Information Architecture Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used Information Architecture
Chris Wolf
Last position:
Senior Strategy Advisor, Transformation Lead – program realignment with target picture, governance, and priority steering at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | S-Communication Services
In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.
Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.
Designed program realignment and project portfolio management
Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects
Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities
Established governance and regular meetings
Worked out operating model for flagship projects
Assessed AI and automation ideas
Clarified roles and responsibilities
Implemented change measures
Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops
Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model
Increased transparency and decision-making ability
Strengthened commitment in steering
Sharpened the operating model structurally
Integrated three top-5 institutes
Involved over 80% of stakeholders
Governance
Portfolio steering (PPM)
Change management
Artificial intelligence
Workflow automation
AI use case assessment
Confluence
Jira
Stakeholder management
Sebastian Zwiesler
Last position:
CRM Consultant at Adevinta / kleinanzeigen.de
- Goal: Development and optimization of loyalty and CRM measures for a leading e-commerce platform
- Solution: Identification of promising users, increase in engagement, and long-term retention to drive revenue growth
- Definition of local CRM direct communication for specific segments
- Translation of research insights into actionable recommendations
- Planning and implementation of CRM campaigns in close collaboration with marketing and product teams
- Identification of optimization potential in direct communication
- Collaboration with external agencies on creative solutions, prototyping, and UAT
- Measurement and reporting of key KPIs
David Schindler
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
Myrto Papagiannakou
Last position:
UX Lead, Strategist for Property Management Systems at Destination Solutions
- Leading UX for a Property Management System, an all-in-one solution for vacation rental agencies and tourism regions, covering marketing and rental of holiday apartments and houses
- UX audits, conception, and implementation of UX strategy with a focus on regulatory, security, and user-centered requirements
- Advising C-level stakeholders on UX strategy and design best practices
- Planning and conducting research with agencies and property owners
- Design system strategy and definition of UX architecture
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
Rashi Jain
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.
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
Liisa Preugschat
Last position:
UX/UI Service Designer at Netze BW
- Analysis and structuring of complex service processes
- Development of customer journeys, user journeys, and service blueprints
- Moderation of workshops for requirements definition
- Derivation of an MVP with stakeholders
- Clear basis for decision-making
- Reduction of uncertainty in early project phases
Jens Sander
Last position:
Marketing Consultant – [New customer acquisition (B2B), Social Media, SEO] at Manufacturer of precision parts made of metal [confidential]
Strategic Marketing / New Customer Acquisition (B2B):
- Market and competition analysis: Identified competitors, developed evaluation grids, sketched provider landscape with potential customers, competitors and partners
- Concept for a cross-media, personalized multi-touch campaign
- Developed the multi-touch strategy in different variants with several stages, defined touchpoints, target companies and target people, developed the ideal customer profile and contact ideas
- Designed all individual measures: developed concepts for letters, postcards, landing pages, emails, phone calls and downloads
- Visualized the logic of the contact sequences (flowchart)
- Described the distinction from "account-based marketing"
- Implementation planning: Researched providers for packaging, shipping and landing page software, negotiated terms, recommended tools and partners
Social Media Marketing:
- Target categorization, definition and recommendation for action
- Review and selection of channels
- Concept for channel management
- Developed an 11-week editorial plan (Instagram & LinkedIn)
- Created, implemented and published image and video posts
- Campaign launch, ongoing monitoring and optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO):
- Website audit with indexing check
- Ranking, backlink, traffic and competition analysis
- Analyzed search and user behavior
- Consulting on SEO risks during relaunches with domain changes
- Keyword research and recommendations for action
Maciej Kwiatkowski
Last position:
Founder & Senior Product Designer at MACIEJ DESIGN
Independent product design practice supporting startups and growing companies with enterprise SaaS, workflow architecture, product strategy, and AI-enabled product development.
- Deliver end-to-end product design for digital products, websites, and SaaS platforms, combining product thinking, UX, visual design, and implementation.
- Apply AI throughout the product lifecycle—from research, synthesis, information architecture, and prototyping to development, SEO, and content strategy.
- Design and build production-ready digital products using AI-assisted workflows, enabling significantly faster iteration and delivery.
