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Digital Media Designer/in (DMD)

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Salary: what employees earn

Actual salary (BA Entgeltatlas), not a pay scale. Median pay of full-time employees subject to social insurance; part-time is not included. The salary in your contract may differ.

Median per month (gross)

€3,914

Range per month (25% to 75%)

€3,195 – €5,064

  • Region: Germany
  • Applies to the occupational group KldB 23224 This occupational group covers several occupations, not only this one.
  • Data import: October 2026
  • Reference period of the figure: not stated in the dataset
  • The source states the number of cases and the publication threshold.

Source: BA-Entgeltatlas

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Statutory minimum wage

  • Statutory

    €13.90 per hour

    valid from 2026-01-01, until 2026-12-31

    § 1 Nr. 1 MiLoV5: „ab 1. Januar 2026 13,90 Euro brutto je Zeitstunde“

Source: Fifth Minimum Wage Adjustment Ordinance (MiLoV5), Federal Law Gazette 2025 I No. 268 · As of 2026-10-27

Upcoming rates (1)

  • Statutory

    €14.60 per hour

    valid from 2027-01-01 · upcoming

    § 1 Nr. 2 MiLoV5: „ab 1. Januar 2027 14,60 Euro brutto je Zeitstunde“

Source: Fifth Minimum Wage Adjustment Ordinance (MiLoV5), Federal Law Gazette 2025 I No. 268 · As of 2026-10-27

Terms explained
Generally binding collective agreement (AVE)
A collective agreement that the labour ministry has declared binding for all employers in a sector – even without union membership.
Framework agreement (Manteltarifvertrag)
Sets general working conditions such as working hours, leave and notice periods, not the level of pay.
Pay agreement (Entgelttarifvertrag)
Sets how much is paid per pay grade.
Pay grade (Entgeltgruppe)
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BMAS collective agreement register

Career: possible moves

Occupations people move to from this one. Every rating shows how it was derived.

  • Content Strategist

    Medien & Redaktion

    Editorially selected · Dataset as of 2026-05-24

    Rating: schwer

    about 15 months

    Derivation

    What you bring: Partner Communication, Storytelling

    According to the dataset: qualification paths

    Show qualification routes (5)
    • Webanalyse und Auswertung
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Analytische Kompetenz wird neu aufgebaut durch selbstständige Arbeit mit Web-Analyse-Plattformen und Reporting-Tools sowie berufsbegleitende Grundlagenkurse bei öffentlichen Bildungsträgern.

    • Rechtliche Grundlagen im Content-Bereich
      1 option
      • IHK-/Kammer-Zertifikatslehrgang
        Description from the dataset

        Grundlagen zu Datenschutz, Urheberrecht und Lauterkeitsrecht werden neu aufgebaut über einen Zertifikatslehrgang bei IHK oder Fachschule mit Schwerpunkt Medien- und Kommunikationsrecht.

    • Datenanalyse
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Datenanalyse-Kenntnisse werden neu aufgebaut durch praktisches Arbeiten mit Reporting-Tools und Datenvisualisierung. Hochschulen und öffentliche Bildungsträger bieten Einführungskurse an.

    • Produktmanagement
      1 option
      • IHK-/Kammer-Zertifikatslehrgang
        Description from the dataset

        Produktmanagement wird neu aufgebaut über einen berufsbegleitenden Lehrgang bei IHK oder Fachschule mit Inhalten zu Produktlebenszyklus und Anforderungsmanagement.

    • Suchmaschinenoptimierung
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Suchmaschinenoptimierungs-Kenntnisse werden neu aufgebaut durch praxisnahe Eigeninitiative und berufsbegleitende Einsteigerkurse bei Fachverbänden oder Bildungsträgern der digitalen Wirtschaft.

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  • Art Director

    Marketing, Medien & Kreativ

    Editorially selected · Dataset as of 2026-05-24

    Rating: schwer

    about 18 months

    Derivation

    What you bring: Adobe Creative Suite, Content-Strategie, Figma, Partner Communication, Storytelling, Visual Design

    According to the dataset: qualification paths

    Show qualification routes (5)
    • Branding
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Branding-Kompetenz wird neu aufgebaut durch eigenverantwortliche Leitung von Markenprojekten und Teilnahme an berufsbegleitenden Seminaren zur Markenführung bei Fachverbänden oder Hochschulen.

