Danny Hearn – Deeply Human Design Ltd

I'm Danny.

Strategic Service Designer with a bias towards deep understanding of complex problems

20+years | Designer / Researcher / Mentor / Strategist

Why work with me?

Case studies

Explore in-depth case studies that showcase my approach to solving complex problems and crafting impactful digital experiences.

What people say about me

Co-Founder | CEO

Ann O Niel - Adora Health

Danny was exactly what our early-stage startup needed. He brought a hands-on, strategic, and detail-oriented approach to product and design, with a genuine investment in our success, particularly in the critical area of women’s health and menopause solutions. 

Co-Founder | CEO

Ed Smith - Adora Health

Danny was instrumental in shaping our health app, contributing to both graphic design and user experience. Over a year, he refined our UI, improved usability through user testing, and helped create a visually engaging product. His creativity, attention to detail, and collaborative approach made a real impact. I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a designer who combines aesthetics with user insight.

Co-Founder

Annie Leggie - DOT Project

I have learnt so much from working alongside Danny at DOT PROJECT as have the incredible charities we support. Danny has taken on so many new challenges with such focus, commitment, energy, but most importantly empathy. 

Head of Product

Simon Parbutt - How Splendid

I have worked on several projects with Danny now and would highly recommend him for large, complex, goal driven UX projects. He has a great ability to work alongside the client, develop a rapport, gather requirements, keep the design focused and deliver results.

Product Manager

Duncan Turner - John Lewis

Danny was instrumental in helping to push the product development process forward. It was impressive to see how he was able to introduce and embed a range of innovative tools and methodologies. I would highly recommend him for guidance, coaching and leadership with product design teams.

Director of Digital

Lucy Calver - Clarks

Danny is a joy to work with – he is a highly skilled UX professional who is passionate about bringing the best of that discipline to drive consumer-centric transformation – he is tenacious, compassionate and has a relentless drive to make things happen. 

Chief Operating Officer and Board Director

Simon Wright - Fitflop

Danny brought fantastic and such valuable insight to the Fitflop Digital re-platform. His approach to understanding the required customer experience and interpreting it through our digital platform has been first class.

Founder & CEO

Elena Sinel - Acorn aspirations

I never thought someone who is used to working in a corporate environment would be able to engage 40 teenage girls for 2 days in a fun and interactive way, teaching them ideation, UX, prototyping tools and programming using Scrum and Agile.  Our hackathon would not have been the success that it was without Danny.

Product Manager

Nicky Drake - Eurostar

Danny is extremely bright and versatile and was able to turn his hand to almost anything. He always championed excellence in user experience and produced high quality detailed documentation suitable for technical specs. Design savvy and technically competent he’s a very useful guy to have around.

Entrepreneur, Investor, Founder

Marcia Kilgore - Beauty Pie

Danny is by far the best consultant in his category that I have ever worked with. Truly great digital experts, for me, have been hard to come by. Danny is different. 

Co-Founder & COO

Katy Sephton - Future Foundry

Working alongside innovation strategists and insight leaders, Danny has been crucial in identifying and architecting a number of disruptive new digital and retail propositions for our most senior clients.

Head of Product

Lewis Badcock - John Lewis

Danny is an energetic and passionate UX leader. He has a tenacious attitude and won’t accept the status quo when there is opportunity to do things better. He is a positive agent for change, brings people with him and is a great manager widely respected by his team. 

Co-founder

Richard Rutter - Clearleft

Danny introduced innovative ways of working, demonstrated solid and imaginative design thinking and built a good rapport with our clients. 

Head of Ecommerce

Jon Davies - Eurostar

Danny has a clear talent for user centric design and customer experience, founded on a genuine interest in consumer needs. He is an artiuclate and sensitve communicator.  Danny’s motivation and infectious enthusiasm were unrelenting during his time in my team. A real find!

Rates & contracts

  • For rates I prefer to discuss it based on nature of role and length of contract but I generally price myself towards the higher end of the market rate
  • Preference for outside IR35
  • I work through my PSC – Deeply Human Design Ltd | 14615013 | VAT GB 432624024
  • References available on request.