Design Tokens Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Design Tokens
Oliver Kierepka
Last position:
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
Lukas Noska
Last position:
Senior Product Designer (Process & Workflows) at Streckenheld
- Designed role-based delivery assignment workflows, switchable between own fleet and partner carriers, with traceable status chains from „pending“ to „in delivery.“
- Designed AI-assisted route optimization, where dispatchers review drive-time-optimized route suggestions as drafts and apply them in one click.
- Designed a central planning interface for delivery and route management, bringing table view, map view, and route composition into a single workflow.
- Built interactive prototypes to align new product features early with stakeholders and engineering.
Key methods: AI-assisted Product Design, Workflow Design, Role-Based Workflows, Dashboard Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Logistics/Operations UX, Stakeholder Collaboration
Dave Mooney
Last position:
Founder & Lead Designer at Dave Mooney Software
- Leading end-to-end UX for two AI SaaS products in closed beta, including LLM-interaction design, prompt-UX, and human-in-the-loop patterns with commercial distribution signed for launch in Q3 2026
- Built a self-built LLM reframing and RAG-correction pipeline powering multi-profile CV and case-study generation in production use
- Shipping real code alongside research, including Three.js/GLSL portfolio work, Figma-API tooling, and a Chrome MV3 extension for session-sync automation
Michael Berninger
Last position:
Senior Product Designer at Awake Mobility GmbH
- Spearheaded efforts to enhance product consistency and achieve significantly better usability, ensuring a more intuitive experience
- Partnered with the founders to define a new go-to-market strategy through product discovery
- Directed the process of creating a new company website from concept and wireframes to design and final implementation in Webflow
- Responsive Webdesign
- WCAG
- Corporate Branding
- Product Discovery
- MVP
- Product Design
- User Experience
- Rapid Prototyping
René Kunkel
Last position:
Head of UX & Design at EXPERIOR DIGITAL
- UX and product strategy
- digital transformation
- digital brand strategy
- customer experience platforms
- stakeholder workshops
- design leadership
Nomaira Fariah
Last position:
Freelance Product Designer / Design Engineer at Independent
- Design and build client web apps and self-directed products end-to-end, covering product design, design systems, and full-stack front-end on React, TypeScript, Tailwind, and Supabase.
- Designed and shipped a compliance and staff-records web application for a UK transport operator, covering data modelling, UX, and front-end build on Supabase with row-level security and Edge Functions.
- Built Merita, a private-by-default achievement-tracking and performance-review app, in a 48-hour hackathon (SheBuilds). It covers win logging linked to goals and competency frameworks, AI-assembled review packets with token-gated sharing, and a Promotion Readiness view, and is built on React, TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn/ui and Supabase with row-level security and Edge Functions.
- Designed and built Pantressa, a grocery-tracking, meal-planning and budgeting app, owning product design through front-end delivery on React, TypeScript, Tailwind and Supabase.
Marcel Oelschläger
Last position:
Senior UX Designer | Redesign of a Complex B2B Risk Management Platform at Schleupen SE
trategic Requirements Management: Steered user-centric product development for highly complex analytical platforms in close coordination with Product Owners.
Team Enablement: Provided technical supervision and UX alignment across multiple development teams to ensure consistent implementation.
Translation of Requirements: Translated complex business logic into intuitive, user-centric concepts and workflows along the entire customer journey.
End-to-End Design: Led ideation, conceptualization, and UI design for UX projects, accounting for cross-functional requirements.
Quality Assurance: Ensured strict adherence to and verification of usability standards and web accessibility (WCAG) within a B2B context.
Stakeholder Management: Confidently presented and defended design solutions to senior management and specialized departments.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Acted as the primary interface between Product, Engineering, and Business to resolve conflicting objectives within the design process.
Dieter Möss
Last position:
Design System Architect, UI Designer at hvv switch
- Developed Design System for HVV Switch app in Figma
- Based on wireframes from UX team
- Applied Atomic Design principle
- Created design tokens
- Conceived workflows for handing over designs to dev team
- Conception of new patterns and components to expand Design System
- Consideration of accessibility
Mathis Dudler
Last position:
Senior Web/Frontend Developer at KemCom GmbH
- Modernized the homepage of a luxury residential building for a better user experience and contemporary design
- Developed and implemented the website and modules using current web technologies
- Optimized for SEO to improve visibility in search engines
- Created a modern and professional appearance that enhances the building's image
- Increased efficiency in content maintenance by using a CMS
- Technologies: HTML5, HTML, CSS3, CSS, JavaScript, Umbraco, C#, .NET
Néstor López De Arróyabe
Last position:
Lead Product Designer at Lucht Probst Associates
B2B SaaS · Financial Sector
- Defined a new design language for the product suite, building the design system and partnering with engineering on component architecture and design tokens to keep design and code in sync.
- Led end-to-end design for multiple SaaS applications - from discovery, prototyping and testing to design specs, development, and QA.
- Managed and mentored the design team - introduced new tools and processes aligned with multiple product teams.
