Empowering 120-person engineering consultancy with a brand more befitting of their stature

Founded in 1947, MWP evolved into a multi-office, 120+ team of engineers and scientists, with expertise in more than 23 disciplines. Delivering a wide spectrum of engineering and environmental solutions for both private and public sector clients, in Ireland, the UK, and beyond.

However, the company had grown very frustrated with its external image, messaging, and website. The management team felt their poor external image was hampering the company and in particular recruitment.

Build brand and image to reflect depth of expertise and quality of work

The existing image painted a picture of a regional, conventional, outdated company. As well as affecting business development MWP felt their current approach was hindering recruitment. There was even confusion with their name, with customers and their team using a myriad of formats and abbreviations of the official Malachy Walsh & Partners name. The website was dated and confused, with a poor presentation of their expertise, services, and projects. They grappled with inconsistent use of messaging, fonts, and document styles across the company.

Tune in to MWP’s true personality, voice and values and build a brand that would resonate with their audiences  

Malachy Walsh & Partners became MWP, a reflection of their new, more modern, more confident personality. New photography brought their people to the fore and celebrated their most prestigious projects. New messaging captured their voice, and all supporting content was rewritten. The new website clarified and supported the interrelation between services, solutions, expertise, and project content, and featured a strong careers section. The brand was fully and consistently rolled out to all touchpoints and offices, from signage to document templates.

Gave 120 accomplished engineers the image and voice they deserved 

The project brought to a close 20 years of brand, image, and message frustration. It gave the company a brand and presence that reflected its own high standards. With a website experience to reflect the precision and elegance of an MWP solution.  

When we presented the new ‘MWP Vision’ to a 30-person management group, we got the most enthusiastic response we ever enjoyed. A reflection of the pent-up frustration with the past approach and an excitement to see something that they felt truly reflected who they were and who they aspired to be. “You’ve captured the essence of us, it’s amazing, and with this, I’ll be more comfortable pitching for any major project in London,” commented one of the senior engineers.

Clarify Foundations 

For the first time, the MWP team went through a process to examine and identify such critical foundations as purpose, positioning, value proposition, and brand personality.

Identify A Workable Construct

A key challenge of this project was to find a clear, workable matrix for the development and interrelation of content for services, solutions, expertise, and experts.

Brand Identity & Visual Style 

Developed all-new, distinctive brand identity and visual style, bringing MWP people and projects to the fore.

Copywriting

Crafted all lead messaging and helped shape and develop all supporting content.

Photography

Developed an entirely new ‘MWP people’ image bank, with extensive shoots, across multiple locations.

Website

Planned, designed, and built a website experience to reflect the precision and elegance of an MWP solution.

Brand Materials and Assets 

Created a complete suite of stationery and brand materials. And on-brand documentation in easy-to-use templates for fast, consistent, everyday use.

Ongoing Brand Development and Guardianship

Maverick continues to support the creation of various brand, sales and marketing materials for MWP as well as helping to guide and protect the use of the brand.