About Wilson Fletcher
What is Wilson Fletcher (now Futurestate Design Co.)?
Wilson Fletcher rebranded to Futurestate Design Co. in 2022 to mark its 20th anniversary, and the firm now operates as a fractional consulting network rather than a traditional consultancy or employer. The legacy wilsonfletcher.com domain points to the rebrand notice: "After 20 years of reinventing companies, services and products, it's time for WF to become something new; a business innovation company built to help companies become tomorrow's leaders."
The live futurestatedesign.co /about page provides the definitive context, verbatim: "Futurestate Design Co. is the business innovation company owned by Mark Wilson and Stephanie Fletcher. Founded as Wilson Fletcher in 2002, we became Futurestate to mark our 20th anniversary." Across both incarnations, the firm reports a 20-year track record of "over 150 organisations, in 10 countries, delivering over 350 successful programmes."
Where will I work?
Futurestate is a UK-based but network-distributed firm — the live footer at futurestatedesign.co uses a London phone number (+44 (0)203 865 8704) and an [email protected] address; the original Wilson Fletcher studio was at 1 Old Nichol Street, London E2 7HR. The current operating model is built around a global network of senior practitioners rather than fixed office-based employment, so engagement geography depends on the specific project and client.
What is the Futurestate team like?
Futurestate is co-owned by Mark Wilson and Stephanie Fletcher, who founded the original Wilson Fletcher consultancy in 2002. The firm describes itself today as "a fractional consulting team: a new way for companies of all types to get support from ultra-experienced business strategists, designers, researchers, technologists, marketers and more." Engagements are delivered by "world-class experts with decades of experience" working through two operating models — Retained+ (flat monthly retainers for ongoing advisory) and Project+ (intensive specialist programmes for time-bound critical work).
The firm's client roster across both eras includes BBC, BT Sport, Sky News, The Times & Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Penguin Random House, Hearst, Bauer Media, AXA Health, Experian, Lloyds Banking Group, NHS, Bristol City Council, S&P Global Platts, MetService, The New Zealand Herald, NZZ, and Waitrose.
Work-Life Balance
Neither the current Futurestate Design Co. site nor the archived Wilson Fletcher pages (2017–2022) currently publish a four-day-week, fixed-hours or PTO policy. Earlier 4dayweek.io copy referenced a 4-day, 32-hour week with "paid for 5 days" pay arrangement, but this cannot be re-verified against any current or archived live page on either wilsonfletcher.com or futurestatedesign.co. Because Futurestate now operates as a fractional network rather than a permanent-employment consultancy, traditional weekly-hours arrangements may no longer apply in the same way.
Candidates interested in joining the Futurestate network should reach out directly via [email protected] to confirm both the current engagement model and any working-hours expectations.
Perks and Benefits
Given the firm's 2022 pivot to a fractional consulting model, traditional employee benefits packages are not currently advertised on either domain. The firm's self-stated value proposition for practitioners (verbatim from /how-we-work) is "Leverage a growing network of the world's best practitioners who want to work on interesting challenges without traditional organisational constraints (including us)" — i.e. project-based, network-distributed work rather than employee benefits.
For the most current information, contact [email protected] directly.