    • Markenmanagement
      1 option
      • IHK-/Kammer-Zertifikatslehrgang
        Description from the dataset

        Markenmanagement wird neu aufgebaut über einen berufsbegleitenden Zertifikatslehrgang bei IHK oder vergleichbarem Bildungsträger mit Inhalten zu Markenstrategie, Markenrecht und Markenführung.

    • Budgetverantwortung
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Budgetverantwortung wird neu aufgebaut durch schrittweise Übernahme von Projektbudgets und interne Schulungen zu Kosten- und Projektcontrolling.

    • Motion Design
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Motion-Design-Kenntnisse werden neu aufgebaut durch eigenständiges Erarbeiten von Animations-Workflows in gängigen Bewegtbild-Werkzeugen sowie Praxisprojekte im Berufsumfeld.

    • Präsentation
      1 option
      • Praxiserfahrung
        Description from the dataset

        Präsentationskompetenz ist durch Storytelling und Partnerkommunikation bereits vorhanden (übertragbar) und wird durch regelmäßige Pitches und Kundenpräsentationen im neuen Berufsalltag weiter ausgebaut.

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Further paths have not been researched reliably yet.

Where else you can go

Routes many people do not think of straight away. Every statement names source and date; what is missing reads “not documented yet”.

  • Certified Media Specialist (Bachelor Professional in Media)

    You plan and manage media production with a focus on print or digital and lead teams. This includes cost management plus sales and business processes.

    Why you fit

    Your digital design practice helps in media production. The exam also covers law, business administration and leadership.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Two exam parts: basic qualifications (four written papers) and action-specific qualifications (case tasks on media production and on leadership and organisation, project work with oral exam). Admission to part 1: a training occupation in the print and media industry, another recognised training occupation plus 1 year of work experience, or 4 years of work experience. Part 2: part 1 not older than 5 years plus at least 1 further year of work experience. The vocational and work pedagogy qualification follows by the last exam component at the latest.

    Source: IHK Dresden, Medienfachwirt Print oder Digital (Verordnung vom 17.12.2020) · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    Aufstiegs-BAföG supports course and exam fees up to 15,000 euros at most, 50 percent as a grant and the rest as a KfW loan. If you pass, 50 percent of the not yet due loan is waived on request. The page lists Fachwirt qualifications among others as eligible; whether yours qualifies is settled in the application.

    Source: Aufstiegs-BAföG (BMBFSFJ) · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Salary
    not documented yet

    Your next step: Ask your IHK for admission to part 1 and compare course offers.

  • Certified Marketing Specialist (Bachelor Professional in Marketing)

    You develop marketing strategies and plan and run marketing concepts and projects. You analyse marketing processes and take on communication, leadership and teamwork.

    Why you fit

    You bring campaign, communication and client experience from design work for the concept level. You build up strategy and analysis.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Admission (§ 2 of the regulation): a qualification as Kaufmann/Kauffrau für Marketingkommunikation, another three-year commercial or administrative training occupation plus at least 1 year of work experience, another recognised training occupation plus at least 2 years of work experience, at least 90 ECTS in business studies plus at least 2 years of work experience, or at least 5 years of work experience. The work experience must relate substantially to the tasks of a certified marketing specialist. Exam: two case tasks totalling 600 minutes, then a presentation (10 minutes at most) and an oral exam (20 minutes at most).

    Source: IHK Koblenz, Fachwirt für Marketing · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    Aufstiegs-BAföG supports course and exam fees up to 15,000 euros at most, 50 percent as a grant and the rest as a KfW loan. The page lists Fachwirt qualifications among the eligible further trainings.

    Source: Aufstiegs-BAföG (BMBFSFJ) · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Salary
    not documented yet
    Particulars
    If you pass, you are exempt from the written part of the trainer aptitude ordinance (AEVO) (§ 10 of the regulation).

    Source: IHK Koblenz, Fachwirt für Marketing · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Your next step: Ask your IHK which admission route applies to you and compare courses.

