Manuel Herrmann
Manuel Herrmann

MANUEL HERRMANN

Pixel meets Syntax

When it has to be big, fast & good

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Your project, my concept, your feedback — our result.

I'm the bridge between pixel and syntax.

After 18 years in design, I've learned one thing: great design only works as hard as the process behind it. So I don't just design layouts — I build scalable systems. Data-driven publishing, AI-powered workflows: I take the repetitive busywork off your creative team's plate and design the error sources out of the process. At o2, that's exactly what cut production time in half — and made room for what actually matters: real design.

If you're looking for a hybrid problem-solver for your agency or company — someone who helps you produce not just faster, but smarter — you've come to the right place.

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Career

From final artwork in 2008 to automated workflows — five stops, one direction.

Stationen
  1. 2024 – 2025

    Head of Workflow & Automation

    Endformat Agentur GmbH · sdk.group

    Second stop within the group, this time a digital agency: applied and refined automated workflows in content production, documented processes and standards — and put the Nuremberg core agency's playbook to work at a second location.

  2. 2023 – 2024

    Head of Workflow & Automation

    myartwork GmbH · sdk.group

    From the drawing board into the engine room: technical prepress production, plus refining and monitoring the workflows — hot folders, print-data prep, training sessions and internal docs. A fresh pair of eyes helped question old routines and streamline the day-to-day.

  3. 2021 – 2023

    Senior Media Designer

    Brodos Group AG

    Motion, content and digital asset management: independent video production from concept to final cut, ownership of data automation and databases — and built the Brodos YouTube channel from the ground up: script, directing, camera, editing, SEO.

  4. 2017 – 2020

    Senior Media Designer

    Hennig Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH

    Steered projects, built brands — concept, corporate design, print and digital, plus the first scripts and workflows for production automation.

  5. 2015 – 2016

    Media Designer

    Artwork McCANN / myartwork GmbH

    Corporate brands on schedule: visual concepts, layout and final artwork. Introduced cross-media templates and built a company wiki for workflow documentation.

  6. 2008 – 2015

    Media Designer

    Printmedienwerk GmbH

    Print from the ground up: corporate design, image editing, illustration — the craft behind everything that followed.

Further training
  1. 2025 – 2026

    AI Prompt Engineering, Conversational AI, Content Marketing

    Distart (Vollzeit)
  2. 2021

    Cinema 4D, After Effects

    Alfatraining
Education
  1. 2008

    Media Designer Digital & Print (vocational training)

    Printmedienwerk Nürnberg GmbH
  2. 2005

    Advanced vocational diploma in design (Fachabitur)

    Lothar-von-Faber-Schule
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Happy clients & tools

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How can I help

Looking for someone who …

  • … automates your production until deadlines stop being a threat?
  • … masters InDesign all the way to print-ready final artwork — data-driven publishing and scripting included?
  • … builds AI visual worlds that deliver week after week — by design, not by luck?
  • … handles motion single-handedly, from concept to final cut?
  • … frees your team from routine — with workflows that live in documentation, not in someone's head?

Then let's talk: