Where good ideas are engineered
We are innovation brokers. Driving, shaping & coding the future of the media industry.
We’re the first point of contact for every tech product or project & we accelerate the improvement of existing brands.
Ideas supports external clients & all brands within the Axel Springer group. We solve challenges by creating meaningful solutions, considering business requirements, user needs, & the highest standard of technology & design. With our broad expertise & team of experienced developers, designers, AI experts, and product managers, we think solutions should be more than the standard & move projects & exciting brands to the next level.
Services
Full stack Development
We are working interdisciplinarily which requires collaboration on tasks from frontend to backend, from mobile to VR.
AI Research
AI based services set new standards in modern day journalism. This is why we invest in machine learning, data and analytics.
Machine Learning
We support you by providing & maintaining custom models that suit your use case or solve your problems.
Coding Bootcamp(s)
are part of our portfolio in collaboration with People & Culture to get into the basics of software development & understand how websites are made for our AS colleagues.
Agile Methodes
The agile manifesto is the base of our everyday work. We integrate it without dogmatically subscribing to a particular framework.
Consulting
You don’t know where to start with tech, development, or simply an idea? We help you find a way to make the best of your project, initial thought or just a technology you never used before.
Product Design
We combine the essential aspects that support building enjoyable & desirable products.
UX Design: usability, accessibility, information architecture, UX writing & good wireframing
Interaction Design: a understanding and conception of how Human-Computer Interaction works
UI Design & Branding: we secure the highest aesthetic standard & visual translation of the individual identity of each product we work on
UX Research
We offer qualitative & quantitative usability testing for new ideas and existing products. An excellent digital product will continuously develop with and for the users - Usability research is the number one tool to guarantee this.
Our UX Team follows the lean UX principles and tests ideas early on. Including usability research in product development is critical to ensure you design great solutions aligned with user & business needs.
Design Sprints
A design sprint is a format and proven tool to generate diverse ideas rapidly and test their potential within one week. The format helps to create solutions with cross-functional roles, aligns various departments early in the process, and enhances exchange and creativity. Ultimately, it saves businesses a lot of time and money by developing and testing ideas within four working days.
You are facing a digital challenge or need for change?
Take the opportunity to develop or create the best solution.
What you can expect from us
We are a bunch of open-minded, creative & curious people whose everyday life is all about coding, user-centered design, and innovation. Exploring new technologies - we focus on creating software for the media industry. We turn ideas into great products by combining technology with agile thinking and a motivating work environment.
How we work with you
We start projects with kick - off formats to understand the challenge & plan out the perfect path for our clients. We welcome & value collaboration & transparency with our clients throughout the process. Our stakeholder benefit from our lean agile working set by giving rapid feedback & reviewing our iteration loops.
We’re focussed but flexible enough while developing your products and taking requirement changes into account while keeping the bigger picture in our viewport.