Stefan Dietz
Last position:
Frontend Developer – Sports Event and City Portal Projects at München Betriebs GmbH
- Development of an accessible, responsive website based on Figma designs for a major sports event in compliance with WCAG, BITV, and EN 301 549
- Technical planning and setup of the tool stack with Vite, Playwright, Docker, and GitLab CI
- Worked on two existing projects (Vue.js & Nuxt), with a focus on bug fixing, accessibility audits, and new feature development
- Collaboration with design and QA to consistently implement accessible UI patterns
- Consulting on improving existing frontend architectures with regard to accessibility, performance, and maintainability
Florian Bartsch
Last position:
Senior UI/UX Designer at T&P | LIMS Laborsoftware
- Conceptualization and design of a user interface for a complex laboratory software
- Transformation of the existing Windows software into a web-based solution
- Research, development and documentation of personas, user journeys & flows in a scientific lab environment
- Development of a standalone design system
Andrej Becker
Last position:
Lead UX Design Engineer at Journexx GmbH
- Leading, designing, and developing the UX and UI strategy and implementing it for the platform
- Creating style guides and design systems in Figma
- Creating a generic end-to-end layout structure for big data cockpits in Figma and Sass (CSS, design tokens)
- Workflows, wireframes, user research, and rapid prototyping
- Preparing and facilitating workshops and discoveries
- Integrating designs and layouts into existing frontend templates
- Prototyping (low-/mid-/high-fidelity) of various apps for journalists and publishers
- Developing showcases for iOS and Android, design thinking, qualitative and quantitative user testing, and A/B testing
- Frontend development in close collaboration with design teams
- Active change management in the publishing and journalism sector and with stakeholders
- Company-wide communication and info hub for teams
- Raising awareness and getting buy-in for digitalization and new products
- Creating concepts and designs for gamification elements on the platform
- Convincing major industry players (e.g., WAN-IFRA) about new concepts and revenue streams
- Developing new cloud-native apps and revenue strategies
- Preparing and creating various materials for change processes
- Creating presentations, mini-apps, and info materials to support change campaigns
- Leading a total of three teams
Oussama Krifa
Last position:
Senior Frontend Developer at DKB Code Factory GmbH
Artjom Gasarov
Last position:
Senior UX Designer at mediaman GmbH
- Structured and built the ongoing mewa.de redesign across UX strategy, information architecture, visual design and implementation; work is still transitioning into production.
- Advised clients on usability research, UX strategy and digital product development, translating research insights, business goals and technical constraints into actionable UX concepts.
- Conceptualized an AI-assisted product experience for the MEWA pitch, translating complex product information into guided decision-making and contributing to the successful pitch.
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Statistics of experts using Design Tokens
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
17 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Media and Entertainment
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
83%
Master's degree or higher
22%
Certifications per freelancer
1
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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 Design Tokens
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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What they cover
Design tokens are the shared values behind a design system. They define color, spacing, type, radius, shadows, motion, and other UI decisions in a form that design and code can both use. Strong specialists make those tokens clear, named well, and ready to scale across products.
Typical work
- Set up token structures for brands, themes, and product lines
- Move values from Figma into usable token files
- Prepare tokens for CSS, iOS, Android, and front-end code
- Keep naming, aliases, and fallbacks consistent
- Support dark mode and multi-brand design systems
Tooling and formats
Design token work often touches Figma, JSON, Style Dictionary, and token plugins such as Tokens Studio. Specialists also work with CSS custom properties, theme pipelines, and code review tools. The best professionals understand both visual systems and how those values travel into production.
When companies bring help
Companies usually need freelance expertise when a design system is growing, token output is messy, or teams disagree on naming and structure. That is common during rebrands, platform redesigns, and app launches. In Germany, this work often involves close cooperation with design and engineering teams, either remote or partly on-site.
What strong specialists do
Strong professionals do more than export values. They build a system that stays maintainable when products, themes, and teams expand.
- Create a clean token hierarchy
- Separate raw values from semantic tokens
- Document usage rules for designers and specialists
- Reduce drift between design files and code
- Spot gaps before they break consistency
Signs you need one
If your UI looks inconsistent across screens, your theme setup is hard to maintain, or every team names tokens differently, the system needs attention. A good specialist can diagnose the model, clean up the structure, and leave a token setup that is easier to extend. That is what keeps design tokens useful after the first release.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with Design Tokens? These answers cover the essentials.
Design Tokens are used to store shared UI values in a structured way so design and code stay aligned. They help teams manage color, spacing, typography, elevation, motion, and themes without copying values by hand. That makes them a core part of a design system.
Design Tokens are broader than Sass variables or CSS custom properties because they describe the system, not just one implementation layer. Those tools can carry tokens into code, but they do not replace the model, naming rules, or semantic layers. A strong setup often uses both.
A strong Design Tokens specialist usually understands Figma, design systems, JSON, CSS custom properties, and at least one delivery format such as Style Dictionary. Experience with theming, component libraries, and front-end handoff is also valuable. The best people can speak clearly with both design and engineering teams.
A Design Tokens project can start small, but the right level depends on how many products, themes, and teams are involved. Simple cleanup work may need only focused support, while a full design system rollout needs someone who has handled token architecture before. If naming and structure already feel messy, bring in an experienced specialist early.
Yes. Design Tokens often start in Figma and move through tools such as Tokens Studio into code-friendly formats. The key is not the plugin itself, but whether the workflow produces clean semantics, consistent naming, and a reliable handoff to development.
Both can work for Design Tokens projects. Remote collaboration is common when the token model is already defined or the team works well with clear reviews and documentation. On-site time can help when the design system is still forming and the team needs fast alignment across disciplines in Germany.
Look for a Design Tokens expert who can explain the difference between raw and semantic values, show a maintainable naming model, and describe how tokens map to real components. Good work is easy to extend, easy to read, and hard to misuse. If the setup only works for one team, it is probably too fragile.
Teams often revisit Design Tokens when a rebrand, new theme, or product expansion exposes inconsistency. Common signs are duplicated values, unclear naming, hard-coded colors, and design files that no longer match production code. A refactor helps bring the system back under control.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects is 87 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 695 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects, 83% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 22% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects have 17 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects are German (95%), English (95%), and Spanish (15%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Retail (60%), and Media and Entertainment (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Design Tokens in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Marketing (70%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Design Tokens
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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