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Joachim A.

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HubSpot Project Manager, Tracking + Analytics Expert

Frankfurt am Main
Joachim A.

Last position:

HubSpot Project Manager, Tracking + Analytics Expert at Swiss Post

  • Create a tracking concept for Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, including the data layer, events, triggers, and reporting
  • Manage the project team (developers, designers, performance)
  • Communication interface between stakeholders and digital specialist departments
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Peer W.

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Co-Founder

München
Peer W.

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Co-Founder at shopconsulting.ai

  • Set up backend assistants, prompt engineering, customer communication, growth strategy

  • Successful implementation of AI shopping assistants e.g. Thalgo.de

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Ralf R.

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Project and Interim Manager Marketing | CRM | CX

Gauting
Ralf R.

Last position:

Program & Campaign Management at PAYBACK GmbH

  • Project management in the area of “Campaign, Offer and Performance Management Classic” for PAYBACK partners from the retail, FMCG and financial services sectors
  • Campaign planning, development and implementation of offer-specific concepts and measures for the channels newsletter, digital advertising (web and app), stand-alone mailings and the print mailing “PAYBACK Punkteübersicht”
  • Coordination with PAYBACK program partners (including American Express, Netto, EDEKA, Marktkauf & Trinkgut), PAYBACK departments and agencies
  • Documentation of tasks and processes as well as onboarding of future job holders
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Eric B.

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Quality Manager / Test Manager / Senior Test Analyst / Senior Data Analyst / Statistical Programmer

Kelkheim (Taunus)
Eric B.

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Quality Assurance Manager (QSV) at Federal Employment Agency

  • Supporting the International Web Presence of the BA (IntWeb) project in the area of quality management, with the aim of taking responsibility for the quality of processes and project results while considering BA standards. The main objectives of the project are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their opportunities for moving to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps consistently and with digital support by providing access to services.

  • Defining the general guidelines in the QA handbook

  • Summarising test results in QA reports for PLA

  • Analysing project results for improvement opportunities

  • Quality management of requirements analysis (particularly processes, methods, and tools)

  • Ensuring compliance with SERA requirements

  • Creating a cross-project test concept

  • Agreeing on sprint completion reports

  • Formal review of work results in accordance with requirements and/or the project plan

  • Contact person for internal audit, external audits by auditors, or BRH (Federal Court of Audit)

  • Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes

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Christian H.

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Senior Business Consultant, Crisis and Turnaround Manager Marketing and Technology

Hamburg
Christian H.

Last position:

Senior Business Consultant CTV Monetization - Livestreaming

  • Strategic consulting for the implementation of a CTV monetization concept in the livestreaming sector - sports
  • Consulting and support in selecting monetization partners
  • Strategic consulting and screening of ad technologies, their integration, and the implementation of an integrated business workflow
  • Stakeholder management and management support
  • Pricing, cost, and benefit analyses
  • Sub-project leadership for external and internal stakeholders and teams
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Ute V.

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Change Leadership Specialist

Bad Wiessee
Ute V.

Last position:

MSFT Copilot Champion (AI) - DACH at SoftwareONE

  • Developing global ACM Copilot services and shaping their evolution on a global scale
  • Evangelizing the benefits and capabilities of Copilot to internal and external audiences
  • Onboarding, mentoring, and training new ACM colleagues in services and methodologies
  • Acting as point of contact for internal Copilot proof of concept adoption and change management
  • Leading Copilot adoption strategy, communicating benefits, usage and ethical considerations
  • Organizing events and workshops and fostering an interactive community to share updates, findings and best practices
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Armen M.

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Interim CTO | Transformation Leader

Odenthal
Armen M.

Last position:

CTO/CPO Platform & Technology at Green Mobility Holding

  • Overall responsibility for platform transformation across ERP, CRM, PIM and AI-supported process automation
  • ERP transformation: Introduction and migration to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • CRM & Growth Stack: Implementation of HubSpot as the central CRM and platform for lead and marketing automation
  • Product data & Commerce Enablement: Introduction of an ePIM to scale Category Management and digital Commerce processes
  • AI-supported process automation: Design and introduction of agent-based AI workflows to automate processes in Business Services, Accounting, Tender Management and Marketing
  • Building a scalable platform organization consisting of Product Development, DevOps, UX, Cloud Engineering and Corporate IT
  • Introduction of modern product and portfolio governance (e.g. OKRs, portfolio boards, value-based roadmaps) to manage technology-driven initiatives
  • Harmonization of heterogeneous system landscapes and transformation into a modular, scalable platform architecture (ERP, CRM, PIM, integrated customer journeys)
  • Coaching and development of Product Owners, Tech Leads, Delivery Managers and UX teams in building a scalable product organization
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Carsten K.

