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Sabine Liberty
Last position:
Communications consultant for crisis communication/issue management at AQIM – Association for Quality in Interim Management
Planning, execution & moderation of crisis communication and reputation management
AQIM is a non-profit organization based in Austria. An association of interim managers from Germany and Austria. Founded in December 2024. Multi-part training with workshops and consulting for preventive crisis communication, in cooperation with the founding members and those responsible for communication. To assess crisis potential for the market entry strategy and ahead of a digital campaign.
The project in a nutshell:
Consulting and training for the purpose of:
- Analysis of crisis potential as a new market entrant and its internet-based communication activities
- Planning and developing crisis communication with targeted measures
- Developing a crisis plan to minimize reputation risks in an emergency
- Conducting training and information sessions
Success:
- What started as a one-time consulting event for preparing an information campaign became a multi-part workshop on preventive crisis communication. This not only gave the organization expertise and confidence in the event of acute challenges, but also gave the participating interim managers new skills for their day-to-day work on assignments
- The workshop enabled those responsible to launch the information campaign that was being prepared at the time and planned for six months, as scheduled at the end of January 2026 on social media
- Careful scheduling and defining how to handle critical voices in terms of terminology and tone, as well as compliance rules, ensured a smooth start and run of a 3-month information campaign
Artur Schmalz
Last position:
Marketing Consultant // Strategy & Campaigning at Stadtwerke Lübeck
- 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
Christoph Sawicki
Last position:
Test Manager at Logistics
- Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
- Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
- Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
- Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
Alexandra Korolija
Last position:
Interim Head of Marketing at Moeller Medical
- Vacancy cover during extensive personnel changes and ongoing professionalization and digitization initiatives
- Leadership and stabilization of the marketing team and improvements of marketing organization, processes and infrastructure
- Development of team roles, working methods and internal collaboration
- Establishment of digital marketing structures, CRM and marketing operations initiatives
- Introduction of AI-driven workflows for content and knowledge management
- Sharpening of positioning in the business units OEM and Aesthetics
- Management of strategic projects such as Microsoft Dynamics Customer Insights implementation and international brand protection projects
- Team stabilization despite extensive personnel changes
- More efficient marketing processes and reduced operational complexity
- Foundation laid for further digitization and growth initiatives
Asen Kyuchukov
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
Jan Miltner
Last position:
Managing Director at Nexcent GmbH
- IT consulting
- Power Platform & Databricks
- AI software development (custom software)
- Commercial responsibility for the company
Yogesh Malik
Last position:
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.
Eva Pilarek
Last position:
SEO Consultant at Coaching
SEO optimization of a coaching website based on WordPress, with a focus on keyword research, on-page optimization, and lead generation.
Responsibilities:
- Development of an SEO strategy based on keyword research
- Creation and optimization of landing pages
- Optimization of site structure, internal linking, and on-page factors
- Optimization of the Google Business Profile to improve local visibility
- Consulting and prioritization of further SEO measures
Malte Lohrberg
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
Stefan Dömelt
Last position:
Online editor and content manager at Federal Employment Agency
- Content responsibility for two areas (careers and continuing education, as well as school, training and studies) and coordination with specialist departments
- Topic research and content planning for the online portal
- Web-friendly creation of target-group-relevant and SEO-optimized content for the online portal
- Building and maintaining multimedia content in the online portal CMS (Drupal)
- Monitoring the content of the online portal using Google Search Console and Matomo
- Ensuring the quality of the online portal through tests and analyses
- PowerPoint presentation of work results in topic conferences with BA specialist departments
- Supporting the existing online presence and analyzing and fixing errors
Maurice Hartwig
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Hydra Lynx Ltd
- Brought together AI initiatives through central coordination and integration of artificial intelligence projects to increase efficiency and business value.
- Identified and prioritized AI use cases through business process analysis and translated them into structured product backlogs and roadmaps.
- Led change management activities, including the rollout of new digital tools, communication strategies, and training concepts to support cultural change.
- Managed requirements and processes through end-to-end requirements analysis, process modeling, and organizational optimization.
- Scaled agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, OKRs) and promoted cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Supported company-wide digital transformation by leading technical change initiatives and strengthening collaboration models.
