Our Founder’s Story

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Will Painter is a highly commended and trusted practitioner of integrated communications, beginning his career as a B2B public relations (PR) specialist working for boutique agencies across technology brands.

Following this, Will went on to become director of brand storytelling and media strategy for Ogilvy within its technology practice, delivering award winning campaigns for Vodafone, Telstra Global, IBM, HSBC, the United Nations and the Ford Motor Company. 

Will launched WP Communications in 2018 out of a passion to provide a flexible service for brands with a focus on business impact. As part of its offering WP Communications has startup, scale up and enterprise rate cards to provide greater accessibility to its award winning capabilities. 

The company is now in its 9th year of trading and serves both UK and global clients including startups, scaleups and blue chip companies. 

Will is a skilled publicist, copywriter, and media trainer working with top Fortune 500 companies. Educated at the University of Durham, Will holds a BA(Hons) Anthropology.

Will has been featured in the news, regularly talks about entrepreneurship and spends his time interviewing C-Suite executives and senior business professionals about innovation and transformation. 

Will was awarded CEO of the Year by Global Banking and Finance Review; more about the news can be read on Fintech Finance here: https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/will-painter-awarded-communications-ceo-of-the-year-2022/