Richard Ilott | Lead Product Designer
Open to Senior & Lead Product Design rolesPermanent or contractNorth West hybrid, London, or remoteWeb, app & in-storeNine years at platform scale
Case file: Richard IlottLead Product DesignerFlutter · JD SportsSince 2017

Evidence,not opinion.

Nine years designing at platform scale inside Flutter Entertainment and JD Sports. I set the process ten designers work to, and ship work that moves revenue, contact rates and compliance numbers.

Richard Ilott at the JD UP 2026 event in Manchester, in front of a large display showing the JD Sports app navigation
Exhibit 01JD UP, Manchester 2026
E‑01 · Navigation 18% to 32%

Nav click-through, £300k+ revenue in a 28-day A/B test

E‑02 · My Account minus 12%

"Where is my order?" contacts, against an 8% target

E‑03 · Authentication 2.1 million

Accounts moved across 12 regions, no measurable drop-off

E‑04 · Compliance minus 82%

Account suspensions after a redesigned AML journey

Three files
worth opening.

The problem, what I did about it, and what changed. Two lines each.

All 8 case studies Web · App · In-store · Internal tools →
Built to repeat

Designers work to my process.

Built at Flutter Entertainment by watching what held up under pressure. Written down and turned into a Figma system at JD Sports, where ten designers have used it for three years.

  1. 01Kickoff
  2. 02Research
  3. 03UX practice
  4. 04Visual design
  5. 05Testing & output
See the full process

Before design, I worked in recruitment. I know what a strong hire looks like, and I've written down how I build and run a team.

For hiring managers

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richard@richardilott.com
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