Slava Shestopalov

Speaker — Hatch 2024

Slava Shestopalov

Design Lead at Wolters Kluwer

Slava is a design leader from Ukraine, based in The Netherlands. He has over 12 years of multidisciplinary experience: from graphic design in his early years to digital products, UX, accessibility, and design workshops. Slava teaches design at Projector Institute and writes a Medium blog. As a Swiss-army-knife person, he is passionate about all aspects of the design profession and also is fond of hiking, fine art, and heavy metal.

He has been working in managerial positions in the design area for 6 years and sharing knowledge about this topic in keynotes and articles. Last year, he launched a Design Management Masterclass via Smashing Workshops and spoke about design management in multiple design events.

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Talk at Hatch 2024

Slava Shestopalov at Hatch Conference 2024Moving away from hands-on Work as a Design LeaderAs designers transition into leadership roles, a common concern arises: how do we continue to add value when we’re no longer directly involved in hands-on design activities? New design…Watch the talk →
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