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. Chris had dabbled in website design since 1997 while still at School, back when dial-up ruled in Purton, where Chris’ family lived at the time.

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.