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Career Path

A CLOSER LOOK AT MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE

Off to uni!

In June 2006, I successfully finished economics-oriented high school. With the Abitur in my hands, I went straight to university to study «Print & Media Technology» at HTWK Leipzig. During my main studies, I decided to specialize in electronic publishing and have been working in this field since then.

High school education at OSZ Handel I in Berlin (economics-oriented; advanced courses: Economics & Mathematics)

Engineering studies «Print & Media Technology»

Specialization in Electronic Publishing

Studying abroad

In 2009, I spent a practical semester at Mediengruppe Oberfranken in Bamberg in order to gain more in-depth experience in the publishing industry. From August 2009 until February 2010, it was time to go abroad, and I chose one of my favorite countries for that adventure: Norway. Erasmus, here I come!

Erasmus semester at Høgskolen i Gjøvik, Norway

Master studies «Media Technology»

Writing my diploma thesis

Shortly after my return to Germany, I started to work on my diploma thesis about enhanced eBooks in ePub format with educational purposes. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to collaborate with C.C. Buchner, a major educational publishing house in Germany.

Diploma thesis about «Enhanced eBooks for educational purposes»

Producing eBooks in ePub format via XML pipeline

Kicking off professional life

After having successfully finished my studies in May 2011, I subsequently got employed by → NEXT Munich. The App Agency., which is why I moved to Munich. As Head of Production of Digital Publishing, most of my → work covered the production of enhanced children’s books, meaning conceptualizing & animating eBooks.

Head of Production; conceptualizing & producing animated children's books for a digital platform called Tigerbooks

Fresh beginnings

After two and half years of working & living in Munich, I decided to take some time off in order to rework my CV and prepare for self-employment. This included setting up my own website, attending MOOCs, improving Adobe Creative Cloud skills and getting to know various cultures & lifestyles. I started off in NYC, stayed there for three months, returned to Europe afterwards – and have been living and working as a freelancer in Berlin since.

Honing existing skills & acquiring new ones

Extended stay in New York City, USA, to focus on improving language skills

Preparing for self-employment

Becoming self-employed

I consider myself a creative engineer with a passion for #dataprivacy and #edutech – seeking problems & solving them.

Designing websites

Consulting companies regarding Electronic Publishing

Providing SEO Support

... and many more things!

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TL;DR

I am a creative engineer with a university degree in Print & Media Technology. Since becoming self-employed in 2014, I have been out and about in the field of Electronic Publishing and wholeheartedly welcome new challenges.