Nina Schneider studied Sports Science with a focus on Computer Science at the TH Darmstadt as well as Media Science - Media Practice at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. After graduating, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Tübingen, where she taught and wrote her dissertation. She was one of the first to focus on media convergence and published her dissertation on "Television convergent websites in the field of interest of young people". Since 2010 she has been working as a course manager at Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. There she made a significant contribution to the development of the Master's program Music and Creative Industries, which she is still responsible for today.