# Inside Chattermill: Meet Stepan Suchkov in Marketing

By

Tom Sykes

Last Updated:

June 25, 2025

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Curious about what it’s like to work at Chattermill? Meet Stepan Suchkov, who works as a designer in our marketing team.

Stepan joined Chattermill a year ago and works from home in Russia. He talks about his reasons for joining Chattermill, his experience working remotely, and his favourite pineapple-based piece of trivia.

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### Why did you join Chattermill?

A big part of why I joined Chattermill was down to how impressed I was by Chattermill’s product. Its ability to unify customer data into a single source in real time seemed really cool to me. I found myself thinking of more and more design ideas for the company, which I just had to bring to life by joining the incredible team here.

### What’s your day-to-day like?

My day usually starts whenever my son wakes up – he’s just over a year old, so that can be anytime between 5-7 am in the morning!

If the weather is good, we’ll go for a walk with him before I start work at 9 am. I always start by planning for the day ahead so I know exactly what designs I need to complete.

Except for the occasional meeting with my amazing team, I get to be creative in my work all day long – which is why I really enjoy it!

### How would you describe the marketing team at Chattermill?

The marketing team is really something! This is the first time I have worked with a team of such professionals – each member of the team knows exactly what to do, and they are all incredibly creative in their work. I think the fact that we all communicate easily and support one another really helps too.

### Do you work from home or in the office? How do you find either?

I work from home at the moment, which is very convenient for me. I don’t have to waste time travelling to the office – I wake up and instantly I’m at my workplace.

I think there’s a perception that if you work outside the office, then you lose close connection with your colleagues – I don’t think this is entirely true. In our company, we have weekly one-on-one meetings with a random employee, giving us the chance to actually connect with each other while talking about absolutely anything.

Since we communicate via video every day, I’ve always felt like a fully fledged member of the team!

### Which of Chattermill’s values do you really get behind?

Honesty, professionalism in everything, and an excellent company culture.

### What’s one thing you’re working on right now that you’re excited about?

At the moment we are working on a large project, where almost all the members of my team are involved.

I’m creating a lot of illustrations and animations for it, and it’s definitely the most interesting and large-scale project that I’ve done at Chattermill. I can’t talk about it too much, but I hope you get to see it soon!

### What’s one piece of advice you’d give to someone starting out in design?

Don’t be afraid to do non-standard things and develop an eye for design – this will help you in the future!

### What was the last book you read?

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 🪄🧙‍♀️

### Dream Holiday Destination?

Hawaii! 🌴🌴🌊

### What’s the weirdest fact you know?

You know that feeling when your tongue hurts and tingles after you eat a pineapple? The fact is that pineapple has an enzyme that digests other proteins. So when you eat pineapple, pineapple eats you.