Vita
For over ten years I have worked with and for companies on successful, user-friendly and accessible websites and web applications.
Career
- Freelance frontend developer and consultant
- 08.2009 - today
- Front-end developer & shareholder
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Ventosa Digital GmbH & Co. KG
01.2017 - today - Lecturer in the specialization module "Web and App Design"
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University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
09.2016 - 02.2024 - Head of website team faculty of Business Studies
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University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
09.2016 - 03.2023 - Media Management, Master of Arts
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Bauhaus University Weimar
10.2014 - 09.2016 - Communication and Multimedia Management, Bachelor of Arts
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University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
09.2011 - 08.2014
Further training
- Web Accessibility Specialist (2022)
- Professional Scrum Master (2019)
Lecturing
Between 2016 and 2024, I was a lecturer at the Faculty of Business Studies at the University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf and taught the fundamentals of successful digital concepts in the specialization module "Web and App Design".
The course was offered together with two other lecturers. My teaching topics in the last few years were:
- Target group analysis for digital products and services
- Defining product requirements
- Design basics, usability and prototyping in screen design
- Usability tests
- Inclusive design and accessibility
- Monitoring and evaluation of existing applications
Skills
My core competencies and interests lie in the areas of
- Accessibility and inclusive design
- Scalable, modern CSS for projects of all shapes and sizes
- Progressive enhancement, animation and interaction design with JavaScript
- Content management systems and statically generated websites -
preferably with Kirby, SULU, Craft CMS and Eleventy - Web performance
Engineering
- Accessibility
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Vue
- Unit and E2E Testing
- Git
Design
- UX Design
- Design Systems
- Usability Testing
- Prototyping
- Adobe / Figma / Sketch