Hey! I'm Ella. I've got two sisters, a boyfriend called Tom and mates that live all around the world. 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.
Experience
Public sector jobs make it difficult to talk about my specific projects. I will write a blog post about how I work soon, in the meantime here's a good place to start.
Work
2019 - present London
User researcher @ Cabinet Office
2018 - 2019 London
User researcher & Ethics board member @ Home Office
2017 - 2018 London
User researcher @ HMRC
2015 - 2017 Leeds
Data @ Diabetes Prevention Scheme
2014 - 2015 Leeds
Data @ NHS
University
2019-2019
Digital anthropology, UCL
2015 - 2017
MA Social and Political Thought, Leeds University
2012 - 2015
BSc Psychology, Leeds Trinity University
Training
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GDS user research fundamentals
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GDS accessibility training
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GDS assisted digital training
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Ethics expert training
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Service assessor training
Side projects
The post to read to get to know me better:
Features
Talks
Email me for access
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The Imposter Syndrome's Guide to Public Speaking @ Triangirls
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Career Stuff @ Women in Tech Network for the Digital, Data & Technology Civil Service Fast Stream
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User research during political uncertainty @ Home Office Digital quarterly meet up
Communities
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Candles
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a11y
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Triangles
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Liberating Structures
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London Accessibility Meetup
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Service Lab London
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The Research Thing
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GovTech
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Code First: Girls
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London Gov Design Meetup
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CitizenBeta
Some things I'm super proud of
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Getting over my fear of public speaking
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Getting therapy for PTSD
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Having pre-cancerous cells removed from my cervix
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Quitting my super secure civil service job and going freelance
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Working with my fear of needles - I can get a blood test now without passing out!!
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Solo travel (Melbourne, Sydney & New York)
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Interviewing over 30 people for my #InterviewSeries
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Becoming an instructor for Code First: Girls introduction to web development
Let's go for coffee, find me @botting_ella/ Ella Botting✌
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