User Research Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used User Research
Dmitry Pankov
Last position:
Freelance Digital Marketing Analyst at Freelance
- Marketing Strategy: Lead the end-to-end analysis and evaluation of cross-channel marketing campaigns across the entire Customer Journey. My focus is identifying optimization potential and deriving clear, actionable recommendations that drive measurable business impact.
- Data Science & AI: Advanced predictive modeling (Churn, LTV), market basket analysis, clustering, and real-time AI-powered audience discovery utilizing RAG/LLMs.
- Marketing Analytics & Measurement: End-to-end attribution analysis, Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), audience segmentation, conversion path analysis, and A/B testing across all major platforms.
- Data Engineering & Reporting: Designing and managing robust, multi-platform data pipelines (BigQuery, GCP) for data consolidation, automated dashboard generation, and critical API integrations.
Thorsten Huber
Last position:
Product Owner, AI Manager at crazyALEX.de GmbH
Digitizing real-world places with 3D/LiDAR scans to make spatial data usable for AI applications and to derive concrete use cases and prototypes from it.
- Digital capture of real-world places as a basis for faster planning and analysis
- Browser-based access to 3D data for easier use and coordination
- Turning spatial data into concrete use cases, prototypes, and AI training scenarios
- Planning basis for urban development and other digital future applications
Keywords: LiDAR, 3D scan, AI, use cases, AI training, prototyping, Python, web development, data models, architecture
Anastasia Stokes
Last position:
Marketing Project Management & Content (Freelance) at Vattenfall
Excerpt:
- Further development of the content marketing strategy, increasing SEO website traffic via the heat pump info hub (blog) by over 300%
- Project responsibility for the website/content area and management of external agencies and service providers
- Concept and implementation of a lead nurturing strategy with an email sequence incl. lead magnet
- Setting up data tracking and reporting for the SEO area
Anjana Rakesh
Last position:
Senior Product Designer at Casavi GmbH
I served as the Lead Designer for two cross-functional teams at Casavi, a software platform for property managers. Casavi is a central platform for all aspects of digital property management, which streamlines operations and business processes.
SmartTask: The team focuses on ticket management, workflow automation, AI integration, enhancing communication between property managers and their clients.
Customer app/portal: The team is dedicated to fostering community engagement among residents of managed properties. The customer portal in combination with the Casavi app solves the challenges for property and facility managers.
My role spans the full design lifecycle, covering UX/UI design, user research, usability testing, and strategic design planning, across Casavi's web platform, mobile app, and customer portals. Each team comprises around 10 members, including a project manager, designer, developers, and QA testers. I am also responsible for the accessibility assurance of the whole product.
Design unit role: In addition to my core responsibilities, I actively contribute to the development and maintenance of the company's design system and style guide ensuring consistency and scalability across all products. Mentor junior designers is my official and moral responsibility.
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
Martina Büttner-Leibovici
Last position:
UX Designer and Consultant at Self Employed
As UX Manager and UX Team Lead, my focus is on creating the conditions for excellent UX design – not only by improving results, but also by investing in people, culture, and systems. I am convinced that sustainable UX design comes from a combination of autonomous teams, clear rituals, and a shared vision of product and user value.
My job is to enable successful UX design within a company. This includes setting up and growing the UX team, establishing a design system, designing design processes, defining and developing UX maturity and UX culture within the company, and developing strategies that combine business requirements and user experience design.
Consulting and conceptual support in UX and product topics (project-based)
Deepening strategic topics: UX Strategy, Organizational Design, UX Maturity
Market and role orientation with a focus on Head of UX / UX Leadership positions
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
Dave Mooney
Last position:
Founder & Lead Designer at Dave Mooney Software
- Leading end-to-end UX for two AI SaaS products in closed beta, including LLM-interaction design, prompt-UX, and human-in-the-loop patterns with commercial distribution signed for launch in Q3 2026
- Built a self-built LLM reframing and RAG-correction pipeline powering multi-profile CV and case-study generation in production use
- Shipping real code alongside research, including Three.js/GLSL portfolio work, Figma-API tooling, and a Chrome MV3 extension for session-sync automation
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.
