Jonas Rau

Digital Strategy & Execution | Expert in All Things Digital

Jonas Rau
Cologne, Germany

Experience

Mar 2022 - Present
3 years
Germany

CEO & Founder

Lancelot.Works

Lancelot brings together freelancers and enterprises with its core promise: Lancelot works. The approach is simple: On our platform, only the best freelancers are able to sign up. Freelancers who have been recommended by their colleagues, by their clients and who have been interviewed by our experts. This way, we can make sure to deliver the highest quality to our clients.

On the other hand, Lancelot is a platform from freelancers for freelancers. All of the founders are or have been working as freelancers themselves, know the market and the specific challenges that freelancers face. From finding clients to cost efficiency to working overtime: Been there, done that. That's why Lancelot is at the forefront of new ways of working that make all of our lifes a little better.

If you are interested in joining Lancelot, feel free to get in touch. Looking forward to meeting you.

Feb 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month
Bonn, Germany

Head of Digital

Kreativ Konzept - Agentur für Werbung GmbH

Never has Brand New Thinking, the motto of Kreativ Konzept, been more relevant than today. After two years of a global pandemic and radical changes in all aspects of private and professional life, brands and enterprises (both in the public as well as in the private sector) need to think differently.

It is my task to help navigate our agency as well as our clients through these challenging times. Focussing on our core expertise - creativity and conceptional strength - and combining those with digital and new work approaches and tools, we can help our clients to stay relevant in a fast-changing market environment.

Feel free to get in touch to share the journey as a client or a coworker - we're always looking for more people with digital expertise!

Apr 2021 - Present
3 years 11 months
Troisdorf, Germany

Senior Product Manager, Product Owner App

IhreApotheken GmbH & Co. KGaA

Ihre Apotheken is a unique brand in the German pharmacy market. On a single platform, Ihre Apotheken represents more than a third of all German pharmacies - including every last product they offer. Medication can be ordered easily and will be delivered to your doorstep - in most cases on the same day. A logistical masterpiece that can only be achieved through close cooperation between many stakeholders and that needs to be coordinated by a wide range of systems.

To stay ahead in the volatile and competitive market of online pharmacies, Ihre Apotheken needs to focus on UX and technological excellence above all things. But when COVID hit, the operation needed to be scaled - and fast, as demand for online-medication purchases soared. Being part of the Product Management team, my role was to define and implement processes that allowed development to move fast while still focusing on quality and what's best for the user.

My main responsibility involved the planning and coordination of the creation of the completely new Ihre Apotheken App. With skyrocketing demands, the time window for app creation was less than six months, but with a combined effort we were able to not only deliver in time but create outstanding results. Not only do Usability Tests show great appreciation for the app UX, the success story is also proven in reality as relative app conversion rate outperforms web conversion by a wide margin.

Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
1 year 1 month
Wuppertal, Germany

Product Owner Website Interfaces, Co-Product Owner Website

BARMER

With around 9m members, Barmer is the second-largest public German health insurance. For effective guidance of the website's performance optimization process, Barmer implemented an agile workflow. Having overseen this process on the agency side as Senior Project Manager while still working for Grey, I was more than happy to join the Barmer team afterward on a freelance basis.

During the 12+ month engagement for Barmer, I coordinated the efforts of various stakeholders both internally and externally to create the best possible solution. This addressed terms of essential UX optimization as well as in terms of a complete technological overhaul, addressing issues from accessibility to SEO. As Product Owner for the API and interface team, my main responsibility was ensuring a smooth transition to the current version of CoreMedia CMS as well as to coordinate validity of relevant internal and external interfaces.

Nov 2019 - Mar 2020
5 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Interim Digital Campaign Manager

WW (formerly Weight Watchers)

During my time at WW, I did not only get the chance to learn about the wonderful WW family, but I also had the chance to work with both creative and media agencies to ensure outstanding creative results. One of the key objectives of this freelance position was to maximize the impact of WW's Winter Campaign, aligning and optimizing media spendings in the digital realm, and most of all, to achieve measurable success in key KPIs such as visibility and conversion throughout the DACH region.

Having started in November, it was of the utmost importance to start off quickly, not only because Winter is the busiest and most important time of the year in the dieting industry, but also because the launch of the pre-Winter campaign was only days ahead and the Winter campaign needed to be finished within weeks of the engagement.

During my time at WW, I learned a lot about Media Planning - orchestrating, optimizing, and pivoting international campaigns on a tight schedule with daily performance reviews is a dream come true for anybody who loves data-driven decision making and impactful advertising. My freelance engagement was prolonged twice, and I was happy to return to WW a year later with a focus on ecommerce.

