Gustav Hansen.

  • Since 01/2022
    Strapi

    An open-source CMS using a headless architecture and enables developers to create, manage, and consume APIs with ease.

    • Content Platform Squad

      Due to the increasing requirements placed upon the Content Squad, it became necessary to split the team. As a result, the newly formed Content Platform Team is now responsible for overseeing the CMS architecture and focusing on high-impact areas across the platform.

      Contributions

      • Content revisions to store the history of a document
    • Content Squad

      As a Content Squad, our focus has been on delivering the best content editing experience that a headless CMS can provide.

      Contributions

      • Folder support in the media library
      • Review workflow capabilities to manage the lifecycle of a document
      • Continuous improvements to the design-system
  • 02/2021 - 12/2021
    Zeit Online

    A German liberal news website that covers various topics such as politics, culture, and science.

    • zeit.de

      As a member of the platform team, my primary focus revolved around software architecture, performance optimization, website accessibility, and search engine optimization (SEO) to enhance the overall functionality of the website.

  • 02/2018 - 12/2021
    Freelance

    • analyse & kritik a.k.i Verlag

      Monthly newspaper for left-wing debates and practices.

      Contributions

      • Information architecture, technical conception and development of the Wordpress theme
      • Tools for a web-first print production, subscription model and distribution workflow
    • Seebrücke Mensch Mensch Mensch e.V.

      Seebrücke is a social movement advocating for the rights of refugees and calling for safe and legal pathways for migration.

      Contributions

      • Development and maintenance of a wordpress theme and later on a headless CMS + next.js
    • Mietenwatch Prototype Fund

      A data analysis of the Berlin rental market, its dynamics and ownership conditions

      Contributions

      • Data visualizations, based on Plotly.js
      • Website maintenance and information architecture
    • Companjon Edenspiekermann, Boston Consulting Group

      Companjon provides a safety net that offers insurance add-on solutions for online bookings and purchases.

      Contributions

      • Frontend-development of the landing page based on Gatsby.js and Tailwind.css
  • 07/2018 - 12/2019
    Zoff

    We prioritized the political impact of graphic design. My role involved creating editorial tools for various newspapers and leading award-winning interactive storytelling projects.

    • Eigensinn im Bruderland TU Berlin, Out of focus

      A web documentary about migrants who came to the GDR as contract workers, students or political emigrants asserting their own ideas.

      Awards: Grimme Online Award 2020 (Knowledge & Education)

    • Europe's Far Right taz

      A transnational research project by Libération, Falter, Gazeta Wyborcza, HVG and Internazionale on Europe's Far Right parties.

      Contributions

      • Joint visual storytelling workshops
      • Development of the WYSIWYG editor, based on Slate and React
    • Coal Transitions CoalExit, TU Berlin

      Coal Transitions is an international research hub which aims to collect credible and feasible trajectories and policy guidance for deep transitions in the coal sector.

    • 8 Questions on 8 March Council of Europe (Istanbul Convention)

      A quiz aiming to counter the devastating effects of gender-based violence has on women’s lives and to help states prevent, protect and prosecute these crimes.

  • 02/2018 - 07/2018
    Edenspiekermann

    A a creative agency that provides a range of services including branding, digital design, and strategic consulting.

    • Helios Fresenius Helios

      This company is a healthcare provider that operates hospitals and clinics, offering services such as inpatient and outpatient care, emergency medicine, and rehabilitation.

      Contributions

      • Development of the design system and component library, used by more than 600 hospitals and several product teams
    • Globus Globus

      A retail company that operates a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets, selling a wide range of products including groceries, electronics, clothing, and household items.

      Contributions

      • Development of an interactive prototype (based on React), used to improve communication between development teams and designers in different countries, aswell as experimentation with different layouts.
    • Amtliche Nachrichten AZ Anzeiger AG

      Publishing platform for Swiss Gemeinden, funded by the Google DNI together with AZ Medien, one of the leading media companies in Switzerland, and Lovely Systems.

      Contributions

      • Development of a design system/ pattern library
      • Development of an admin interface for publishing Amtliche Nachrichten across all Swiss municipalities, aswell as a public portal, displaying already published articles
  • 2017
    The Guardian

    A British media organization that produces news content across various topics including politics, culture, sports and global affairs, in both digital and print formats.

    • Platform team

      Contributions

      • Developing a <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/info/2019/apr/04/revisiting-the-rendering-tier'>new rendering tier</a>
      • Leading developer for the migration of ES5 to ES6
      • Replacement of the gulp build pipeline
      • Various small projects to measure and improve the developer experience in the company
  • 2015 - 2017
    about:source

    • Campact Campact

      Campact is a movement, in which more than 2 million people argue for progressive politics.

      Contributions

      • Development of a design system used in various microservices
      • Internal workshops on modern frontend development
    • Pro Asyl

      PRO ASYL is Germany's largest pro immigration advocacy organization.

  • 2014 - 2017
    jib collective

    A self-organized collective of young, committed journalists and multimedia storytellers.

    • Ostpol n-ost

      Magazine for eastern-europe

      Contributions

      • Development of a static prototype in cooperation with <a href='http://periscope.de'>Mathias Kölling</a>
      • Several years of technical support
    • Migration Control taz

      Data visualization and interactive documentary explaining how the EU finances migration defense measures on the african continent.

      Awards: Otto Brenner Media Project Award for critical journalism, 2018

      Contributions

      • Development of the client application with Backbone.js
      • Cooperation with <a href='http://caira.info'>Ça ira!</a> and <a href='http://taz.de/'>taz</a>
    • The Silence of the Lambs Greenpeace Magazine

      Multimedia scroll-documentary on uranium mining in Mongolia.

      Awards: Hansel Mieth Award Digital, Shortlist, 2015 & 2016, n-ost Feature Award, Shortlist, 2016

      Contributions

      • Conception of the narrative
      • Development of the layout and frontend
    • Tabacco Country Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

      Multimedia Reportage in cooperation with the Fluter magazine

      Awards: Nominated for the German Reporterpreis, 2016

      Contributions

      • Conception, Layout &amp; Implementation
  • 2011 - 2015
    WIENFLUSS

    The leading agency in the area of web-accessibility in Austria.

    • Wien.info Wientourismus

      Official Tourism-Website of Vienna in 13 languages

      Contributions

      • Frontend Development, UX &amp; Template Development
      • Conception &amp; development of cross-media and interactive concepts for various campaigns
    • European Energy Award European Energy Award

      Tool of the European Energy- and Climate-protection municipalities; used Europe-wide by thousands of municipalities, to reduce their ecological footprint

      Contributions

      • Information Architecture
      • Development of a JS-Framework &amp; Templating
    • Österreichische Nationalbank Österreichische Nationalbank

      Website of the Austrian National Bank

      Contributions

      • Development of templates, used in the intranet &amp; internet
      • JavaScript code quality and performance optimization &amp; accessibility consulting
    • Bundeskanzleramt Bundeskanzleramt

      Webseite Austrian Federal Chancellery

      Contributions

      • Information architecture, Static prototype
      • Accessibility consulting
  • 2009 - 2010
    Miranus GmbH

    • Xobor

      Worlds leading bulletin-board hoster with more than 4 million users

      Contributions

      • Search-Engine-Optimization
      • Templating (B2C &amp; B2B)
      • Customer-Support