Martin Puskajler
Last position:
Product Owner at Freelance
- Objective: Create a machine-readable dataset for aid applications that aligns with the new specialized procedure
- Rollout of the solution to first user groups
- Established a user feedback loop
- Released versions 1.0 and 1.1 based on first user feedback and improvements
Tom Witkovsky
Last position:
Interim Customer Experience Manager, Indirect Sales Systems at badenova Energie GmbH
- Modeling customer journeys and touchpoints for indirect sales partners
- Modeling and optimizing clearing processes
- Prioritizing and cleaning up the backlog of existing applications for sales partners
- Optimizing billing and service processes for sales partners
- Requirements management for replacing and rebuilding the system based on a no/low-code platform
- Supporting the implementation of a group-wide customer experience management system
- Managing external service and implementation partners
Natalia Naumann
Last position:
BIG direkt gesund Krankenkasse
- Development of a central platform for the digital implementation of health promotion measures in daycare centers and schools
- Responsible for project management, requirements management, and technical coordination
Sascha Seewald
Last position:
Entrepreneur at novael.de
- Focus areas: application development, IT security, project management, conceptual design, online/offline marketing, print, startup phase, SMEs
- Hosting (until end of 2015), monitoring, IT infrastructure, cloud solutions
- Frameworks and tools: Scrum, Kanban, OKR, agile patterns, .NET Core, node.js, Angular, React/JSX, PHP OOP, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, MySQL, MS SQL, Postgres, MongoDB, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform
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About the technology
Drupal fit
Drupal is a content management system for sites with complex structures, roles, and editorial workflows. It is used for corporate websites, intranets, portals, and public-sector content platforms where flexibility matters more than a simple template setup.
What they deliver
- Theme work and responsive front ends
- Custom content types, fields, and views
- Module development and site configuration
- Multilingual publishing and role-based access
- Upgrades, migrations, and ongoing maintenance
Ecosystem
Strong Drupal work depends on the wider ecosystem: Drupal core, contributed modules, Twig theming, Composer, Drush, and modern PHP practices. Skilled specialists know how to combine these parts without breaking editorial speed or site stability.
When companies need help
Teams bring in freelance Drupal experts when a site needs a redesign, a major version upgrade, a migration from Drupal 7 or another CMS, or rescue work after a risky module change. In Germany, they are also useful when local teams need English-speaking delivery partners for mixed in-house and remote work.
What good specialists do
Good specialists look beyond page layouts. They handle content models, permissions, performance, security updates, search, and editor-friendly workflows. They also know how to keep custom code small so future changes stay manageable.
How to judge quality
Look for clear thinking, not just theme polish. Strong Drupal professionals explain trade-offs, document custom work, and test changes before release.
- They can describe how Drupal core and modules fit together
- They ask about editorial roles, content types, and release flow
- They have migration and upgrade experience, not only build work
- They understand caching, security, and maintainability
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Drupal, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
Drupal is used for content-heavy sites that need structure, permissions, and editorial control. Companies choose it for corporate pages, intranets, portals, and public information sites where different teams publish into the same system. It is a strong fit when content models and workflows matter as much as design.
Drupal is usually chosen when the site is more complex than a standard marketing CMS but does not need the full enterprise overhead of a heavier stack. Compared with WordPress, it gives more control over content structure and permissions. Compared with Adobe Experience Manager, it is often leaner to run and easier to tailor for custom publishing needs.
A strong Drupal specialist usually knows PHP, Twig, Composer, Drush, and modern Git-based delivery. SQL, caching, accessibility, and security habits also matter. For many projects, migration planning and content strategy are just as important as code.
A small brochure site can work with lighter support, but a complex Drupal build needs someone who has shipped custom content models, integrations, and upgrades before. The more roles, workflows, and legacy data you have, the more you need a specialist who understands the platform deeply. Good judgment matters more than repeating the same setup.
Yes. Drupal projects often work well with remote specialists because much of the work is defined through content structures, tickets, and staged releases. In Germany, many teams use a mix of local coordination and remote delivery, especially when the in-house team wants clear documentation and reliable handover.
Ask for examples of content architecture, upgrades, and problem solving, not just visual work. A capable Drupal professional can explain why a module was chosen, how custom code was kept small, and how editors will manage the site after launch. Clear answers are a good sign.
Drupal core provides the base system: content handling, users, permissions, and the main APIs. Contributed modules add specific features such as search, media handling, workflow, or integrations. A strong specialist knows when to configure an existing module and when custom work is actually needed.
Ask which version they have worked with, how they handle upgrades, and how they approach migrations from older sites or from Drupal 7. It also helps to ask how they work with editors, site builders, and backend teams. That gives you a better picture of fit than a list of tools alone.
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Drupal
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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