Aug 2019 - Present
5 years 7 months
Germany

Digital Marketing Consultant

All Things Digital

Freelancing as:

  • Digital Project Manager
  • Product Owner (Scrum)
  • Scrum Master
  • Digital Consultant
  • Digital Strategist
  • Digital Marketing Consultant
  • Online Media Manager
  • Digital Campaign Manager

My skillset includes:

Strategy:

  • Brand
  • Campaign
  • Mission & Vision
  • Digital Transformation
  • Digital Media mix
  • UX Strategy
  • SEO & SEA Strategy
  • Award Winning Creation
  • Workflow Optimization

Execution:

  • Project Management
  • Client Consulting
  • Budget Planning & Cost Proposals
  • Workshop Preparation & Execution
  • Pitch Coordination
  • Project Setup & Team Lead
  • Product Ownership
  • Requirement Engineering
  • Campaign Management
  • Conceptual Ideation
  • Content Creation
May 2018 - Aug 2019
1 year 4 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Senior Project Manager Digital

GREY Germany

Having worked on countless campaigns, consulted clients both in B2B as B2C and taking responsibility for some of GREY's top-tier projects and clients, I was lucky enough to be asked to join GREYadventures, GREY's newly founded business consulting and UX unit.

Putting creativity and great user experience at the center of any approach to digital transformation, GREYadventures was a pioneer in bringing a digital, customer-centered mindset to the advertising industry.

Sep 2016 - May 2018
1 year 9 months

Integrated Project Manager

GREY Germany

After about a year of successful campaigns, web relaunches, and exciting projects, I was elevated to Integrated Project Manager to stress my ability to consult clients on 360° campaigns working alongside some of the greatest advertisers I have had the pleasure to meet during my professional career.

Working for clients such as Ledlenser, BARMER, Weber Grill, Volvo, and so many more, this role allowed me to understand marketing needs from a more holistic point of view, to interconnect platforms, channels, and user journeys, always aiming to bring a digital mindset to any campaign, project, or challenge.

Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
1 year 1 month
Düsseldorf, Germany

Junior Project Manager Digital

GREY Germany

After finishing my studies in Bonn as one of the top students of that year, I decided to follow my dream of working in a big advertising agency (and yes, that's when Mad Men was still on air). GREY was and still is one of the most important names in both German and international advertising landscape and I was lucky enough to get a job as Junior Project Manager.

Jan 2012 - Aug 2015
3 years 8 months
Bonn, Germany

Freelance

Mediengestalter (Media Design)

After finishing my vocational training, I decided to start studying and I was lucky enough to be accepted to the Media Sciences field at Bonn University along with only a small group of students.

Not wanting to lose any of the skills that I gained during my vocational training, I continued working for a virtual agency on a freelance basis, focusing on clients such as McDonald's Kinderhilfe (Ronald McDonald House Charities) as well as on reorganizing internal projects such as Seen.de, the biggest German website regarding leisure time at lakes. Additionally, I was able to take on other clients from the insurance industry, gaining additional experience in projects of my own.

Sep 2010 - Jan 2012
1 year 5 months
Bonn, Germany

Mediengestalter (Media Design)

more virtual agency

This is where I learned the trade: My vocational training at a virtual agency in Bonn helped me to understand digital communication both in theory and practice. Having been lucky enough to be mentored by two outstanding communication experts, both also teaching at RSAK (Rhein-Sieg-Akademie für Realistische Bildende Kunst und Design), I was able to spend a vocational training that prepared me to encounter virtually anything in the digital world.

Nov 2008 - Mar 2010
1 year 5 months

Promoter

PER MEDIA Communication GmbH

Working as a promoter for well-known tech companies such as ASUS (representing ASUS consumer products with a focus on computer hardware twice on the biggest German tech fairtrade Cebit) or Logitech was my first real- world job experience. Not for nothing: Communicating with over hundred tech- savvy visitors at Cebit each day - no better way to lose any shyness in talking to strangers.

Summary

Hi, My name is Jonas. I offer more than 10 years of digital work experience. I support creative agencies, well-known brands, startups and medium enterprises. I am an expert in all things digital. My passion is to create outstanding results. That's why I offer both strategic and executional support.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Intermediate
French
Elementary

Education

Oct 2012 - Jun 2015

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Medienwissenschaften (BA) · Politik & Gesellschaft (BA)

Oct 2014 - Jun 2014

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Ciencias de la Comunicacíon · Sociología y Politicas

Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

Heinrich-Hertz-Berufskolleg der Stadt Bonn

Mediengestalter in Digital und Print (Fachr. Gestaltung und Technik)

Certifications & licenses

Squared Online

Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)

Client Collaboration Certificate

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