Duncan Bottrill
Senior UX/UI Designer
Salary / Daily rate
Richmond DL10, UK
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior UX/UI Designer with 13+ years of experience, specializing in end-to-end product design from conception to implementation. Led design teams and delivered apps/websites for major brands including Specsavers, Bank of Ireland, and sports platforms serving millions. Expert in interaction design, prototyping, and user research—delivering user-centered solutions that elevate product experiences and drive business results.
Work experience
Senior UX/UI Designer & CEO
SQUARECHERRIES LTD
Sep 2011 - Present
15 years 2 months
London, UK
– Freelance UX design and development.
Product Designer (UX/UI)
YunoJuno
May 2019 - Jul 2019
3 months
– Accountable for every stage of the product development process from conception to implementation. – Helped the team to make informed design decisions and elevate the product experience. – Convey broad and conceptual ideas into tangible flows. – Worked closely with engineers to iterate or develop new features. – Partnered with product managers to define product deliverables.
Senior UX / UI Designer
Deltatre
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
3 months
– Senior UX / UI designer working on the design of the new European Tour website and app.
Lead UX / UI Designer
Juggle Jobs
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
2 months
– Interim freelance UX/UI designer creating flows for the offer process and multi user system
Senior UX / UI Designer
Breedr
May 2018 - Sep 2018
5 months
– Full UX/UI design of the Breedr apps and website.
Senior UX / UI Designer
Settled
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
2 months
London, UK
– Lead UX / UI designer focusing on the redesign of the homepage, pricing calculator and on-boarding flow.
Senior UX Designer
POSSIBLE
Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
3 months
London, UK
– In charge of the find and book flow on the Specsavers website. – Wireframe creation for a PMI Hold my light marketing campaign.
UX Lead
TouchCast
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
3 months
London, UK
– Accenture asked touchcast to produce a product for internal where employees take a test to decipher their thoughts and feelings at the same time as teaching them about certain topics. The test would provide insight into conformational bias as the user chose their route through the test.
Lead UX Designer
Radical Company
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
3 months
– Lead UX running full interaction design, prototype creation and customer testing of 2 product propositions for the bank of Ireland and AA.
Dugout Limited
Jul 2016 - Sep 2017
1 year 3 months
London, UK
Lead UX Designer
Jan 2017 - Sep 2017
9 months
London, UK
– Lead UX designer managing a design team of 3 (1 UX, 2 Graphic) and the initial release of the Dugout iOS and Android App and redesign of the website. – Sole responsibility for the creation of wireframes and user journeys for the Dugout iOS and Android App. – Management of the UI designers getting the wireframes visualised. – Key point of contact between product owner to get designs signed off and into development. – QA of the initial release to ensure it met the designs provided. – Redesign and management of implementation of the website redesign to align with the app. – Recruitment and interview for new member of the design team.
UX Designer
Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
7 months
London, UK
– UX designer working in a design team of 6 (2 UX, 4 Graphic) developing the website and application for the Dugout football new platform. – Working as a team of 2 UX designers across 4 breakpoints for website and 3 for app. Sole responsibility for the public App login and registration experience. – Lead interaction designer for the initial version 1 wireframe creation for the Dugout site across WS, TL, TP, and M. – QA on app wireframes to ensure that they aligned with the designs created for the site. – User persona identification and creation. – Facilitation of user testing for the version 1 release of the mobile site with the target market 13-25 year olds. – Leasing with key stakeholders in the business to ensure the product meets the requirements for first release.
UX Designer
EpicTV Adventure
May 2015 - Mar 2016
11 months
Chamonix, France
– Primarily in charge of the overall customer shopping experience, both desktop and mobile, of the EpicTV e-commerce shop. – Working alongside in-house designers and coders to improve and develop the site. – Monitoring Google Analytics to track changes and improvements. – Working in an agile and kanban environment with daily meetings with the development team in Finland. – Working as one of two UX designers in the business has meant I have high level of responsibility and has enabled me to work in the whole UX process from research and benchmarking to wireframing and coding. – User Researcher - Gorilla user tests on the EpicTV content site in London and Chamonix to provide insight for redesigns and improvements.
Climbing Instructor
VauxWall
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
9 months
– In charge of running climbing session and general running of the climbing wall.
UX Design Intern
Foolproof
Sep 2014 - Mar 2015
7 months
– Focusing on interaction design, user research and testing.
Climbing Instructor
The Climbing Station
Sep 2012 - Jul 2014
1 year 11 months
Education
Loughborough University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Ergonomics Human Factors Design
2009 - 2014
5 years 1 month
Portfolio
Vekta