  • Trainer in a company (AEVO exam)

    You plan, prepare, run and complete in-company training in a recognised training occupation. This includes preparing trainees for the final exam.

    Why you fit

    Your work experience supplies cases for guiding and assessing trainees. You still have to prove your vocational and work pedagogy aptitude.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Proof is an exam in two parts: written, with case-based tasks from all four fields of action (about 3 hours), and practical, with a presentation of a training situation (15 minutes at most) and an oral exam (30 minutes in total at most). The ordinance applies to training in recognised occupations under the Vocational Training Act; members of the liberal professions are excluded (§ 1 AusbEignV).

    Source: §§ 1, 2, 4 Ausbilder-Eignungsverordnung (AusbEignV 2009) · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    not documented yet
    Salary
    not documented yet

    Your next step: Ask your IHK for AEVO exam dates and preparation courses.

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  • Bachelor's degree in Communication Design (university)

    You design communication across media, from corporate design and typography to web design and interactive design. Fields of work are agencies, design studios, companies, cultural institutions or your own studio.

    Why you fit

    Your design practice feeds the portfolio for the aptitude test. You deepen theory, design methods and concept work in the degree.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Example Mainz University of Applied Sciences: Bachelor of Arts with an aptitude procedure based on a portfolio. The degree runs from foundations and design into a project phase with an internship semester or a semester abroad and ends with a thesis and a public exhibition.

    Source: Hochschule Mainz, Bachelor Kommunikationsdesign · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    not documented yet
    Salary
    not documented yet

    Your next step: Assemble a portfolio of your own work and read the aptitude regulations of your preferred university.

  • Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design (UX/UI focus)

    You design interfaces and applications and develop interactive communication systems. Focus areas are interface design, invention and application design.

    Why you fit

    You bring visual design, Adobe CC and Figma from DMD practice. You build interaction design, prototyping and user research in the degree.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Example Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design: undergraduate full-time degree (Bachelor of Arts) with an artistic and technical aptitude test. The details come from the DAAD programme database; the university may set a registration or selection procedure.

    Source: DAAD-Studiengangsdatenbank, HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd Interaktionsgestaltung · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    not documented yet
    Salary
    not documented yet

    Your next step: Check application deadlines and aptitude tests at two or three universities with an interaction or UX programme.

  • Master's degree in Communication Design (university)

    In intermedia projects you develop complex themes across media and do design research. You deepen theory and finish with a master's thesis.

    Why you fit

    If after DMD and a bachelor's degree you aim at concept work, research and leading design projects, the master's degree is the academic route.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    Example Mainz University of Applied Sciences: full-time Master of Arts, admission via portfolio review and on-site aptitude interviews. Two semesters of courses and workshops, then the master's thesis with a colloquium.

    Source: Hochschule Mainz, Master Kommunikationsdesign · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    not documented yet
    Salary
    not documented yet

    Your next step: Read the entry requirements and portfolio requirements of the master's programme at your preferred university.

  • Freelance designer with the Artists' Social Insurance (KSK)

    You work freelance for several clients in design and digital media. You win, price and deliver projects yourself.

    Why you fit

    Portfolio, client projects and tool skills from DMD practice carry self-employment. Client acquisition and pricing come on top.

    The route there

    Further training and exam
    No exam route: you register as self-employed. Compulsory insurance in the artists' social insurance requires a lasting self-employed artistic or publicist activity of a commercial scale. For the KSK, a trade registration is neither a requirement nor a reason for exclusion; whether you need one, you clarify with the tax office and the local administration. The KSK assesses case by case whether your work falls under it.

    Source: Künstlersozialkasse, FAQ Künstler und Publizisten · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Duration
    not documented yet
    Cost
    not documented yet
    Funding
    not documented yet
    Salary
    not documented yet
    Particulars
    Self-employed artists and publicists are insured in statutory pension, health and long-term care insurance if they work commercially and not just temporarily and employ at most one employee (§ 1 KSVG). Exceptions apply to trainees and marginally employed people.

    Source: § 1 KSVG · As of 2026-11-01 (abgerufen)

    Your next step: Fill in the KSK questionnaire on compulsory insurance before you start.

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