Sławomir Stępski homepage
Basic information
- Age: 34
- Location: Toruń, Poland
- Personality: INTP-T
- Contact me
Personal statement
- Web Designer and Developer (WordPress)
- Enthusiast of Digital Accessibility and Accessibility of Information and Communication
- Aspiring Expert in Information Brokering, Open-Source Intelligence and Desk Research
- Teacher, Lecturer, Public Speaker, Researcher
Testimonials
Testimonial from Bartłomiej Pataląg
Working with Sławomir is an absolute pleasure. He approaches challenges he is entrusted with in a very professional way and he is not afraid of creative solutions. What matters a lot is that in crisis situations he reacts fast and efficiently, which I have experienced repeatedly during our long-term (ranging from 2011) pleasant cooperation in web-related issues.
Bartłomiej Pataląg LinkedIn profile of Bartłomiej Pataląg
online manager at CDN Studio (2011-2015), owner of Effective Traffic
Testimonial from Krzysztof Dobrowolski
Sławomir has been my business partner since 2015. He has designed and developed several consecutive versions of my blog on Lean Management. Thanks to his work, the blog has turned from a hobby to the biggest platform gathering Lean Management practicioners in Poland. He supports me in all aspects of maintaining the blog, his most valuable ideas being related to UX, Usability and Information Retrieval.
Krzysztof Dobrowolski LinkedIn profile of Krzysztof Dobrowolski
manager with 20 years of experience, lean management practitioner, blogger
CV
Experience
Santander Global Technology and Operations S.L. Poland
from June 2024
I prepare justifications for either releasing or referring of suspicious transactions in accordance with the rules. I find and match evidence in cases that go beyond the rules.
City Hall of Toruń (new window)
from March 2022 to July 2022
Provided information to Ukrainian refugees in both Ukrainian and Russian. Distributed humanitarian aid. Assisted in obtaining train tickets. Worked together with municipal company employees and uniformed services. Answered phone calls in said languages and looked for information.
from July 2022 to September 2022
Answered phone calls in Ukrainian and Russian and looked for information required by the refugees. Prepared reports on topics of the calls.
from October 2020 to November 2021
Dobre Radio (new window) / Warsaw, Poland (remote work)
I prepared, presented, recorded and edited a weekly music radio show with alternative versions of well-known songs.
from October 2018 to November 2023
Institute of Information and Communication Research (new window), Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
I taught accessibility- and information-related subjects to students of library and information science and information architecture.
I researched the presence of sign languages on European public television.
I co-organised several scientific conferences.
from November 2016 to November 2019
Effective Traffic (new window) / Warsaw, Poland (remote work)
I design and develop websites based on WordPress for small businesses and individuals. I code my own themes.
from April 2011 to September 2015
CDN Studio (TV show producer) / Warsaw, Poland (remote work)
I designed, developed, filled in and updated three websites accompanying a home renovation TV show (broadcast on national television in Poland) called Dekoratornia: Dekoshop – a promotion platform for business partners of the show, Dekoaranżacje – a collection of all home renovation projects by the creators of the show, Dekokino – a collection of all the online video from the show's producer.
I designed the logo of the next TV show of the producer, Dekorady, broadcast on public television in Warsaw. I also designed and developed the website of the show.
from 2012
I tutor young people and adults in English.
from 2005
I create websites for small businesses and individuals.
Internships
March 2024
Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
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September 2023
Croatian Association of Sign Language Interpreters
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July / September 2023
Moravian Library
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Projects
from July 2013
Since the beginning of 2013 I have been collecting and organising information on sign language television programmes available from various broadcasters in various countries. The aim is to provide Deaf activists in Poland (and beyond) with documented examples supporting their claims during confrontations with broadcasters. Since July 2013 the data has been available as a website, since October 2018 it has been a part of an upcoming doctoral dissertation.
from February 2014 to June 2018
In February 2014, with a small group of Deaf people, I founded a social initiative aiming at spreading information about accessibility of information, culture and entertainment for people with sensory disabilities, especially the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The initiative was active on Facebook for a long time, recently the members have been concentrating on non-online activities.
