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​

• 60 female makers you should follow on Twitter

• How Books Have Helped Ella Botting, Founder of CyberWomen, with Just About Every Decision Made

• Inspiring Figure: Ella Botting

• Performing at the Dubai World Cup

• Flashmob at Dubai Mall

• Performing at Dubai Shopping Festival

• Ambassador for Code First: Girls Bermondsey cohort

• Makers and mental health

• Are humans the weakest link in cyber security?

​

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