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Read what we’re all about at O’Brien Media!

Read what we're all about at O'Brien Media!

Established in 2006 and we're still loving every second!

Having moved into the heart of Swindon’s Old Town in 2024, there are loads of exciting things happening at O’Brien Media and we still share the same passion that we did all those years ago having never lost that startup mentality!

About O'Brien Media & Our Team

O’Brien Media was founded back in 2006 by our Managing Director, Chris, to work around a disability that made working a normal 9 to 5 job difficult. Our first customer enquiry, from a local owner of a Bed & Breakfast, quickly followed and Chris’ professional career as a web designer began. 

O’Brien Media grew slowly for the first 12 years of its life, with three part-time team members joining in 2019 and a commitment being made to be a Living Wage Employer, paying above the minimum wage. 

We then made a move into an office on Swindon’s Cheney Manor Industrial Estate came in July 2021 to create a working environment that could enable team members who couldn’t work from home as the business grew to join the team.

We became a Disability Confident Leader in mid-2021 ensuring that we would be able to commit to both team members and potential team members that disability wouldn’t be a barrier to working for the business.

We saw rapid growth throughout the second part of 2021 and added additional full-time team members came on board fueling additional growth and resulting in additional team members coming on board with a mix of skills, bringing Chris’ desire to provide not only a fantastic service to our customers but also to provide an inclusive working environment for the team.

As of 2024, we’re a team of eight, with a mix of part-time, contracted freelance, and full-time team members based in the newly renovated and modernised Marlborough House on the High Street in Swindon’s Old Town and champion inclusive approaches to working to anyone who will listen. In February 2024 O’Brien Media became part of Pembroke Digital Limited.

So, enough about us, tell us about you and your project! Get in touch online or give us a call on 01793 239239.

Disability Confident Leaders
We are a Disability Confident Employer - this means that make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to our workplace. We are a non-judgmental, person-centric employer and seek to provide a safe space for each and every one of our team members, going that extra mile to enable our people to use their specific skills to build a career.
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Data Protection Act/GDPR Compliant
We're registered with the ICO under the Data Protection Act and GDPR so you can be sure that your information, and your customer information is in safe hands. We provide a full, plain English, booklet that explains how we manage personal data, and a complete list of all third parties that we share data with, including what we share, why, and what the data is used for.
View our certificate here
Cyber Essentials Certified
Put simply, the Cyber Essentials scheme identifies the security controls that a company should have in place to mitigate the risk from cyber threats. We are Cyber Essentials certified which means that all of our team members are cyber threat aware and take appropriate steps to ensure that everything we do is focused on keeping our systems, and our customers services, safe.
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A brief O'Brien Media History!

2024

In September 2024 we made the move into newly refurbished and modernised offices on the High Street in Swindon’s Old Town to help our team feel more in control of our workspace.

2024

We’re re-embracing our web design roots, we’re now also using O’Brien Media Website Design across social media channels.

2024

O’Brien Media became a Pembroke Digital Limited brand. All services provided by O’Brien Media transferred to Pembroke Digital who will continue to operate the O’Brien Media brand.

2023


CyberSmart confirmed that we are fully Cyber Essentials compliant and rewarded certification for 2024.

2023

O’Brien Media is named a finalist in the 2023 Techies awards.

2023

O’Brien Media has now been trading for 16 years – through highs and lows we’ve proved we’re here to stay!

2022

The Digital Trading division of  Oxford Power was acquired and integrated in the O’Brien Media business and some technology assets were acquired as part of an asset sale by Oxford Power Limited.

2022

O’Brien Media acquired the website design and website support clients of Swindon-based Manor Solutions following their new owner placing the business into Administration.

2022

O’Brien Media Among Winners of the 2022 SME News IT Awards, picking up Web Design Agency of the Year in Wiltshire

2020


CyberSmart confirmed that we are fully Cyber Essentials compliant and rewarded certification for a further year.

2019

We’ve won Best Mobile Friendly Web Design Firm (Wiltshire) at the 2019 Southern Enterprise Awards

2019

We picked up Creative Design Agency of the Year 2019 & Award for Excellence in Web Design Services 2019 – (SW England)

2018

We were awarded “Most Innovative Creative Design Agency – Southwest England” by LUX!

2016

O’Brien Media acquired the website hosting clients of Swindon based SOKP Media following their exit from the website hosting and support services market.

2014

O’Brien Media acquires the assets of Workwise Portal Ltd, the enlarged business becomes O’Brien Media Limited

2009

O’Brien Media acquires the assets of London based SEO specialists Bright Web Solutions.

2007

O’Brien Media acquires the assets of customers of website hosting and support business Webexie, based in Birmingham.

2007

O’Brien Media is created following the success of the web design division of Christian O’Brien Public Relations

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