Information Architecture Experts in Germany
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Chris W.
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
Thies S.
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
Max B.
Last position:
Customer Portal (Telecommunications) at Freelance Senior UX Architect
- Drove key experience streams in the redesign of a large-scale telecommunications e-commerce platform focusing on mobile plan selection, product configuration, and digital contract completion.
- Delivered scalable Figma-based white-label solutions within a multinational Scrum setup to enable efficient multi-brand rollout.
Maciej K.
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.
Martin W.
Last position:
Smart Manufacturing & Production Improvement Implementation at Food & Process Manufacturing
- Identified operational improvement opportunities together with production, engineering and management teams.
- Prioritized use cases according to measurable operational value rather than technology availability.
- Developed solutions around production performance, OEE, quality, traceability, reporting and process transparency.
- Translated operational requirements into required machine data, interfaces, information models and application requirements.
- Defined target architectures and integration approaches for heterogeneous brownfield production environments.
- Moved prioritized use cases from workshop and concept stages into concrete implementation projects.
- Coordinated manufacturing, OT, IT and technology stakeholders during implementation.
- Established reusable approaches to scale successful solutions beyond individual machines or pilot areas.
Natalia P.
Last position:
Senior UX Engineer and Frontend Developer at Medikamendo
Medikamendo: E-health platform for digital repeat medication & follow-up prescriptions
- End-to-end implementation: UX conception, UI design, and frontend development for three connected portals (patients, medical practices, pharmacies).
- AI prototyping: Efficient creation of interactive prototypes using Figma and GitHub Copilot.
- Design system: Creation and continuous development of a consistent design system and UI components.
- Corporate design: Maintenance and further development of the consistent brand presence and websites.
David P.
Last position:
AI Generalist / Social Media Content Creator at Mercor
- Training LLMs with annotation to write and design content in various areas: business, financial, novel, humor, theater.
- Built + 150 campaigns on a TikTok account, reaching +50K followers and 1,2 M likes to promote the book 'Silence, Manants' through audience building and positioning.
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.
Jens S.
Last position:
Marketing Consultant – [New Customer Acquisition (B2B), Social Media, SEO] at Manufacturer of precision metal parts [confidential]
Strategic Marketing / New Customer Acquisition (B2B):
- Market and competitor analysis: Recorded competitors, developed evaluation matrices, outlined the provider landscape with potential customers, competitors and partners
- Designed a cross-media, personalized multi-touch campaign
- Developed the multi-touch strategy in various multi-stage versions, determined touchpoints, target companies and target persons, developed ideal customer profile and contact ideas
- Designed all individual measures: Developed concepts for letters, postcards, landing pages, e-mails, phone calls and downloads
- Visualized the process 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:
- Goal categorization, definition and recommendations for action
- Review and selection of channels
- Design of channel management
- Developed an 11-week editorial plan (Instagram & LinkedIn)
- Developed, 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 competitor analyses
- Analyzed search and user behavior
- Consulting on SEO risks during relaunches with domain changes
- Keyword research and recommendations for action
Myrto P.
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
Dieter M.
Last position:
Product Developer, Design Systems & UX at Miele
Product development for the Miele app – design system, UX, and end-to-end product responsibility.
- Built and expanded the design system – components, design tokens, dev handoff
- Created user flows and customer journeys for core app features (device control, recipes, maintenance)
- Usability testing and iterative UX improvements
- AI-powered personalization – smart program recommendations based on usage behavior
- AI tools in the design workflow: automated accessibility checks, Figma AI, rapid prototyping
- AI-synthesized user research – condensed interviews, feedback, and usability data into structured insights
Sabine P.
Last position:
AI Consultant at 2coach
- I am currently creating various AI agents for an end client of my client to support managers with employee management and leadership development (Copilot Studio)
Oliver K.
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 N.
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
Jamie N.
Last position:
Senior Product & Brand Designer / Design Advisor at Self-employed
- Partnering with technology-focused teams to shape brands and design digital products from early strategy through UX/UI and scalable design systems.
