About me

Education

• Abitur [~A-levels], Kaspar-Zeuß-Gymnasium Kronach, Germany (1994)
• M.A. in Media and communications studies, advertising psychology and political sciences, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany (2000)
• MSc in Electronic Publishing, City University London, England (2001, with distinction)
• Ongoing professional development, f. ex. in the areas of web development, web design, media law, photography

Relevant employment history

After completing my MSc in Electronic Publishing, I spent four further years working for City University London, among others as a teaching assistant and visiting tutor for web-related postgraduate course modules and as a web- and database developer.
During my first Master's course in Munich I worked as a freelance journalist for a local tv station.
I have been self-employed since January 2007.

Professional interest

My main professional interest lies in the areas of

• website usability and accessibility
• information architecture
• "how websites work", i.e. the point where design and psychology meet
• website internationalisation and localisation

Languages

• German (mother tongue)
• English
• Icelandic
• some French
• some Danish

Private Interests

Whenever I manage to tear myself away from the computer, I tend to swap staring at the screen for one of the following activities:

• Travelling
  I'm particularly attracted to Iceland: I've stopped counting how many times I've been there, but I will keep coming back until I'm totally fluent in Icelandic. (read: forever.)
• Languages
  I started learning Icelandic shortly after my first visit to Iceland about 10 years ago, and have been taking Icelandic classes in London, at Reykjavík University and in Munich.
• Photography
  has accompanied me as a hobby since childhood. Meanwhile I have taken several photography courses, and have started using own pictures in my work. I'm currently participating in a year-long photography course.