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Reha Altay B.

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Business Devolopment Specialist

Hamburg
Reha Altay B.

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Support at Beiersdorf

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David B.

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Senior Frontend Developer & UX Designer

Kassel
David B.

Last position:

TypeScript Developer & UX Designer at colle-il-diaccino.de

TOURISM

colle-il-diaccino.de · Holiday Accommodation

  • Designed and developed the website: interactive site map, accommodation comparison, and image galleries.
  • Implemented German, English, and Italian language versions. Set up inquiry forms with input validation and spam protection, language-specific SEO metadata, and automated tests.

Stack: Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, next-intl, React Hook Form, Zod, Resend, Playwright, Vitest

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Joachim A.

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HubSpot Project Manager, Tracking + Analytics Expert

Frankfurt am Main
Joachim A.

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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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Regine E.

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Academic Leadership & Educational Strategy · International Higher Education Management

München
Regine E.

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Founder at deyoli®

  • Building and continuously developing the deyoli brand: positioning, branding and visibility
  • Concept development, copywriting and SEO for the website, blog, podcast and social media
  • Systemic coaching for managers and organisations
  • Developing and delivering the Sensitive Leadership programme
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Tom G.

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Digital Growth Partner

Munich
Tom G.

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Digital Growth Partner at LichtBlick SE – Ökostrom & Innovation

  • Concept & IT implementation of inbound B2C campaigns, BPM process documentation
  • Cross-functional implementation of several whitepapers / guides
  • Setup of the customer journey with MS Dyn365 / CRM: Forms, landing pages, campaigns
  • Project controlling, process documentation, testing and training / coaching, analytics reports
  • Hands-on implementation & on-time launch of all campaigns for digital customer acquisition
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Peter S.

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Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA

Düsseldorf
Peter S.

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Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA at ETENGO AG

  • Creation of detailed concepts for all relevant GTS modules (compliance, pricing, customs clearance, Intrastat, preferences)
  • Planning and conducting workshops, including scheduling and documentation
  • Development and consulting of the organisational structure and its master data
  • Setup and customisation of compliance functions: sanctions list review, embargo, legal control, US re-export
  • Uploading and maintaining sanction and commodity lists
  • Implementation and validation of integration tests
  • Setup and customisation of the modules: pricing (including uploading of customs tariff numbers and STAWN data), customs clearance (including application for test operation with customs), Intrastat and preferences (including preference calculation and LLEs)
  • Development and presentation of prototypes
  • Derivation of insights for the final concept
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Boian V.

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Solution Architect

Frankfurt
Boian V.

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Solution Architect at DB InfraGO AG

The Base Services of DB InfraGO form a central data hub between the company’s IT systems. Common Data Services are developed that distribute data from source systems to a variety of downstream systems (via JMS) and make them available (via REST API). The existing service landscape based on TIBCO is being migrated to DB InfraGO’s cloud-native platform.

  • Architecture design and implementation for performance-optimized bulk data processing of several million datasets at specific times during the day
  • Technical specification and documentation of business requirements
  • Integration of various subsystems (including SAP and Salesforce) through the reimplementation of more than 40 microservices based on Spring Boot
  • Migration of TIBCO Based microservices from the Enterprise Integration Platform to the Cloud Native Platform using Spring-Boot
  • Establishment of a deployment pipeline using GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, and automated deployment to a Kubernetes environment with the help of ArgoCD
  • Definition and implementation of automated unit, integration, and regression tests

Team Size: 9

Technologies/Tools: Java, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ(JMS), JUnit, Tibco Business Works, Gitlab (CI/CD), Kubernetes (Amazon AWS), ArgoCD, postgreSQL, Oracle, Postman, Hoppscotch, openAPI, Sonarqube

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Gudrun A.

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Retail & E-Commerce Transformation | Omnichannel Growth | Program & PMO Leadership

Krefeld
Gudrun A.

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Project: Consulting & Concept Development Programmatic Print / Donor Communication at Kindernothilfe e.V.