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Statistics of experts using Information Architecture
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
16 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Marketing
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
91%
Master's degree or higher
44%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
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Explore rate insightsAverage 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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Information Architecture 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 (86%)
- Professional Services (54%)
- Retail (51%)
- Automotive (43%)
- Media and Entertainment (42%)
- Banking and Finance (38%)
- Manufacturing (35%)
- Healthcare (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Information Architecture covers
Information Architecture, often shortened to IA, is the practice of organizing, labeling and connecting information so people can find and understand it. It shapes navigation, page hierarchies, taxonomies, search structures and content relationships. The work supports websites, apps, intranets, knowledge bases and complex digital services.
Core deliverables
IA specialists translate business goals, user needs and existing content into a structure teams can design and build. Typical deliverables include:
- Site maps and product hierarchies
- Navigation models and menu systems
- Taxonomies, metadata and controlled vocabularies
- Search, filtering and faceted navigation plans
- Content audits and migration structures
Methods and tooling
The discipline combines user research, content analysis and interaction design. Specialists may use card sorting, tree testing, search-log analysis, stakeholder workshops and usability testing to validate decisions. Common tools include Figma, FigJam, Miro, Optimal Workshop, spreadsheets, content inventories and documentation systems; the right choice depends on the product and team workflow.
Where companies use it
Companies bring in IA expertise when information has outgrown its current structure or when a new product must support many audiences and content types. It is relevant to public-sector services, enterprise intranets, ecommerce catalogs, publishing, healthcare information and software products. In Germany, collaboration may involve distributed teams, on-site workshops or German-language content alongside English interfaces.
When freelance expertise helps
External specialists are useful during discovery, redesigns, platform changes and content migrations. They can create an independent view when internal teams disagree about ownership, labels or navigation. Signs that support is needed include repeated search failures, duplicate content, confusing menus, abandoned migrations and a taxonomy that no longer matches the organization.
What strong specialists bring
Strong professionals connect user behavior with business rules and technical constraints. They explain why a structure works, test assumptions with real users and document decisions so designers, writers and software teams can apply them consistently. They also understand accessibility, responsive patterns, content governance and the limits of search technology, rather than treating IA as a visual menu exercise.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Information Architecture.
Information Architecture organizes content, features and relationships so users can find what they need. Companies use IA for websites, apps, intranets, knowledge bases, ecommerce catalogs and enterprise search.
IA focuses on structure, labeling, navigation and findability. UX design covers the broader interaction and interface experience, while content strategy adds planning for content purpose, governance, production and maintenance.
A strong Information Architecture specialist often brings user research, content auditing, taxonomy design and usability testing skills. Experience with search behavior, accessibility, analytics, stakeholder facilitation and content management systems is also valuable.
The right Information Architecture experience depends on scope, risk and content complexity, not on a fixed number of years. A small navigation review may need a focused specialist, while a global taxonomy or migration needs evidence of governance, research and cross-team delivery.
Information Architecture is well suited to remote work when research, workshops and decisions are documented clearly. On-site sessions can still help with stakeholder alignment, especially for large German organizations or projects involving German-language content and local teams.
Hire an Information Architecture specialist when users cannot find content, navigation differs across products or a redesign exposes structural problems. Specialists are also valuable before migrations, replatforming, major content growth or the introduction of enterprise search.
Good Information Architecture is supported by research, clear models and testable decisions rather than personal preference. Review the specialist’s site maps, taxonomies, testing approach and documentation, then ask how the structure will be measured and maintained after launch.
Information Architecture remains important because search depends on meaningful labels, metadata, content relationships and useful filters. A strong search function complements navigation and taxonomy; it does not replace the need for a coherent structure.
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 721 € 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 44% 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 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are English (97%), German (94%), and French (21%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Professional Services (54%), and Retail (51%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Product Development (91%), Information Technology (86%), and Marketing (76%).
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