Richard Botting
AboutThe person behind Hello Person

Curious by nature. Strategic by design.

I’m Richard Botting. Ten years in digital creative and design, followed by ten in strategy, have shaped how I work: understand people, find the story, then make an idea tangible.

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How I work

Research & insights

Find what matters.

Every project starts with people. Through interviews, discovery and workshops, I explore what they need, what gets in their way and where a brand could make a difference. The aim is to find the insight that gives everything else direction

Positioning & proposition

Give the idea direction.

I turn that insight into a clear position, a compelling proposition and a story your team can tell. From brand platforms and messaging to campaigns and connected experiences, I give people a shared direction and something they can act on.

Why I'm different

I make the thinking tangible.

My background in digital creative and design means I’m always thinking about how an idea will work in the real world. I use design and AI to bring the strategy to life through a storyboard, a prototype, a short film or another visual output.

Strategy people can see.

A strategy needs a story people can remember, repeat and believe in.

I look for the human truth in the research: the insight that carries enough meaning to hold the work together. Then I find the clearest way to bring it to life.

Sometimes that’s a two-page narrative. Sometimes it’s a prototype, a visual framework or a short brand film. The form depends on what people need to understand.

Making an idea tangible changes the conversation. People ask better questions, spot what’s missing and see what could work. And they do it early enough to shape the solution.

That’s why design is part of my strategic process. It helps people move from understanding an idea to knowing what to do with it.

Twenty years of thinking and making.

Ten years in digital creative and design. Ten more in strategy. A career spent understanding people and finding ways to turn that understanding into work that matters.

AI has been part of my process for the past three years, opening up new ways to explore concepts, tell stories and test ideas. Much of that time has gone into developing repeatable workflows, so I can move quickly while keeping a clear creative direction.

That exploration has led to creative partnerships with Figma Weave and Luma AI, and recognition as a LinkedIn AI influencer.

Things I do
  • AI Audio
  • AI Concept Ad
  • AI Concept Trailer
  • AI Experiment
  • AI Explainers
  • AI Image
  • AI Short Film
  • AI Video
  • AI Workflow
  • Brand Guidelines
  • Brand Narrative
  • Brand Positioning
  • Concept Development
  • Editing
  • Motion Design
  • Personas
  • Presentation Design
  • Product Design
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Research & Insights
  • Service Design
  • Strategic Frameworks
  • UX/UI
  • User Flows
  • Visual Identity
  • Web Design
  • Workshop Facilitation
10+Years design experience
10+Years strategy experience
500+Projects delivered
Design tools & platforms

Whiteboards

  • FigJam
  • Mural
  • Miro

Design

  • Figma
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Affinity Photo
  • Affinity Designer

Motion

  • Premiere Pro
  • Adobe After Effects
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Capcut
  • Filmora

Productivity

  • Microsoft Suite
  • Google Suite
  • Slack
AI tools & platforms

Platforms

  • Figma Weave
  • Magnific
  • Flora
  • Imagine Art
  • Krea
  • Perplexity
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
  • Notebook LM
  • Claude
  • and more

Music & Audio

  • Eleven Labs
  • Fish Audio
  • Udio
  • Suno
  • Riffusion
  • HeyGen
  • and more

Image & Video

  • Nano Banana
  • Kling
  • Veo
  • Sora
  • Seedream
  • Seedance
  • Luma
  • Midjourney
  • Runway
  • Hailuo
  • Wan
  • and more

Web & Product

  • Webflow
  • Framer
  • Wordpress
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Design