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Interim Program Manager for Transformation and Integration in Media & Entertainment

Berlin
Carsten K.

Last position:

Founder and Consultant at kerner.consulting

  • Advising executive teams on digitalization, AI and change management
  • AI prototypes in around 14 days; business cases and rollout plans with measurable productivity gains
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Michele H.

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Freelance Expert in Digital Marketing & AI Processes

Kröpelin
Michele H.

Last position:

Chief Digital Officer at DAT Vermögensmanagement GmbH

  • Project manager for the analysis, implementation, and optimization of digital processes
  • Concept, management, and optimization of comprehensive marketing campaigns for lead generation via Paid Social (incl. Meta Ads, TikTok Ads)
  • Concept and implementation of content production and marketing activities
  • Project management in omnichannel marketing and process automation
  • Implementation of digital tools to improve customer acquisition and support
  • Internal stakeholder management and coordination of external service providers
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Abdulla A.

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Product & Tech Consultant

Berlin
Abdulla A.

Last position:

Principal AI Product Consultant at Recare

  • Shipped Recare Voice Desktop from 0 to 1 in two months, including multi-language clinical documentation that auto-transcribes into structured German medical notes.
  • Reduced LLM inference costs by 60–70% across Docs and Extract through prompt caching architecture.
  • Built the AI workbench used by PMs/engineers for prompt experimentation and the Langfuse eval stack (10k+ traces evaluated).
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Sara B.

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Freelance Senior Digital Marketing Manager | Digital Strategy & Performance | Growth, Funnel & CRM | Interim Management &

Bonn
Sara B.

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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.
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Christoph P.

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Head of Marketing & Comms

Berlin
Christoph P.

Last position:

Head of Marketing & Comms at Caspar Health (GOREHA GmbH)

  • Led marketing and corporate communications team (8 FTE) with budget and team responsibility to 250+ clinic customers and 150K patients, managing all aspects of marketing, brand messaging and public relations
  • Led development of multi-channel demand gen and partner marketing with Sales and CSM (LinkedIn, webinars, email, field marketing, medical briefings in orthopedics, neurology, long-covid, oncology), achieving +180% leads, +120% webinar signups, +35% MQL conversion
  • Architected new PLG/app marketing playbook with Product and Data to streamline and leverage product launches, achieving +150% 5-star app reviews from patients and +10 NPS
  • Launched ingredient branding strategy, securing two major clinic chain partnerships and patient testimonials. Led proactive PR media and KOL campaigns (+20% sentiment)
  • Introduced MarTech AI for marketing automation and campaign efficiency (SFDC, ActiveCampaign, Plausible, Figma), aligned with Legal on GDPR, PDSG, ISO:27001 compliance
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Sandra P.

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Global B2B Technology Marketing And Growth Leader

Munich
Sandra P.

Last position:

Global Marketing, Director at WithSecure

Member of the Revenue Operations Leadership Team

  • Lead a global 13-person marketing organization across brand, demand generation, digital, and partner marketing, with responsibility for a €5M budget and international growth programs.
  • Define market positioning, value propositions, and messaging for complex cybersecurity and AI-enabled software, translating technical capabilities into clear customer, partner, and commercial value.
  • Generated €45M in annual pipeline through integrated demand generation, ABM, and partner programs aligned with priority ICPs and revenue targets.
  • Doubled marketing ROI within 12 months by reallocating investment, strengthening performance governance, and introducing AI-enabled workflows.
  • Established RevOps-aligned planning and shared performance frameworks with Sales, improving funnel transparency, prioritization, and commercial accountability.
  • Delivered double-digit revenue growth among strategic partners through MDF-supported and campaign-in-a-box growth initiatives in a newly launched partner relationship management tool.
  • Introduced AI-supported content, lead-nurturing, and workflow automation using Claude, ChatGPT, and n8n, reducing marketing turnaround times by 30%.
  • Represented WithSecure in European cybersecurity policy and industry forums, contributing to positioning papers and executive-level stakeholder engagement.
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Alexandra K.

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Interim Head of Marketing

Munich
Alexandra K.

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

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Statistics of experts using Marketing Automation

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years

Marketing Automation experts in Germany have 19 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.6 years

Marketing Automation experts in Germany stay in a single position for 2.6 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

10

Marketing Automation experts in Germany have completed 10 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Marketing, Information Technology, Project Management

Marketing Automation experts in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Marketing, Information Technology, and Project Management.

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Advertising

Marketing Automation experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Advertising.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Marketing, Project Management

Marketing Automation experts in Germany earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Marketing, and Project Management.

Bachelor's degree or higher

93%

93% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

56%

56% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

7%

7% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

3

Marketing Automation experts in Germany hold 3 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, Spanish

Marketing Automation experts in Germany most often speak German, English, and Spanish.

