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Head of Website Solutions · Digital Product · Web Strategy

Leading web teams from strategy to launch — at a third of the usual effort.

Head of Website Solutions at Axisbits, Zürich. I own concept, delivery and ongoing development of B2B websites and lead a distributed design and development team. Grounded in analytics since 2008 and controlled experiments since 2013.

Previously

IU International University · Finanzcheck · maxdome / ProSiebenSat.1

Portrait of Marco Praetorius

By the numbers

What has changed since 2025

Effort figures compared with similar projects delivered before a standardised production process was introduced.

45–80 %

less production effort on comparable websites

3–4 months

from kickoff to launch for custom B2B websites, including client feedback rounds

9

website and branding projects launched, 4 more in progress

6 years

of team leadership, at IU Group and Axisbits

Approach

Strategy, delivery and measurement in one hand

That way nothing gets lost between the concept and the launch.

01

Strategy & concept

Sitemap, section logic and measurement plan are defined before anything is designed. Every page follows a reasoned argument rather than a template.

Proof

Based on 3WTEN, my own concept framework with ICE prioritisation

02

Delivery & team leadership

Reusable building blocks, clear sign-off steps and a distributed design and development team that knows what is decided and what is still open.

Proof

Effort cut to roughly a third, 3–4 months from kickoff to launch

03

Platforms & measurement

Choosing between Webflow, HubSpot CMS and headless on cost, benefit and risk. Every site gets a measurement plan, not just a tracking snippet.

Proof

Led the business evaluation of a headless stack (Astro, Sanity, Vercel)

Selected work

Projects I led since 2025

Three projects in detail, effort compared with a similar earlier project in each case. Below: further website and branding projects I led.

LUCCA · Medical congress · Switzerland

Congress website built as a reusable kit

Concept, design and delivery of the website for a recurring cardiology congress, plus ongoing updates. Sections are built so the next edition needs no rebuild.

Production effort 230 → 124 hours

Launched · lucca.swiss

TCFG · M&A advisory · Switzerland

The Corporate Finance Group: website on a new brand system

Website concept and design on top of the brand system: design rules and components first, pages second — so the site can grow without a new concept.

Effort approx. 780 → 140 hours

In progress

Tax & compliance · Switzerland / USA

First headless website

Project lead and website concept on a headless stack (Astro, Sanity, Vercel), the pilot for technically more complex projects.

Pilot for the headless production process

In progress

More projects since 2025

Locathor

Website and three landing pages

GAIN

Website · aviation insurance

Le Ballon

Website and ongoing support

Pur Du

Design system and website · in progress

axisbits.ch

Agency relaunch · concept and project lead

BZ Tech (Crispy)

Design and branding project · project lead

Kamber Treuhand

Website revision

Ongoing support

Cyltronic, Purvect, iAccess Partners, Meditana and others

Experience

Agency, corporate, university, freelance

Four perspectives on one question: why do people act on a website — or not?

Employed

Axisbits, Zürich

Head of Website Solutions · since March 2025

IU International University

Product Owner CRO & Personalisation · team of up to 12 · 4.5 years

adzLocal

Head of CRO & UX · 7 months

Finanzcheck

UX Research, Design & Conversion Optimisation · 2 years

oncampus

Student assistant

Freelance

onlineconversion

Own CRO & UX consultancy, DE / CH · 2014–2017 and 2024–2025

maxdome / ProSiebenSat.1

Freelance Conversion Specialist · 11 months

oncampus

EU-funded university project

winet

Website support

Talks & writing

Expertise you can check in public

Invited by two of the major testing platforms, plus writing on the topics most often underestimated in projects.

Guide · Forms

Forms people actually complete

Three-part series on form optimisation, written in German: number of fields, error messages, button labels and what really triggers drop-offs.

Framework · Concept

3WTEN: six questions for every landing page

Where, What, Why, Trust, Ease, Nudge — how I structure page concepts and prioritise changes with ICE.

Talks & certification

VWO

Webinar · experimentation

AB Tasty

Talk · experimentation

Fraunhofer

Certified by Fraunhofer in 2017 as Usability Engineer

Contact

Email is the fastest way.

For conversations about a role, a project or a talk. I usually reply within one working day.