Information Architecture Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used Information Architecture
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
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
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.
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
Patricia Rex
Last position:
Accessibility Expert at Volkswagen Financial Services
July 2024 - June 2025
- Accessibility expert in UI/UX design, WCAG testing, and consulting for the Accessibility Improvement Act
- Creation of an internal accessibility guide
Oskar Oldorf (Project Manager): "I had the pleasure of working with Patricia for over a year on a project focused on ensuring digital accessibility for the online presence of a company in the financial services sector. During that time, I got to know her as a dedicated, detail-oriented, and highly skilled colleague.
Patricia was responsible for independently conducting gap analyses and worked directly and efficiently with key stakeholders. Her role centered on assessing compliance with the BFSG and providing strategic guidance to editorial teams on creating accessible content.
What I particularly appreciated about Patricia was her ability to think beyond the status quo and bring fresh perspectives to the table. She combines strong subject matter expertise with a keen eye for detail and a structured, thorough approach. Her input often sparked valuable discussions and helped us move our work forward in meaningful ways.
I can wholeheartedly recommend Patricia—especially for roles where precision, strategic thinking, and a high standard of quality are essential."
Huda Iftikhar
Last position:
Senior UX/UI Designer & AI Experience Lead at NTT Data DACH
BMW AG · Mercedes-Benz AG · Munich Re · CARIAD / VW Group
- Leading UX and product direction of PromptM, an enterprise AI prompt management platform at BMW, designing human-agent interaction models, role-based governance flows, and a Playground testing environment for prompt validation and iteration
- Redesigned insurance policy workflows at Munich Re, restructuring form layouts, improving field prioritisation based on user needs, and introducing new design components into the existing product system
- Led end-to-end UX at BMW shopfloor: user flows, wireframes, usability testing, and Figma design system adopted across 5+ agile squads, reducing order processing time by 35%
- UX Coach at Mercedes-Benz, upskilling 50+ team members in user research, usability testing, and agile UX methods; reduced design-to-dev handoff by 30%
- Facilitated 10+ design sprints and discovery workshops; enforced WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility across all deliverables
Martin Steiner
Last position:
Product & Design Lead at Premium Technology
- Led product & design (5 reports), hiring and development of team
- Implemented product squads, innovated around data ingestion and analysis.
- €0.5M to €4M ARR in 18 months
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
Anton Hoffmann
Last position:
Senior UX Professional / Researcher at Viessmann Group GmbH & Co. KG
- B2B: conceptual project development of the production software for ViGuide (Web), ViGuideMobile and HMI.
- Revamping information architecture, UX concept for new and existing features.
- UX research.
- UI business analysis: analyzing and designing existing UI and UX structures, and validating existing interaction and design concepts against business, technical and user requirements.
- Conducting UI/UX workshops, deriving consistent UI concepts, and creating wireframes, click dummies and prototypes to support decision-making and implementation in close coordination with stakeholders, UX and development.
- Accessibility according to BITV/WCAG (analysis, concept, implementation).
- Using AI to support UX analysis, pattern recognition in research data and to speed up concept development and prototyping.
- User centered design, usability engineering, agile working – Scrum, UX analysis, concept, wireframing, prototyping, DIN EN ISO 9241-110 / 210, user journeys, personas, interaction design, user guidance and information architecture.
- Remote/onsite interviews, test planning, moderation, documentation of UX/UI concepts and recommendations, Jira, Confluence, Miro, UI/UX workshops (requirements analysis, UI alignment, design reviews).
- Figma (mockups, wireframes, design, concept), Axure and ProtoPie (low- and high-fidelity prototyping), Confluence, Jira, Office, Miro, Maze.
- Quantitative research: usability & prototyping tests via Maze (remote), surveys (Maze).
- Qualitative research: moderated interviews, analysis and action recommendations.
Jamie Newbury
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.
Ana Paiva
Last position:
Mid-Level UI/UX Designer at MobiLab Solutions — Software Agency
Gabriel Baude
Last position:
Applied Research and Design at Privacy-First Family Tech Sabbatical
- Initiated mission-driven sabbatical: Developing privacy-first solutions for international family communication challenges, researching advanced encryption methods, kid-proof authentication alternatives, and censorship-resistant, immutable systems to create genuinely personal services respecting user privacy by design, not policy.
- Addressed language barriers: Built and launched Tiptap, an offline-first communication enhancement tool enabling seamless parent-child interaction across language barriers with a privacy-by-design architecture.
