle Rath

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Content Specialist at ECE Market Places

Strategic development and operational execution of newsletter and content projects in a B2C environment. Working with reporting and performance data, deriving concrete optimization measures, and data-driven content optimization for more than 500,000 subscribers.

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Kirill Lorenz

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UX Researcher | UX Research Consultant | UX/UI Design

Hamburg
Kirill Lorenz

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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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Markus Steffen

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Fullstack-Developer

Mainz
Markus Steffen

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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.
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Thies Schneider

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PM & UX Lead

Munich
Thies Schneider

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Spatial UX Lead at govar

  • Concept, interaction and UX for XR experiences for the automotive industry
  • Optimizing XR experiences
  • Building experiences with AI
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Jan Miltner

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Managing Director · Business Intelligence & Power Platform Consultant

Fürth
Jan Miltner

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Managing Director at Nexcent GmbH

  • IT consulting
  • Power Platform & Databricks
  • AI software development (custom software)
  • Commercial responsibility for the company
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Yogesh Malik

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GenAI Senior UX/UI Designer

Fürstenwalde/Spree
Yogesh Malik

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Principle Architect – User Experience Design at Intelliswift India PLC

Project: Neura Belden BHVA (Belden HI vision Virtual Assistance)

  • Translated AI agent concepts into 4 distinct user workflows (General, Redundancy, Network, VLAN agents).
  • Designed 6 game-changing features with technical specifications: Predictive Issue Resolution, Cost Optimization Engine, Compliance Automation, Cross-Agent Orchestration, Knowledge Transfer Mode, Root Cause Analysis 2.0.
  • Contributed reusable UX patterns and lightweight standards for experimentation-first AI environment: single-file HTML/CSS/JS prototypes, semantic accessibility, responsive grid layouts, and clear component structure enabling rapid future POC iterations.
  • Translated early AI concepts into intuitive user workflows and interaction models for 4 specialized agents, focusing on clarity, trust-building, and progressive disclosure to surface complex AI capabilities.
  • Documented design trade-offs in accessible language for non-designers.
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Viola Klingspohn

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Content Editor | Designer

Braunschweig
Viola Klingspohn

Last position:

Layout Designer | Editor | Journalist (freelance) at RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND)/Madsack Medien

  • Editorial preparation of texts for daily newspapers and magazines
  • Editing, shortening, and improving articles stylistically
  • Writing headlines, introductions, and captions
  • Selecting, editing, and placing image material
  • Designing and print-ready production of editorial publications
  • Proofreading, final editing, and editorial quality assurance

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Statistics of experts using Adobe Photoshop

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

20 years

Position duration

3.8 years

Positions per freelancer

10

Top business areas

Marketing, Product Development, Information Technology

Top industries

Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Professional Services

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

Bachelor's degree or higher

81%

Master's degree or higher

43%

Doctorate

4%

Certifications per freelancer

2

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

98%

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

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The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Germany using Adobe Photoshop

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 726 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 720 €

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

About the technology

Image editing

Adobe Photoshop is the standard tool for image editing, photo retouching, and compositing. It is used for product visuals, campaign graphics, social media assets, and print-ready artwork. Strong specialists keep files clean, layered, and easy to hand over.

Common work

  • Retouch portraits, products, and event photos
  • Remove backgrounds and fix color issues
  • Build banners, ads, and landing page visuals
  • Prepare PSD files for design teams and printers

Workflow and tools

Professional Photoshop work often sits inside a wider Adobe workflow. Experts usually combine Photoshop with Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and Bridge, plus smart use of layers, masks, adjustment layers, and export presets. They also understand color spaces, file formats, and delivery rules.

When to bring in help

Companies often need freelance Photoshop specialists when in-house teams are busy, a campaign needs fast visual polish, or legacy files must be cleaned up. It also helps when a brand needs consistent image treatment across many assets or when source files are messy and hard to reuse.

What strong specialists do

A strong specialist works carefully and communicates clearly.

  • Keeps non-destructive edits and organized layers
  • Delivers files in the right format for web or print
  • Matches brand style across many images
  • Shares source files that others can continue working on

Germany projects

In Germany, Adobe Photoshop work often supports retail, e-commerce, agencies, manufacturing, and B2B marketing teams. Remote collaboration is common, but some projects need close feedback on German-language copy, local formats, or print production steps. That makes clear handover and fast review cycles important.

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Adobe Photoshop.

Adobe Photoshop is used for photo retouching, compositing, marketing visuals, social graphics, and print artwork. Companies also rely on it to clean up source images, build layered mockups, and prepare assets for other design tools.

Photoshop is usually the first choice when teams need broad industry compatibility, strong layer-based editing, and smooth handoff with the Adobe stack. Affinity Photo and GIMP can work well for simpler jobs, but they are less common in larger commercial workflows and in files that must be passed between many specialists.

A strong Adobe Photoshop specialist usually knows file prep, image compression, color management, and basic layout thinking. Many also work comfortably with Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and simple feedback cycles with content, brand, or print teams.

For simple cutouts or basic retouching, an experienced Photoshop freelancer may be enough. For brand campaigns, product catalogs, or layered master files that others must edit later, you should look for someone who can keep structure, consistency, and handover quality under control.

Yes, Adobe Photoshop work is often done remotely because files, comments, and revisions move easily online. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, but on-site review can help when a project depends on print proofs, studio photography, or tight coordination with local teams.

Review Photoshop samples that show the kind of work you need, not just polished images. Ask how they manage layers, source files, versioning, and export formats, because those details decide whether the work is easy to reuse later.

Yes, Adobe Photoshop remains central for image-heavy work where precision matters. It is especially useful when teams need controlled retouching, detailed composition, or production-ready graphics that must hold up across web, social, and print.

For Photoshop, a good handover usually includes the PSD or PSB source file, flattened exports such as PNG or JPG, and any print-ready PDF if needed. Clear naming, linked assets, and notes on fonts or color settings make future edits much easier.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects is 91 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 726 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects, 81% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 43% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects have 20 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects are German (99%), English (97%), and French (27%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects are Information Technology (62%), Media and Entertainment (56%), and Professional Services (47%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Adobe Photoshop in their recent projects are Marketing (73%), Product Development (67%), and Information Technology (63%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Adobe Photoshop

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.

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