Servus!
My name is Pascal Jeschke. I am a freelance digital designer and have my heart set on interface design for websites and web applications. I have been designing websites for more than 20 years now. My work base is also my hometown, Munich, Germany.
I’m focusing on web standards, usability, performance, accessibility, and ethics. I strongly believe that these are the key ingredients for a good user experience. I do also some frontend development (HTML/CSS) for small sized websites.
Selected clients (ordered chronologically)
About PJ
The way I work
I’m a self-taught hands-on UI-Designer working on digital products. I quickly adapt to existing patterns, styles, design libraries, and branding artifacts of both small startups and large corporations. Whenever possible, I avoid reinventing the wheel and prioritize shipping usable products quickly.
I collaborate closely with agile in-house teams or work independently.
Because I do have some profound knowledge of the web basics, I also see myself bridging the gap between design and development.
Services
- User-Interface-Design (UI)
- Digital product design
- Web design
- UI/Pattern libraries
- Figma comps/prototypes
- HTML/CSS
- Small scale static websites
- HTML Templates
Work experience
since 2023
UX and UI freelance work for the accounting software BuchhaltungsButler: designing and optimizing features for the web app. Designing various product landingpages.
since 2020
UX freelance work for IP firm Maiwald: creating internal tools for optimizing processes.
since 2017
Supporting my partners biotech Startup knowing01 with UX, UI and frontend work.
2021 — 2025
UX and UI freelance work for HolidayCheck: desigend and optimized various pages and the general product flow of HolidayCheck Premium.
Full list of work experience
2018 — 2024
Designed and developed various static websites for the startup DiaMedCare/KineoFinance.
2021 — 2022
UX and UI freelance work for Toyota and Lexus, opimizing various flows.
2021
Helped redesigning the bike24 ecom website.
2020
Helped designing an universal App for studyflix, a learning platform for students.
2010 — 2020
UX and UI Freelancer for AutoScout24: supported various agile product teams (B2B and B2C) launching new flows, optimizing existing products as well as creating and maintaining a design library.
2015 — 2019
Supported my friends biotech Startup PreOmics with (Logo-)Design, UI and frontend work.
2018
UX and UI freelance work for the Burda style nähgestöber website.
2015 — 2016
UX/UI Freelancer for holidu: helped to create and optimize new and existing flows of the vacation rental portal.
2011 — 2013
Freelancer for 1&1 Media/GMX/Web.de. Designed a photoalbum web application as well as native iOS and Android applications. Designed various landingpages.
2013
Marks the beginning of supporting various startups mainly evolved from science.
Designed the interface for IdeaClouds, a collaborative whiteboard, as well as providing HTML templates for the website.
2010
The web was professionalising. Design became the thing. Companies began to invest in (in-house) design teams. Started to support companies in digital product design (UI/UX-design), working solo as well as with in-house teams. I now collaborate closely with other Designers, Research, Product Managers and developers in an agile environment.
2008 — 2009
Webdesign Freelancer for MTV and VIVA. Crafted a bunch of various blogs.
2008
Graduated with a German diploma in 2008 with the thesis “Knowledge transfer in online communities” (German).
2004 — 2008
Co-founded, art-directed and wrote for Encore, an online magazine on design, photography, illustration and film. Encore Magazine combined the look of a print magazine (how ironic!) with the interactivity of online technologies to create a unique experience that moved way beyond just reading an ordinary magazine. It was published by MagWerk until 2008.
Since its launch, Encore Magazine was mentioned in several print magazines, like MX Magazine, GQ, Page and Novum and lots of online publications like Spiegel Online and GIGA.
2003
Co-founded Nervousroom. An ezine about design which evolved later in Encore Magazine.
Started my freelance business. Got my first paid (web)design gigs. They all came from the film-making business. Started to craft websites for directors and authors, as well as production agencies, independent movies and film festivals.
2001
Built my first website.
More about me
I do this job for quite some time now, in 2003 I got my first gig for a website. During this time, I studied sociology and graduated with a German diploma in 2008. The topic of my thesis was already related to my profession and passion: “Knowledge transfer in online communities”.
I enjoy spending much time with my two kids. I am a vegetarian, coffee geek and occasional mountainbiker. I also do some photography. When I spare time, I like used to write articles round about the design topic.
Selected publications
- Interview series about procrastination: Bastian Allgeier, Alexander Feyerke, Marc Thiele, Peter Kröner, Kai Brach.
- Co-interviewed illustrator Judith Drews: Über den Weg der Geschichte vom Kopf zum Buch.
- I was interviewed about freelancing by Design Made in Germany.
- Wrote an article together with Gregor Stawinski about Webfonts: Wie war das mit den Webfonts? Eine Bestandsaufnahme.
- Co-interviewed Frank Weymann about Food Styling.
- Co-interviewed Oliver Reichenstein: Einblicke in die Arbeit der Agentur Information Architects aus Japan.
- Wrote an article for Design made in Germany based on my diploma thesis: Wissensaustausch im Internet.
- My diploma thesis: Wissensaustausch im Internet.
- Dozens of articles for Encore Magazine.
Recognitions
- Lead Award (3×)
- Grimme Online Award
- Adobe Site of the day
- GIGA
- GQ
- Novum
- Page
- Spiegel Online
- Design Made in Germany
- and many more
Contact — Say Servus!
“Servus” is a traditional, friendly greeting.
It comes from the Latin and means something like “at your service”.