- Stimulate presence memory: Designed and architected Pebbble, a zero-knowledge privacy system using NFC-enabled physical stones as decryption keys to maintain censorship-resistant voice presence via IPFS-distributed audio content.
Kavinaya Sakthivelan
Last position:
Founding Designer at Black Coffee
- Designing a speech-to-text AI application (based on the Whisper model) for commercial use.
- Conduct market, competitor, and user research to inform strategic business decisions and align product goals with user needs.
- Develop the startup’s visual identity and led UX/UI design in close collaboration with the founders and developers to shape the product vision.
- Applied technical understanding at the CSS level to review and assess frontend implementation quality, ensuring accurate design execution.
Robert Kraus
Last position:
Lead Product Designer at Probis GmbH
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Statistics of experts using Information Architecture
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
15 years (Germany: 16 years)
Position duration
2.6 years (Germany: 2.7 years)
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Research and Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Automotive, Retail
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
85% (Germany: 91%)
Master's degree or higher
54% (Germany: 41%)
Certifications per freelancer
1 (Germany: 2)
Most common languages
English, German, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
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 Munich 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 Munich using Information Architecture
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 it covers
Information Architecture, often called IA, defines how content and features are organized so people can find what they need quickly. It shapes menus, labels, content groups, and page hierarchy. Strong IA turns scattered content into a clear structure that supports real tasks.
Where it is used
- Website and app navigation
- Taxonomy and tagging
- Search and filtering design
- Content models and page templates
- Internal portals and knowledge bases
These experts work across product sites, e-commerce, intranets, and editorial systems. In Munich, they are often brought into complex digital products where many teams publish content and the structure must stay consistent.
Core skills
A strong Information Architecture specialist combines research, content thinking, and structural design. They map user journeys, group related content, and define labels that make sense to real users. Tools and methods often include card sorting, tree testing, sitemap planning, and content audits.
When companies bring them in
Companies usually need freelance support when content has grown faster than structure. Common signs include duplicated pages, confusing menus, weak search results, and teams using different naming rules.
- Content is hard to find
- Navigation keeps changing
- Search returns poor results
- Teams disagree on labels
- A redesign needs a new structure
What good work looks like
Good IA is easy to explain and easy to use. It gives teams a shared model for content, not just a new menu. It also leaves room for growth, so the structure still works when new products, topics, or languages are added.
Working with specialists
For Munich projects, on-site workshops can help when many stakeholders need to align on naming and structure. Remote work also fits well for audits, mapping, and documentation. The best Information Architecture specialists explain decisions clearly and connect structure to user needs, content operations, and search.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Information Architecture? Start with the answers below.
Information Architecture is used to organize content and features so people can find, compare, and act on information without confusion. It shapes navigation, labels, content groups, filters, and page hierarchy. On digital products, it also supports search and content governance.
Information Architecture focuses on structure: how content is grouped, named, and connected. UX design covers the broader experience, including interaction and visual flow, while content strategy looks at planning, ownership, and publishing. In real projects, the three overlap, but IA is the part that makes content findable and logical.
A strong Information Architecture specialist usually brings user research, content design, and search thinking. They often work with taxonomy, SEO basics, analytics, and workshop facilitation. For larger systems, knowledge of content management systems and design systems is also valuable.
Information Architecture work can be done well remotely, especially audits, site maps, and documentation. On-site time in Munich can help when many stakeholders need to agree on labels, governance, or a redesign direction. Many projects use a mix of both.
A Information Architecture freelancer is useful when content has become hard to navigate, search results are weak, or a redesign needs a new structure. Companies also bring in specialists when teams cannot agree on naming, taxonomy, or page hierarchy. That outside view helps resolve structure before design and development move too far.
Typical Information Architecture deliverables include sitemaps, navigation models, taxonomy rules, content inventories, and annotated page structures. You may also get workshop notes, naming guidelines, and recommendations for search and filtering. Good deliverables are clear enough for product, design, content, and engineering teams to use.
Look for clear reasoning, not just neat diagrams. A strong Information Architecture expert can explain why content belongs together, how labels were chosen, and how the structure supports user goals. Ask for examples of audits, workshop outputs, and how their work improved findability or reduced confusion.
Yes. Information Architecture is especially important in large content systems, knowledge bases, intranets, and portals where volume and variety make structure difficult. Without it, users rely on search alone and teams struggle to keep content consistent.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 720 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects, 85% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 54% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects have 15 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are English (100%), German (94%), and Spanish (12%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Information Technology (82%), Automotive (53%), and Retail (47%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Information Architecture in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Information Technology (82%), and Research and Development (76%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Information Architecture
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