Education
from October 2022 to June 2023
Faculty of Political Science and Administration, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
from October 2018 to November 2023
Institute of Information and Communication Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
from October 2016 to June 2018
Institute of Information Science and Book Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
from October 2009 to June 2012
(Foreign Language) Teacher Training College in Toruń, Poland
Departament of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Training
- Course title
- Trusted Tester for Web Certification Program
- Organiser
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Date
- still underway
- Course title
- Digital Accessibility for Developers
- Organiser
- devstyle.pl
- Date
- June 2024
- Course title
- Introduction to Web Accessibility
- Organiser
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- Date
- June 2024
- Course title
- Digital accessibility – adapting content posted on social media in accordance with the WCAG 2.1 standard
- Organiser
- Golden Training
- Date
- April 2024
- Course title
- Polish Sign Language (level A1)
- Date
- from January to March 2021
- Course title
- WCAG. Online Content Accessibility
- Date
- November 2020
- Course title
- Accessible Multimedia
- Date
- November 2020
- Course title
- OSINT (Open Source Intelligence)
- Date
- still underway
Skills & Knowledge
General
- web development
- graphic design
- information architecture
- digital accessibility
- information retrieval
- sound editing
- translation
- linguistics
- dictionary making
- teaching and training
Technologies
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- JavaScript
Tools
- WordPress
- Advanced Custom Fields
- Yoast SEO
- Notepad++
- jQuery
- Adobe Photoshop
- WCAG
- SubtitleEdit
- Audacity
Languages
- English (C1)
- Croatian (B2)
- Russian (B2)
- Serbian (B2)
- Ukrainian (B1)
- Czech (B1)
- Polish Sign Language (A1)
Portfolio
Websites
Publications
- Title
- Information Architecture and Sign Language Content on Websites
- Monography
- [in:] The IA Element
- Edited by
- edited by W. Kortas, P. Rudera and P. Chmielewski
- Publication place and date
- Toruń 2021.
- Full text
- PDF Information Architecture and Sign Language Content on Websites(in Polish) new window
- Title
- Access to Information in EU Public Broadcaster Sign Language Television Shows - an Introductory Study
- Journal
- Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne
- Issue
- 2 (23)
- Publication place and date
- Toruń 2019.
- Full text
- PDF Access to Information in Sign Language Television(in Polish) new window
Talks
- Talk title
- Information Architecture of Sign Language Dictionaries
- Talk place
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
- Talk date
- 28th February 2021
- Talk title
- TV Shows Presented by Deaf People in Europe
- Talk place
- University of Rzeszów
- Talk date
- 10th December 2020
- Talk title
- Progress on Accessibility. Polish Sign Language in Polish Media: Development of the Situation
- Talk place
- Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
- Talk date
- 1st December 2020
- Talk title
- Neither Ethnic nor National. Social and Cultural Minorities of the Deaf
- Talk place
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Talk date
- 21st November 2020
- Talk title
- The History of Deaf Schools in Central and Eastern Europe and their Influence on the Development of Sign Languages
- Talk place
- Pomeranian University in Słupsk
- Talk date
- 26th September 2020
- Talk title
- Common (although Independent) Ways of Communication of the Deaf and the Hearing. Spoken and Sign Languages – a Comparative Analysis of Basic Linguistic Features
- Talk place
- Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
- Talk date
- 22nd of September 2020
- Talk title
- Sign Languages in Central and Eastern Europe: Essence, History, Current Situation
- Talk place
- University of Silesia in Katowice
- Talk date
- 27th August 2020
In the Media
Dekorady TV show logo
Featured on public Warsaw and national TV in the season 2014/2015
Dekorady TV show website
Featured on public Warsaw and national TV in the season 2014/2015
Dekoaranżacje website showcasing a collection of all interior design ideas by the authors of the Dekoratornia TV show
Promoted on private national TV in Poland from 2011 to 2015
Dekoshop website showcasing products from business partners of the Dekoratornia TV show
Promoted on private national TV in Poland from 2011 to 2015
