Will is a Senior Lecturer on the Costume and Performance Design course and the Scenography Specialism Leader at the Arts University Bournemouth. Will has an MA in Creative Cultural Practice from the University of Portsmouth and is the current chair of the Performance Design Education Collective (PDEC).

Will studied Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway (London University) and specialised in design. After graduating, he initially worked as an assistant to designers including Bob Crowley, Ultz and Mark Thompson. His own design work has encompassed new writing, devised work, classic texts, opera, musicals and pantomime. He has worked at many theatres and performance venues throughout the UK with the occasional foray overseas.