Speak two or more languages

97%

97% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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2% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany charge less than €400 per day.
33% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany charge between €400 and €800 per day.
52% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
11% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
2% of Marketing Automation experts in Germany charge €1600 or more per day.
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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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Average rates of experts in Germany using Marketing Automation

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 854 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 800 €

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.

Marketing Automation 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 (70%)
  • Professional Services (61%)
  • Advertising (53%)
  • Retail (45%)
  • Media and Entertainment (40%)
  • Banking and Finance (35%)
  • Manufacturing (35%)
  • Healthcare (28%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What Marketing Automation does

Marketing Automation coordinates recurring marketing activities through rules, customer data and triggered workflows. It is used to capture leads, segment audiences, send email journeys, score engagement and hand qualified opportunities to sales. The goal is relevant communication at each stage of the customer lifecycle.

Platforms and ecosystem

Projects commonly involve HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Marketo Engage and customer data connected through a CRM. Specialists work with email editors, forms, landing pages, consent settings, analytics, webhooks and integration tools. They also understand campaign operations across sales and service systems.

Typical project work

  • Map journeys for acquisition, onboarding, retention and reactivation
  • Configure lead scoring, segmentation and routing rules
  • Build email, SMS and multichannel nurture sequences
  • Connect CRM records, forms, advertising data and reporting
  • Test campaigns, document workflows and improve conversion paths

The exact setup depends on the sales cycle, audience structure and data quality. A strong professional turns campaign ideas into maintainable processes rather than isolated messages.

When companies need specialists

Freelance expertise helps when a team is replacing a platform, migrating data or launching a new lifecycle program. It is also valuable when automation has grown inconsistent, sales handoffs fail or reporting cannot explain campaign results. In Germany, remote collaboration is common, while workshops may benefit from on-site work and German-language communication.

Skills that matter

Effective specialists combine campaign strategy with practical platform knowledge. They can design data models, define lifecycle stages, manage permissions and consent, and translate commercial goals into measurable workflows. Useful adjacent skills include CRM administration, copy and content operations, analytics, HTML email production, API integrations and project documentation.

What quality looks like

High-quality work is clear, testable and easy for an internal team to maintain. Professionals name the purpose of each workflow, protect data quality, control frequency and document dependencies. They validate tracking, preview messages across devices, monitor failure paths and use reporting to refine segments and journeys over time.

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Frequently asked questions

Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about Marketing Automation.

Marketing Automation is used to manage repeatable communications based on customer actions, profile data or lifecycle stages. Typical work includes lead nurturing, onboarding, event follow-up, reactivation and sales handoff. It helps teams coordinate messages without manually managing every contact.

Marketing Automation goes beyond scheduled email campaigns by combining segmentation, behavioral triggers, lead scoring, CRM data and multistep journeys. Basic email tools may be enough for newsletters, while automation is better suited to complex customer paths and coordinated sales processes.

A strong Marketing Automation specialist often combines CRM knowledge with lifecycle strategy, analytics, consent management and email production. Experience with APIs, data imports, HTML templates, attribution and sales operations can also be important, depending on the project.

The right level of Marketing Automation experience depends on scope, data complexity and platform maturity rather than a fixed number of years. A simple nurture sequence needs different expertise from a migration, multi-brand setup or redesign of lead scoring and CRM processes. Review comparable deliverables and ask how the specialist handled testing and documentation.

Marketing Automation work is often suitable for remote collaboration because configuration, documentation and campaign reviews can happen online. On-site sessions may help with stakeholder workshops, process mapping or training. For teams in Germany, agree early on working language, meeting routines and access to customer data.

Good Marketing Automation work has clear entry criteria, controlled frequency, reliable data flows and documented exception paths. Ask to review a workflow map, tracking plan and testing approach. Quality also shows in clean reporting and in how easily the internal team can maintain the setup.

Marketing Automation projects frequently use HubSpot, Marketo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud or Adobe Marketo Engage alongside a CRM. The best choice depends on sales processes, data structure, channels, permissions and reporting needs. A specialist should explain trade-offs instead of treating one platform as suitable for every company.

Before starting, a Marketing Automation freelancer should clarify business goals, audience segments, lifecycle definitions, source data, consent rules and ownership of approvals. They should also confirm platform access, integration limits, reporting expectations and who will maintain workflows after launch.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Marketing Automation in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 854 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Marketing Automation in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Marketing Automation in their recent projects have 19 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 Marketing Automation in their recent projects are German (98%), English (96%), and Spanish (24%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Marketing Automation in their recent projects are Information Technology (70%), Professional Services (61%), and Advertising (53%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Marketing Automation in their recent projects are Marketing (97%), Information Technology (71%), and Project Management (68%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Marketing Automation

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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