Project: Consulting & Concept Development Programmatic Print / Donor Communication

Tasks:

  • Analysis of existing print advertising materials and donor communication
  • Development of a new thank-you letter and dialogue marketing concept
  • Advice on emotional and target-group-specific communication with donors
  • Concept development for a cross-channel on- and offline marketing mix
  • Coordination of print, email, and CRM communication as part of new marketing processes
  • Support in introducing new communication workflows around the future email software
  • Creation of briefing materials and campaign approaches for different target groups
  • Research, selection, and management of suitable print and production service providers
  • Advice on personalization and automation options in the programmatic print environment

Technical implementation:

  • Coordination of print and digital processes
  • Management of external service providers and print providers
  • Support in integrating new marketing and communication processes

Reporting:

  • Analysis of existing response mechanisms
  • Assessment of optimization potential in donor communication
  • Recommendations to improve impact, personalization, and efficiency Markets: Germany [link]
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Angelika B.

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Consultant

Hamburg
Angelika B.

Last position:

Sr. Consultant Transformation/Organizational Development at Asset management and real estate developer

Goal: Future readiness and succession readiness

  • Business model assessment: Conducting Business Model Canva workshops to assess the current business model and understand collaboration (3 areas)
  • Systemic structural and cultural pattern analysis & role clarification: Conducting employee interviews to clarify responsibilities, interfaces, and decision-making logic in depth.
  • Strategy operationalization: Breaking down the company's strategy, mission, and vision into concrete principles and operational goals that can be lived in everyday work.
  • Establishment of a feedback system
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Benjamin H.

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Product Owner / Change & Transformation Manager

Taucha
Benjamin H.

Last position:

Service Manager (Customer, Service & Release Management, GSB 11) at Bechtle AG for ITZBund

Service & Release Management:

  • Initially solely responsible for operational customer service and release management for three months until the team was scaled up
  • End-to-end release communication: coordination with development and hosting, client-specific release notes, distribution management, dispatch and follow-up of feedback
  • Participation in release acceptance through hands-on testing; close alignment with release planning
  • SLA-driven case handling in ServiceNow; ticket processing times tracked as a KPI for improving service speed
  • Central interface between federal authorities, specialist departments and development; escalation management, internal dailies and monthly client reviews

Process Development:

  • As-is/to-be process analysis and visualisation (draw.io, BPMN), incl. interfaces to adjacent departments
  • Service-oriented process handbook with clearly defined roles and responsibilities
  • Walkthrough and optimisation of service processes in the ITSM framework together with IT
  • Incident workflows between ITSM tools and Jira; Jira project configuration and shared dashboards
  • Improvement management: quick clarification with development or structured submission with tracking in Jira

Enablement & Knowledge Management:

  • Handbook for GSB 11 customer management incl. ServiceNow handling, work instructions and client templates
  • Self-service documentation, step-by-step guides and client-specific service records in Confluence
  • Supporting client authorities through the transition from rollout to live operations
  • Onboarding a colleague from the GSB 7 team: knowledge transfer between teams, shared best practices and short-term reinforcement of the GSB 11 team
  • Establishing post-rollout interviews to evaluate the transfer of responsibilities between departments
  • Evaluation of internal AI agents for incident communication and guide creation
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Sabine L.

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Expert & Interim Manager B2B Communications, Change Communications, Content Creation

Eckental
Sabine L.

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
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Ines S.

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UX/UI Designer

Berlin
Ines S.

Last position:

Freelance UX Designer at Ines Siebrecht UX | UI Design

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Maciej K.

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Senior Product Designer

Munich
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.

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Statistics of experts using Search Engine Optimization

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

19 years

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany have 19 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

5.4 years

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany stay in a single position for 5.4 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

10

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany have completed 10 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Marketing, Information Technology, Product Development

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Marketing, Information Technology, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Retail, Media and Entertainment

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Retail, and Media and Entertainment.

Certification focus areas

Marketing, Information Technology, Project Management

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

Bachelor's degree or higher

88%

88% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

51%

51% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

6%

6% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

2

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany hold 2 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

96%

96% of Search Engine Optimization 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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5% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany charge less than €400 per day.
50% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany charge between €400 and €800 per day.
39% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
5% of Search Engine Optimization experts in Germany charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
2% of Search Engine Optimization 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 Search Engine Optimization

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

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Daily rate avg. 746 €

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 760 €

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.

