Profile

Diploma designer with over 15 years of experience in digital education, coaching and creative facilitation. My expertise combines professional design with innovative didactics and neurodiversity-inclusive learning concepts (individuals with ADHD, giftedness, autism etc.). As a lecturer with proven experience, I develop tailored digital education formats that unite modern teaching tools, artistic methods and resource-oriented support.

Core Competencies

Teaching & Didactics

• Distance learning & online didactics
• Curriculum development & lesson design
• Deeper Learning & Design Thinking
• Providing learning-supportive feedback
• Facilitating project-based learning
• Planning teaching sequences
• Digital teaching tools (Zoom, MySimpleShow, Moodle, learning platforms)

Coaching & Consulting

• Neurodiversity Coach
• Person-centred counselling
• Resource-oriented consulting
• Professional development support
• Job coaching & career reorientation

Design & Creativity

• Graphic design & corporate design
• Photo & media design
• Social media marketing
• Visual communication
• Adobe Creative Suite, Canva
• Print & digital media

Current Position (Freelance)

Job Coach (freelance), Individual Coaching TERTIA GmbH | Kassel

Distance Learning Instructor for Graphic Design ILS / SGD (Klett Online-Weiterbildung GmbH) | since July 2024

Professional Experience – Coaching

Job Coach (freelance), Group Coaching Kolping Bildung Deutschland gGmbH | Aachen

Professional Experience – Education & Teaching

Teacher Secondary Level II Art, OBAS Gustav-Heinemann-Gesamtschule | Alsdorf

Teacher Design & Media Technology Berufskolleg für Grafik-Design | Friedrichshafen

Lecturer & Facilitator for Design Courses (Selection)

Various educational institutions | 2008 – 2024

• Akademie der Kulturellen Bildung NRW | Workshop for art educators on creative photography projects
• VHS Düsseldorf & VHS Landkreis Konstanz | Photography and mixed media courses
• MediClin Fachklinik Rhein-Ruhr | Art engagement programme with patients
• boesner GmbH | Mixed media workshops for artists
• Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen & Caritas Konstanz | Cultural education projects

Academic Qualifications

Diploma in Product Design Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach | 2000 – 2006

Exchange Studies Arts Management (Master Studies) | DAAD Scholarship University of Oregon, USA | 2004 – 2005

Design & Media Assistant (Graphics) Höhere Berufsfachschule für Gestaltung, Rheinbach | 1997 – 2000

Further Training & Continuing Education (Certificated)

Coaching Expertise

• Neurodiversity Coach, 2025 | Certified Excellence Specialisation in neuro-inclusive learning and working strategies
• Person-Centred Coaching, 2014 | VHS Essen

Pedagogical Qualifications

• Nature Education Training, 2018 | VHS Konstanz & Naturschule Konstanz
• KuBiMedia – Cultural Education and Media Literacy, 2016 | Akademie der Kulturellen Bildung, Remscheid

Digital Didactics & Curriculum Development, 2024 fobizz, all courses certificated

• Relationship-focused mindset as an educator
• Introducing Deeper Learning in the classroom
• Applying Design Thinking in school and teaching
• Developing stories with AI support
• Learning-supportive feedback
• Creating explainer videos with MySimpleShow in 4 steps
• Orientation guides for future-ready teaching
• Planning a teaching sequence with digital tools
• Project-based learning – a changing understanding of learning
• Students learn mindfulness
• Sketchnotes for teaching – creating teaching materials

Scholarships & Awards

DAAD Annual Scholarship, 2004 – 2005 | Artistic training abroad (USA) Künstlerprogramm Ruhr, 2014 | Alfred und Cläre Pott-Stiftung for artistic development Sony World Photography Awards, 2004 | Shortlist nomination (international recognition)

Publications

2006: Diploma thesis "Design Museums and their Active Ingredients", ISBN-13: 9783640424337 https://www.buecher.de/artikel/buch/designmuseen-und-ihre-wirkstoffe/27349898/