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Hey! I'm Ella. I've got two sisters, a boyfriend called Tom and a cat called Bubu. I grew up in the UAE, studied in Leeds and now live in London. 

Professionally

I am a freelance user researcher. I’m experienced in working in a fast paced agile environment within a multidisciplinary team, planning and leading research activities throughout all design life cycles with both internal and external stakeholders. I'm familiar with taking services through GDS and internal service assessments and I'm skilled at helping teams prepare for them. 

 

I also manage operational support at Democracy Club.

Work

August 2021 - Present | Remote (Army HQ Andover)

Contract user researcher at British Army

June 2020 - August 2021 | Remote (Portsmouth)

Contract user researcher at the Royal Navy 

November 2019 - June 2020 | London

Contract user researcher at the Cabinet Office 

2018 - 2019 London

User researcher & Ethics board member at the Home Office 

2017 - 2018 London

User researcher at HMRC

2015 - 2017 Leeds 

Data at the Diabetes Prevention Scheme

2014 - 2015 Leeds

Data at NHS Community Healthcare & CAMHS

University

2019 - 2019 

Digital anthropology, UCL

2015 - 2017

MA Social and Political Thought, Leeds University 

 

2012 - 2015

BSc Psychology, Leeds Trinity University 

Training

  • GDS user research fundamentals 

  • GDS accessibility training 

  • GDS assisted digital training 

  • Ethics expert training

  • Service assessor training

Side projects

cyberwomen.co.uk

I interviewed over 30 people for my #InterviewSeries​

Features

Talks

Email me for access

  • The Imposter Syndrome's Guide to Public Speaking @ Triangirls 

  • Career Stuff @ Women in Tech Network for the Digital, Data & Technology Civil Service Fast Stream

  • User research during political uncertainty @ Home Office Digital quarterly meet up

Communities

  • Candles 

  • a11y

  • Triangles

  • Liberating Structures

  • London Accessibility Meetup

  • Service Lab London

  • The Research Thing

  • GovTech 

  • Code First: Girls

  • London Gov Design Meetup

  • CitizenBeta

Let's go for coffee, find me @botting_ella/ Ella Botting

Or email me at ellabotting@cyberwomen.co.uk

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