May 2022 – Feb 2023 · 9 mos · Berlin, Germany · Hybrid

• Led the product design direction in the Driver Experience domain.
• Organized cross-functional workshops to align the team around major initiatives and projects.
• Organized and conducted “Design Jams,” weekly internal knowledge-sharing sessions for all product designers (20+ people).
• Contributed to product design processes (namely hiring and onboarding).

Nov 2021 – Jan 2022 · 2 mos · Berlin, Germany · On-site

• A series of workshops on web accessibility: the basics of accessibility and WCAG requirements; assistive technology for browsing the web (screen readers); accessibility audit by means of online tools and facilitating testing sessions involving people with disabilities.

Sep 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Lviv, Ukraine · On-site

• Cooperation with the Faculty of Applied Sciences:
• 3-day intensive on accessibility and inclusive design (part of the Winter Design School).
• Lectures and workshops on design discovery and design sales.

Jul 2019 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos · On-site

• Led the design direction in German-speaking countries.
• Conducted ideation workshops on the early stages of products and services.
• Helped the country manager, delivery and account managers, engagement, and marketing departments to win new projects through design.

Mar 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · On-site

• Conducted research phases (incl. product design workshops) and provided a complete cycle of design activities and deliverables.
• People management: led a team of designers, taking care of their growth and motivation.
• Competence development: built team processes (incl. documentation), conducted knowledge evaluation, mentorship, and educational events.
• Recruiting: interviewed candidates and made hiring decisions.
• Strategy: was an advisor to the Head of the Design Office.
• Contributed to the promotion of company’s design expertise internally and externally.

Feb 2019 – Oct 2023 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Remote

• Authored deep-dive technical articles on UX research, complex UI patterns, product design workshops, and web accessibility for a global audience of design professionals: https://smashingmagazine.com/author/slava-shestopalov/

Sep 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr · Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg · On-site

• As a part of the summer entrepreneurship course, I conducted workshops on human-centered design, prototyping, and testing prototypes with users.

Jul 2017 – Feb 2018 · 7 mos · Lviv, Ukraine · On-site

• As a driver of EPAM Design Lviv community, organized meetups and conducted workshops. Evangelized value proposition and other service design techniques among colleagues.
• Organized and conducted Interface Design Program that aimed to teach junior design specialists. Managed the team of 17 design instructors who taught 25 students. As a result, 10 students became junior designers.
• Effectively mentored 3 designers; one specialist got a title promotion, the other specialists obtained secondary skills.

Apr 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Lviv, Ukraine · On-site

• As a key designer on a project for Schlumberger (world‘s largest oilfield service company), increased the efficiency of the whole team by building a design system and requirement management flow.
• Obtained the secondary skill of business analysis to be more effective on a project and understand its domain better.
• Developed and launched a personal design project on Kickstarter.

Jun 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 11 mos · Hybrid

• Conducting regular lectures and workshops for designers.
• Co-authored an online training course on web accessibility and inclusive design. Video lectures were published on the Ukrainian governmental portal “Diia: Digital Education” (2021).
• Organized an experimental offline course on design sales and product workshops (2019).
• Made a speech on complex data visualization at the “Krupa” conference (2018), the biggest UX conference in Eastern Europe (over 1000 attendees).

Aug 2014 – Apr 2015 · 8 mos · Kyiv, Ukraine · Remote

• Designed online stores and landing pages. Worked with e-commerce, catering companies, restaurants, and business consultancies.

Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 · 7 mos · Cherkasy, Ukraine · On-site

• Designed websites, animated banners, and brand identity. Among clients: Bogdan (car holding), Roshe (furniture company), Porte’s (door producer), and MacCoffee (beverage factory).

Jun 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Cherkasy, Ukraine · On-site

• Designed POS materials and brand identity. Among clients: HR consultancies, political parties, hotels, and cafes.

Mar 2008 – Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Cherkasy, Ukraine · On-site