Experience | David Eiken | David Eiken

Freelance

Employed

September 2015 – September 2026
Lecturer Digital Environments
HAWK – University of Applied Sciences and Arts · Faculty of Design Hildesheim · Freelance Lecturer
IMPACT:
Students learn to design digital experiences with code that don't frustrate people – but inspire them. 11 years, ~660 students in 22 semesters.
February 2021 – September 2026
Senior Frontend Engineer (Consultant)
IT-P · Hanover · 100% Remote
IMPACT:
From the first mockup to the finished frontend – I conceptualized, designed, and built products used by millions of people daily. Mobile First, Responsive, and with a UI that does not frustrate. National reach, full responsibility from start to finish.
May 2018 – December 2022
Running Coach
Lauftrainer David · Hanover · Founder
IMPACT:
Beginners became runners. Runners became marathon finishers. Everyone improved their technique – and left more motivated than they arrived.
May 2015 – February 2021
UI/UX Engineer
macx.io · Hanover · Founder
IMPACT:
From fantastic agencies and direct clients – interfaces that work and don't frustrate. My specialization in frontend engineering struck a chord.
October 2016 – September 2017
Lecturer Creative Coder (IHK)
Dr. Buhmann School · Hanover · Freelance Lecturer
IMPACT:
Not only did students learn HTML and CSS – colleagues did too. Sharing knowledge was part of my DNA from the very beginning.
November 2013 – April 2015
Senior Frontend Developer
Neoskop · Hanover
IMPACT:
Clean documentation and clear GitHub structures ensured that anyone in the team could take over any project at any time – without friction, without questions.
January 2010 – October 2013
Lead Frontend Developer
t3n Magazine · Hanover
IMPACT:
Responsibility for the complete frontend of one of the best-known tech brands in the DACH region – from architecture to the last line of CSS. I wrote my own tech articles, founded the video podcast TechnikLOAD, and established it on YouTube.
February 2008 – December 2009
Teamlead Frontend Developer
RpunktDesign Advertising Agency · Hanover
IMPACT:
From the first client meeting to the finished website – conception, design, frontend, and backend from a single source. The agency gained a point of contact who understood and took responsibility for the entire process.
August 2007 – February 2008
Senior Frontend Developer
sevenload · Startup · Cologne
IMPACT:
I was responsible for the entire frontend of one of the largest German video portals – including a complete redesign before the successful exit to BURDA. White-label solutions for renowned industrial clients showed: The product was scalable and well-received.
February 2005 – July 2007
Full Stack Web Developer
AhlersHeinel Advertising Agency · Hanover
IMPACT:
Brought freelance know-how into everyday agency life – implemented websites for corporate clients from A to Z using Typo3 and webEdition. The agency gained a developer who didn't need explanations, but delivered immediately.
July 2000 – June 2005
Process and Service Integration
TSG AG – The Sourcing Group · Zug (Switzerland)
IMPACT:
Conceived and developed websites and digital services for an international IT consulting company – on-site in Switzerland on a monthly basis. A trusted partner at eye level, not just a service provider.
July 2000 – February 2005
Full Stack Design & Developer
macx online · Hanover · Founder
IMPACT:
The beginning of it all – from conception through design to backend, everything from a single source, directly for my own clients. Print and online products.
July 1996 – June 2000
Layout Artist, Media Designer, Illustrator and Editor
Center for Operative Information · Bundeswehr · Mayen (RLP)
IMPACT:
Commissioned by NATO during the SFOR mission, I designed the youth magazine MIRKO – one of the most important media of the peace mission, distributed to young people in post-war Bosnia. A music and lifestyle magazine with a mission: to overcome nationalist tunnel vision, promote tolerance, and keep young people in their homeland. Layout as a tool for peace.
July 1996 – June 2000
Art Director & Print Production
NATO (SFOR) · Sarajevo · Bosnia and Herzegovina
IMPACT:
Twice on-site at the SFOR headquarters in Sarajevo – embedded in the multinational CJICTF and later CJPOTF, with English as the working language. Secured the print quality of MIRKO in a local printing plant – and gave the Herald of Progress, the second large NATO print medium of the mission, a new face. Design under real conditions, in the midst of rebuilding a country.
July 1996 – June 2000
Local Editor
Rhein-Zeitung · Andernach (RLP)
IMPACT:
On loan from the MIRKO editorial office, I learned the basics of journalism – and quickly added my own accents: several articles, my own column, and a lead story in the local section that made it into the main edition of the Rhein-Zeitung. Communication has always been my strength.
July 1994 – June 1996
Fachoberschule Gestaltung
Advanced Technical College Certificate · Hanover
LEARNINGS:
Creativity on canvas and in video (TV), true-to-scale mapping of buildings on technical drawings.
July 1993 – June 1994
Berufsbildungsgrundjahr Drucktechnik
Qualification for Vocational Training · Celle
LEARNINGS:
Typesetter (Layout Artist) on the Linotype, PageMaker, letterpress and printing on the Heidelberg platen press, color and printing techniques, DIN formats.

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