- Advise founders and businesses on product positioning, UX strategy, and digital transformation.
Jörn Menninger
Last position:
Freelance Senior Business Analyst / Project Lead / Digital Strategy Consultant at Freiberuflich
- Freelance consulting for startups, fintechs, SMEs, banks, financial service providers, and established companies on strategic, organizational, and technological topics; focus on analysis, structuring, execution readiness, and stakeholder communication.
- Gathering, structuring, and prioritizing business requirements; translating business goals into actionable IT, process, data, and documentation requirements.
- Designing and improving digital platforms, user journeys, portal structures, information architecture, and data-driven product/content structures; strong fit for customer portals, partner portals, and B2B2C application journeys.
- Analyzing user, reach, search, and platform data to derive product, content, and platform decisions; structuring decision bases for management and delivery teams.
- Using Jira, Confluence, Excel, analytics, and automation tools; working in agile and hybrid delivery environments.
Thies Schneider
Last position:
Spatial UX Lead at govar
- Concept, interaction and UX for XR experiences for the automotive industry
- Optimizing XR experiences
- Building experiences with AI
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
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.
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Statistics of experts using Information Architecture
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years
Position duration
2.7 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Retail, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
41%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Germany using Information Architecture
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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 it covers
Information Architecture organizes content so people can find, understand, and move through a product with less effort. It is used for websites, intranets, dashboards, knowledge bases, and app flows where structure matters as much as visual design.
Typical deliverables
- Site maps and navigation models
- Taxonomies, labels, and content hierarchies
- Content models and page templates
- Card sorting and tree testing plans
- IA audits for existing products
When to bring in help
Companies usually bring in freelance specialists when a product grows fast, content becomes hard to search, or teams disagree on structure. That often happens during redesigns, mergers, platform migrations, and content cleanup work.
Skills that matter
Strong professionals combine user research, content strategy, and product thinking. They know how to work with search logic, metadata, governance rules, and design systems so the structure stays usable after launch.
Why companies hire in Germany
In Germany, IA work often sits inside larger digital products for finance, industry, public services, and B2B software. Teams may need local language clarity, multi-stakeholder workshops, and remote collaboration across product, content, and design teams.
What good work looks like
Good Information Architecture is clear, testable, and easy to maintain. It reduces dead ends, makes labels predictable, and gives content owners a structure they can actually keep up to date.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Information Architecture.
An Information Architecture specialist shapes how content, features, and labels are arranged so users can find what they need quickly. That usually includes navigation, content grouping, naming, and structure reviews. Good work makes the product easier to use without adding more content.
Information Architecture focuses on structure, while UX design covers the wider experience and content strategy focuses on what should be said and how content is managed. In real projects, these disciplines overlap. A strong specialist can work with both and keep the structure grounded in user needs.
Bring in Information Architecture help when the product has grown messy, users cannot find things, or a redesign needs a cleaner structure. It is also useful during migrations, new content platforms, and governance work. A freelancer can join for discovery, workshops, audits, or delivery support.
A strong Information Architecture expert often knows content design, user research, taxonomy, search, and design systems. Familiarity with analytics and workshop facilitation helps too. Those skills make it easier to turn structure decisions into something the whole team can use.
Information Architecture work is often effective remotely because workshops, audits, and structure reviews can be run online. On-site time can help when stakeholders need alignment, especially in larger German organizations with many internal teams. Many projects use a mix of both.
A Information Architecture project needs someone who has done similar structural work before, not just broad design experience. The right expert should have examples of site maps, navigation redesigns, content models, and testing. For complex products, depth matters more than general familiarity.
Look for clear reasoning, not just neat diagrams. A good Information Architecture specialist can explain why a label works, how a taxonomy supports search, and how testing informed the structure. Ask for before-and-after examples, workshop outputs, and evidence that teams could keep using the result.
The most common shorthand for Information Architecture is IA. Searchers may use both terms, especially when looking for navigation design, taxonomy work, or content structure help. A strong freelancer should understand that these requests usually point to the same core need.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 722 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 41% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are English (97%), German (96%), and French (20%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Information Technology (85%), Retail (52%), and Professional Services (51%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Product Development (93%), Information Technology (86%), and Marketing (77%).
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