Ben
Pauer

Full-
Stack 
Designer

Freelance — Full-Stack Design

2018 - present, Remote

Freelance Full-Stack Designer covering the entire design process of SaaS products from first concept to final release.

 Recent clients & brands I worked for include: 

Behind every great company, is a true story. Who are we? Why did we build our business? And what makes us the best at what we do, today? Our journey has been anything but ordinary.

We all have our strengths. I’ve perfected mine so you can focus on yours. Get in touch to find out how I can help.

Experience

Freelance — Full-Stack Design

2018 - present, Remote

Freelance Full-Stack Designer covering the entire design process of SaaS products from first concept to final release.
 

Jimdo — Full-Stack Designer
2014 - 2018, Hamburg 


Iterative data informed development of www.jimdo.com. Creation and maintenance of a UI Library. Creation of responsive templates for the website builder. Test-driven conversion optimization.


Freelance —  Web Designer (Part-Time)
2007 - 2014, Hanover/Bremen/Remote 



Education

University of the Arts — Digital Media
2009- 2014, Bremen

In addition to my studies, I helped to organize workshops and symposia for the University of the Arts and was a TA for design principles and web design (HTML & CSS). 



Projects

Cssclasses Hamburg — Volunteer Coach
2016 - 2020, Hamburg 

Community organized CSS workshops from the people behind CSSconf EU and Open Tech School. www.cssclass.es 




Skills

Product Design
UX / UI Design
Design Systems
Accessibility (a11y)
Agile Development 

Interaction Design
User Flows / Journey Mapping
Wireframing
Prototyping
High Fidelity Design
Responsive Design

Usability Testing
Page Performance
A/B Testing
Documentation 

Creative Direction
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Roadmapping
Mentoring 

Languages

German —  native
English — fluent


Software

Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD
Jira, Wrike, Trello
Notion, Confluence
Miro, Figjam
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Browserstack
VS Code
iTerm
Google Analytics
Chrome DevTools / axe DevTools 
Lighthouse


Code

HTML & CSS
SASS / SCSS
JSON / YAML

I thoroughly enjoy building great digital products, but I also need a (literal) breath of fresh air once in a while. Traveling, hiking, and photography are some of the things I enjoy doing to keep a balance. 

Showcase

Behind every great company, is a true story. Who are we? Why did we build our business? And what makes us the best at what we do, today? Our journey has been anything but ordinary.

Your About page is the perfect place to provide more background about you and your business. There’s more space here to tell your story, so you might write about how you got started and what’s important to you. Why did you choose this business? What do you like about it? Adding some personal touches will help people get to know you better.