Search Engine Optimization 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 (69%)
  • Retail (53%)
  • Media and Entertainment (51%)
  • Professional Services (51%)
  • Advertising (46%)
  • Banking and Finance (30%)
  • Education (29%)
  • Healthcare (29%)

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

About the technology

What SEO does

Search Engine Optimization, commonly called SEO, improves how clearly websites appear in unpaid search results. It combines technical quality, useful content and authority signals to attract people with relevant search intent. SEO supports product pages, editorial sites, online shops, local services and large corporate websites.

Core disciplines

Strong SEO work connects several disciplines rather than treating rankings as an isolated target.

  • Technical audits covering crawling, indexing, rendering and site architecture
  • Keyword and search-intent research for priority topics
  • Content briefs, landing pages and editorial planning
  • Internal linking, structured data and digital authority
  • Measurement through search and web analytics

Tools and ecosystem

SEO specialists work with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Bing Webmaster Tools and crawlers such as Screaming Frog. They may also use Semrush, Ahrefs, Sistrix or similar platforms for research and monitoring. Useful adjacent skills include HTML, CSS, JavaScript rendering, content management systems, ecommerce platforms and data analysis.

When companies need help

Companies often bring in freelance SEO expertise before a website migration, international launch or major content change. Support is also valuable when organic traffic falls, important pages are not indexed, search demand is unclear or internal teams need a practical roadmap. For businesses in Germany, language intent and regional search behavior can shape both content and technical decisions.

What good delivery includes

A capable professional starts with the business goal, audience and existing search data. They separate urgent technical issues from longer-term opportunities, explain priorities clearly and create recommendations that internal teams can implement. For multilingual sites, they understand hreflang, localized terminology and the difference between translation and genuine German search intent.

How quality is judged

Quality is visible in a clean audit, well-reasoned priorities and content that answers real searches without forcing keywords. Good work also respects accessibility, performance, privacy requirements and search engine guidelines. Ask for examples of migrations, technical fixes, content programs or ecommerce work, then examine how outcomes were measured and communicated.

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Frequently asked questions

The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to Search Engine Optimization.

Search Engine Optimization is used to improve a website’s visibility in unpaid search results and attract relevant visitors. It covers technical access, search intent, content quality, internal linking and authority signals rather than relying on advertising alone.

SEO aims to earn organic visibility, while paid search places ads through bidding and campaign budgets. Organic work can support durable discoverability, but it requires research, implementation and ongoing refinement; paid search can provide more immediate control over placement and messaging.

A strong Search Engine Optimization professional often works with analytics, content strategy, HTML, CSS, JavaScript rendering and content management systems. Ecommerce knowledge, international SEO, structured data and conversion analysis are also useful when the project involves complex websites.

The right level of SEO experience depends on the site’s size, technical complexity, market and business risk. A focused content plan may need a different profile from a migration, international rollout or recovery from an indexing problem, so assess relevant case work rather than time served alone.

Search Engine Optimization is well suited to remote collaboration because audits, research, reporting and content workflows are digital. On-site sessions can still help with stakeholder alignment, while projects targeting Germany benefit from professionals who understand German language nuance and local search intent.

A reliable SEO professional explains the link between recommendations, search intent and business goals. Look for a clear audit, prioritized actions, transparent measurement and careful communication instead of promises about guaranteed rankings.

Search Engine Optimization support is useful before a redesign or migration, after an unexplained visibility decline, or when content production lacks direction. Freelance expertise can also provide an independent audit and help an internal marketing or product team implement the next steps.

A capable SEO specialist may deliver a technical audit, keyword and intent research, content briefs, information architecture recommendations, structured-data guidance and a measurement plan. The exact scope should reflect the site, its platform and the decisions the company needs to make.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects is 93 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 746 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 51% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.4 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects are German (98%), English (95%), and French (26%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects are Information Technology (69%), Retail (53%), and Media and Entertainment (51%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used Search Engine Optimization in their recent projects are Marketing (91%), Information Technology (64%), and Product Development (59%).

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