William Skeaping
- Activist
- United Kingdom
- Member since 2020
William Skeaping is a strategist and activist.
Having studied Art History, he started out as an early employee at Google UK, before joining Lex Records as label manager and A&R, working in London and NYC to take specialist content projects to the mainstream.
Developing brand-partnered content projects with rappers like MF DOOM and graphic novelist Alan Moore led to a tour of duty in advertising at McCann London before going freelance as a brand strategist, frequently working with start-ups.
Will briefly tried to hide from the grim reality of the climate and ecological crisis by moving to Copenhagen but came rushing back to the UK for the launch of Extinction Rebellion, immediately going full-time. He co-edited Extinction Rebellion's best-selling handbook 'This Is Not A Drill' (Penguin) and co-founded arts organisation Culture Declares Emergency.
He is currently working on a new initiative to hold greenwashing CEOs and leaders to account alongside creative outputs across art, music and video, including his own content start-up exploring the world's most interesting archives.
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