Silke Bochat
Chair, service design
Education
- B.A., Design, Technische Hochschule Köln, Köln International School of Design (KISD)
Credentials
- Chair of service design, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Global head of design (contract), 2023–25, Weleda AG, Switzerland
- Head of design Europe Africa-Eurasia, 2020–23, Colgate-Palmolive, Switzerland
- Senior director, head of design Eastern Europe, 2015–18, PepsiCo, Russia
- Lead design manager, 2011–15, Beiersdorf AG, Germany
- Design manager, 2010–11, Mars, Netherlands
- Design manager, 2007–10, Lothar Böhm, Germany
- Design director and brand strategist, 2004–07, TBWA, Germany
- User experience designer UX/UI (contract), 2002–04, Vodafone, Germany
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- iF Award WINNER, 2024
- TRANSFORM Award WINNER Brand Strategist of the Year, 2024
- TRANSFORM Award WINNER Bronze Best Visual Identity FMCG, 2024
- TRANSFORM Award WINNER Gold Sustainability, 2024
- dmi 2023 Top 30 List of Female Design Leaders, Global Corporations, 2023
- PENTAWARDS WINNER Bronze, Sustainability, 2023
- Dieline WINNER Bronze, Sustainability, 2023
- PENTAWARDS WINNER Silver, 2022
- RED DOT Award, WINNER Communication, 2017
- Core77 Award, Professional Runner-Up, 2015
- RED DOT Award WINNER Best of Best, 2013
- RED DOT Award WINNER Communication, 2013
- DESIGN MANAGEMENT EUROPE Award, Large Companies, 2012
Publications and presentations
Exhibitions
- Material & Identity, Exhibitions for Material Expert Prof. Aart van Bezooyen, 2005–08
Speaker and master classes
- DAVOS, Switzerland
- CANNES, France
- Harvard Business Review (HBR), Russia
- ESSEC MBA Program, France
- KPMG CX, Greece
- CMO Summit, Germany
- Design Business Days, Germany
- Digital Marketing Conference, Russia
- Change by Design, France
- DOERS Service Design, Hungary
- Service Design Conference, USA
- Design Leadership Summit, Canada
- ConveyUX, USA
- Hatch UX Conference, Germany
- Rosenfeld DesignOps Summit, USA
- Henry Stewart DesignOps, UK, USA
- Design Management Institute (dmi), USA
- Markenkongress, Germany
- NAPA Baltic Design, Lithuania
- Polishopa Design Thinking, Poland
- Pentawards Conference, Netherlands
- Design Thinking Camp, Russia
- Europack Montreux, Switzerland
- EPDA, France
- D&AD, UK
Jury
- GERMAN Design Award – Jury (Service Design), 2025
- iF Design Award – Jury, 2022, 2023, 2025
- TRANSFORM Awards – Jury, 2022, 2024, 2025
- PENTAWARDS Design Award – Jury, Sustainable Design, 2021, 2022, 2023
- e4m INDIA DESIGN Excellence AWARD – Jury, 2023
- NAPA Baltics Design Award – Jury, Chairwoman, 2018
- Design Management Institute, Design Value Award – Jury, 2015