Founded in 2008 with offices in Montreal and Toronto, w.illi.am/ has over 50 web experts in every realm of the digital world, generating average annual growth of 30%.

w.illi.am/'s digital experience designers analyze, conceptualize, develop and market digital responses to the business needs of Quebec's largest companies. The agency has innovated by taking an interdisciplinary approach to consulting and technology development.

With five of the largest companies in Quebec in its portfolio*, w.illi.am/ is picking up speed, in just three years becoming a major industry leader that is expanding internationally thanks to a growing Canadian and American clientele.

w.illi.am/ is sometimes seen as a web agency, but it is actually a digital agency, founded on shared values and a common mission: to offer long-term guidance to large organizations through interdisciplinary expertise.

w.illi.am/ comes from the Germanic name Wilhelm: wille for will and helm for protection.
In an increasingly mature and highly competitive industry, w.illi.am/ has humanized a profession, making it about more than just digital technology. It’s about getting back to basics: communication. Its experts have helped shape the character of the profession through their interdisciplinary approach and close collaboration with clients.

While the name w.illi.am/ evokes the human nature of communication, the “.” and “/” are a nod to the world of technology.

w.illi.am/ is not:

• William James Adams, Jr., known by his stage name will.i.am ("will I am"), an American rapper, musician...
• Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
• William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright
• Etc, etc.

In 2007, the digital industry was gaining in strength and scope worldwide. Power Corporation of Canada asked three web pioneers, Marco Dodier as president, Damien Lefebvre as co-president, and Annie Levesque as co-president, to create the Canadian leader in digital consulting and development in Montreal.

On October 1, 2008, the management company owned by Square Victoria Digital Properties Inc., a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada, was officially named w.illi.am/ and started out on its remarkable journey.

From the outset, w.illi.am/ developed expertise in two areas: consulting and development. Today, w.illi.am/ has 50 experts working in Montreal and Toronto, who use their different skill sets to guide the agency’s clients. Each discipline is headed up by specialists with over 10 years of experience.

w.illi.am/ has been expanding since 2007. Every year, the company grows an average of 30%.

w.illi.am/ started setting its sights beyond the borders of Quebec by building business relationships in Toronto in 2010 and 2011, laying the groundwork for international expansion. Today, with major business ties with the United States, the w.illi.am/ team is eagerly looking toward a promising future in the digital world.

The number of employees has grown sevenfold in four years, from seven to over 50 experts. At the same time, the Montreal offices have tripled in size. Originally located in the Cité du multimédia, w.illi.am/ moved downtown to the Quartier des spectacles in 2009.

A vision of partnership

Major organizations have traditionally sought guidance from a single partner per area of expertise. This has not been the case for the web, where a multitude of suppliers have prompted organizations to use a variety of approaches, some of them contradictory.

w.illi.am/ was created to respond to a need for a single vision in digital strategy, while ensuring superior quality through better design, innovative development and optimal marketing.

w.illi.am/ guides companies through the digital sphere to offer them memorable transactional and non-transactional e-business solutions.

From vision to reality

Business analysis, user experience, ergonomics, interactive marketing, social media, technology consulting and creation make w.illi.am/ a leader at developing digital strategies and identities. Our technology development teams put these innovative visions into action on convergent platforms.

For w.illi.am/, building advanced products and services also means making them functional. Being able to measure the performance and profitability of proposed solutions is a key factor for success. At every stage of a project, we monitor performance indicators that are tied to client objectives.

A digital experience designers

Users consume digital content on a growing number of platforms (web, tablets, mobile phones, smart TV). w.illi.am/’s projects are part of multidimensional initiatives with solutions appropriate to each platform.

Working hand in hand with companies makes it possible to meet their objectives and to develop tailor-made products. This working relationship is so important at w.illi.am/ that we have given it a name: co-creation.

w.illi.am/ carefully analyzes user behaviour to develop user-driven designs and ergonomics. During mandates, our teams work closely and pool their expertise using an interdisciplinary approach.

w.illi.am/ is made up of some 50 people who share a vision of the future. They have embarked on an extraordinary journey; they combine their skills and their passions to shape the digital world of today and tomorrow. The w.illi.am/ family never stops growing and moving toward its dream: to become the international authority on digital initiatives.

w.illi.am/ is:

• A mindset of pooling knowledge that inspires all team members.
• A shared vision of inventiveness, in which each person has a place.
• A close relationship between the team and clients. Every web expert instinctively listens to and guides clients and develops close partnership ties.
• A lifestyle that combines professionalism and well-being. We build team spirit through a variety of activities. We organize monthly lunch & learns, get-togethers (meetings between the team and management to talk about the company’s evolution and status in every discipline), drinks after work, breakfasts, outdoor getaways, rafting, and petanque and soccer tournaments.
• An office located in the cultural heart of Montreal.
• Social responsibility that everyone shares: charitable donations, support for humanitarian efforts and the use and promotion of green transportation.