Michael Berninger
Last position:
Senior Product Designer at Awake Mobility GmbH
- Spearheaded efforts to enhance product consistency and achieve significantly better usability, ensuring a more intuitive experience
- Partnered with the founders to define a new go-to-market strategy through product discovery
- Directed the process of creating a new company website from concept and wireframes to design and final implementation in Webflow
- Responsive Webdesign
- WCAG
- Corporate Branding
- Product Discovery
- MVP
- Product Design
- User Experience
- Rapid Prototyping
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
Ines Lukin
Last position:
UX designer for AI products at freelance
- Designing AI-first workflows that integrate AI into existing product experiences
- Developing UX concepts for prompt management, reusable and combined prompt workflows, tagging, search and information organisation
- Creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity interfaces in Figma
- Defining reusable UI patterns, components and interaction logic for scalable products
- Exploring human-AI interaction patterns with emphasis on user control, transparency and manageable cognitive load
- Translating product requirements and technical constraints into developer-ready UX/UI specifications
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.
Christian Mühlbauer
Last position:
Senior/Lead Product & Service Designer at Freelance
- Delivered end-to-end product & service design (discovery to delivery) — combining Product discovery, UX/UI Design and Prototyping within an agile delivery framework.
- Applied AI-assisted workflows across research and prototyping to accelerate discovery and validation cycles.
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Statistics of experts using User Research
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
15 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
8
Top business areas
Product Development, Information Technology, Research and Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Certification focus areas
Product Development, Project Management, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
97%
Master's degree or higher
57%
Doctorate
7%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Germany using User Research
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 user research covers
User research helps teams learn how people use a product, where they struggle, and what they need next. It supports product discovery, design decisions, and release validation. In practice, it is often called UX research or usability research.
Common project types
- User interviews and contextual inquiry
- Usability tests for web and app flows
- Survey design and analysis
- Persona and journey work
- Research synthesis and insight reports
Methods and tools
Strong specialists know when to use qualitative and quantitative methods. They often work with tools for recording sessions, note-taking, surveys, and research repositories. They also know how to write clear discussion guides and test plans.
When companies bring in experts
Companies usually need freelance support when a product team lacks research capacity or needs outside perspective. This is common before a redesign, during a feature launch, or when conversion and retention questions are unclear. In Germany, remote work is common, but on-site sessions can help with in-person interviews and workshop-style studies.
What good specialists deliver
Good user research is not just data collection. It connects findings to product questions, shows patterns across sessions, and recommends next steps that teams can act on. The best experts are careful with bias, clear in their writing, and strong at stakeholder communication.
Hiring signals
- The team disagrees on what users need
- A design is being built on assumptions
- Findings are needed before a release
- Product and design need clearer evidence
- Stakeholders want a research plan they can trust
Frequently asked questions
Need clarity? These are the questions we hear most often about User Research.
A strong User Research freelancer helps a team understand real user behavior through interviews, usability tests, surveys, and analysis. They turn raw feedback into clear decisions for product, design, and content. The work often ends in findings, recommendations, and a plan for what to test next.
User Research is the broader discipline. UX research and usability testing are parts of it, while usability testing focuses on how people complete tasks in a product. Many searchers also use the term customer research when they mean the same kind of work, but the scope is usually wider than a single test.
A strong User Research specialist usually brings interview moderation, survey design, synthesis, and stakeholder communication. Product thinking, workshop facilitation, and basic analytics are also useful. If the work touches design, familiarity with Figma and common research repositories is often helpful too.
A simple User Research project can be handled by one well-rounded specialist. Complex discovery work, cross-team research, or sensitive participant recruitment usually needs someone who can shape the method, not just run sessions. The more strategic the decision, the more you want proven research judgment.
Bring in User Research help when the team needs answers fast, lacks in-house capacity, or wants an outside view before making a product decision. Freelancers are also useful for one-off studies, backlog prioritization, and validation before a release. They can fit into short sprints or longer discovery work.
User Research works well both remotely and on-site. Remote studies are efficient for interviews and usability tests, while on-site sessions can help when the product is sensitive, the audience is hard to reach, or the team wants richer observation. In Germany, many projects mix both approaches.
Look for a User Research specialist who explains why they chose a method, not just what they did. Good signs are clear research questions, clean session guides, thoughtful synthesis, and recommendations tied to product choices. Strong experts also show how they handled bias, recruiting, and stakeholder alignment.
User Research is valuable anywhere a digital product must work well for real people. In Germany, that often includes software, e-commerce, mobility, finance, healthcare, and industrial products with complex user journeys. The method is especially useful when teams need evidence before changing a mature product or launching something new.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 736 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects, 97% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 57% hold at least a Master's degree, and 7% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects have 15 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects are English (99%), German (94%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Professional Services (51%), and Retail (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used User Research in their recent projects are Product Development (98%), Information Technology (77%), and Research and Development (69%).
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