Say Hi to Daniela!

We’re so very happy to introduce you all to yet another new addition to the Datawrapper team: Daniela Haake. She works for 25 hours each week as our office manager, filling this position.

You probably won’t hear much from Daniela directly, but her organizational & administrative skills will be crucial to ensure smooth operations in our office.

As always, we asked our new hire some questions so that we can all get to know her:

Hi, Daniela! Can you please introduce yourself?

Hey, I’m Daniela. I was raised in Lüneburg (a city close to Hamburg), where I first did a business training and after that finished a university degree in cultural management. As we are all big music lovers, I and my friends began running a music festival in our hometown: the lunatic Festival. That is where my „real“ business career began.

In 2008 I moved to Berlin and started working in project management. Even though I left the music industry a long time ago, you can find me at concerts as often as possible.

What did you do before working at Datawrapper?

I worked as a project lead and account director in the communication industry and taught courses about project management at university. During the last five years, I managed the live communication section of the advertising company BBDO Berlin. I was responsible for the technical, human resources and organizational management of the unit.

For example, my colleagues and I created a game called „smart DJ“ that shows off the smart fortwo ed with the world’s first turntable test drive. It premiered in the „Schlag den Raab“ program on German TV, achieved a lot of attention in the media and won some advertising and project management awards. You can watch it in action here.

Besides working at Datawrapper on a part-time basis I am self-employed as an organizational consultant and coach. I work on individual strategies for supporting my clients to organize themselves and their businesses. I help them achieve desired outcomes regarding order, clarity and effectiveness.

And what will you do at Datawrapper?

As I am the only person at Datawrapper who is not a data vis pro, I am in charge of all the organizational stuff and business operations. I am good at recognizing and solving problems. Order and structure are my passions and I love to optimize processes. I am also responsible for the wellbeing of the team. My duty is to make Datawrapper the best place to work!

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Welome, Daniela! Good to have you here. You, too, dear reader, would like to work for us? Stay tuned – we’ll post another free position soon.