01 / About

I got here by following my curiosity.

Sociology, psychology and philosophy taught me to ask why people do what they do. Project management, marketing and UX made that question practical: what do they actually need, and how do we build it? On my own, I started with a physical product, moved into e-commerce, ran events, spent time in front of and (more often) behind the camera, and eventually settled on digital products: mostly websites and web apps.

A / What I bring

A.01 The question behind the question: what a project is actually for, before anyone argues about the button color
A.02 Seeing how the parts connect, like which decision in week one turns into a problem in month six
A.03 Enough range across UX, service design, marketing and product to know which decisions matter now and which can wait
A.04 Moving between founder, team, design and tech conversations without losing the thread

B / Background

I chose my university subjects because I wanted to explain the world, and came out with the classic "what do I do with this" combination. What followed was a few ventures of my own, then marketing at an IT security company (employer branding, internal communications and events, often directly with the CEO), then freelancing. The UX design training at CareerFoundry changed how I listen: I'd built things before, but mostly guessed what people wanted from reviews and message boards. Now I pay a lot more attention to what users actually tell me.

Most recently, I spent four years as a Digital Project Manager at a web agency, working remotely and running client projects from the first call to launch. Alongside all of this there was always a side project or two running, and some of them ended up in Projects. I'm native in English and German and work in either. My French is enough to charm my wife's grandparents, not quite enough to work in. A year at university in Japan left me with conversational Japanese, and my Spanish covers survival. These days I'm based in Nice.

C / What I'm looking for

Next, I'd like to join a team working on something that matters to the people on the other end. Mental health, wellbeing, coaching and education are at the top of the list. The part of the work I enjoy most happens early, while things are still messy and nobody quite agrees on what the thing is yet, or how to explain it. Getting clear on what we're actually doing, then turning that into a plan a team can build on, is where I'm most useful.

Fully remote suits me best. I've worked that way for years, though I'll happily show up for the occasional meetup. Get in touch or find me on LinkedIn.