A solid, well-planned and well-executed website can set you apart from your competition, drive bottom line value, and make you the star of the show.
We’ve been in the game of building websites since 1999 – back in the days before Google became a household name, and before YouTube, Facebook and Twitter were even imagined. We’ve ridden every wave of web technology and tackled every permutation of problems. There aren’t too many agencies that can claim to have been charting the digital landscape for as long as us. If the web were Everest, we’d be your Tenzing Norgay – solid, dependable and ready to guide you on your way to glory.
Whether you’re looking for someone to upgrade, troubleshoot, redesign or completely rebuild your website, we’ve got you covered. And if you’re just really not sure what you need, we can help you with that too!
And the proof?
A snapshot of our clients and industry recognition
The Fred Hollows Foundation
A dynamic, user-first digital experience: Fred Hollows' website transformation delivers a more cohesive, accessible platform to enhance donations and better serve diverse audiences.
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PGH Bricks Visualiser scoops prestigious Good Design Award
The Bricks Visualiser we created for PGH Bricks & Pavers™ has received a Good Design Award in recognition of outstanding design and innovation in the category of Digital Design.
PGH Bricks Visualiser
PGH Bricks & Pavers™ wanted to provide home builders with a category-leading tool to help them visualise and customise bricks for their new build.
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Webby Honours for legalsuper
The legalsuper website has been recognised as an Official Honoree in the prestigious Webby Awards.
legalsuper
legalsuper approached Luminary following a significant brand refresh and was faced with the predicament of redesigning and redeveloping their existing website or investing in a new build on a more suitable technical platform to suit their future needs.
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Melbourne Airport site wins Kentico Best Integration Award
Luminary has emerged victorious in the Best Integration category of the 2017 Kentico Site of the Year Awards, edging out tough international competition.
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Australian Apprenticeships Pathways receives Webby honours
The Australian Apprenticeships Pathways site has been recognised in the prestigious Webby Awards.
Australian Apprenticeships Pathways
This streamlined site is an amalgamation of two complex sites into one, where the journey is tailored to the needs of discrete user groups.
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Luminary dominates Design Awards
Luminary has brought home six trophies in the 2017 Melbourne and Sydney Design Awards.
Cancer Council Australia
Cancer Council is the nation’s leading cancer charity, and the only Australian charity working across every aspect of every cancer.
Save the Children
Facilitating story-driven content and a smooth user flow to maximise donations and streamline content administration.
Heart Foundation
Heart Foundation funds lifesaving heart research, education and work to improve heart disease prevention and care for all Australians.
NGS Super
NGS Super was looking for a platform that would provide security and stability, as well as empowering its staff to be self-sufficient in managing the site.
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Luminary cleans up at W³ Awards
Our work for Metricon, CGU, Brown Brothers and Snooze has been honoured in the 2015 W³ Awards
LUCRF Super
Underpinned by a comprehensive discovery phase, this project resulted in a site that is genuinely user centric.
William Angliss Institute
William Angliss Institute needed a website that would be a best-in-class competitive tool against universities, TAFEs and Registered Training Organisations.
Clipsal Virtual Smart Home
Clipsal wanted a virtual way to let customers experience the benefits of living in a Clipsal Wiser Smart Home.
EBM RentCover
EBM RentCover’s new website went from concept to launch in less than three months.
Melbourne Business School
Home to leading executive education programs, Melbourne Business School needed a website that would match the calibre of its courses.
Equip Super
Equip Super wanted to create a fresh, modern and responsive site that would facilitate personalised content in the future.
Clipsal by Schneider Electric
Clipsal needed a fresh new website to optimise the user experience and better showcase its product range.
ANZIIF
Insurance and finance industry professional association ANZIIF wanted to elevate the member experience on its Sitecore website.
Holding Redlich
Law firm Holding Redlich was looking for a site that would convey a sense of approachability and provide easy access to the firm's substantial library of content.
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Bringing home the bling!
Our work for Brown Brothers, QSR and the Australian Seniors Insurance Agency has been recognised in the 2016 Communicator Awards.
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Colourful Conversations makes its mark on the Webbys
Our campaign site for Brown Brothers continues its winning streak with an acknowledgment in the prestigious Webby Awards.
Ivory Coat Food Check
Ivory Coat is an Australian pet food brand that prides itself on using high quality, natural ingredients.
Life-Space Probiotics
Life-Space turned to Luminary to help expand its product, Australia’s number one probiotic, into the global scene.
GS1 Australia
GS1 Australia engaged Luminary to move its web presence from an end-of-life platform (Ektron) to Kentico.
KordaMentha
In this site rebuild a simplified information architecture and flexible content widgets were key in supporting content editors through a brand repositioning.
Allnex
Allnex needed a site with an interactive product finder to showcase over 1500 products, across more than 90 industries.
Methodist Ladies' College
Methodist Ladies’ College needed a website that would provide a world-class user experience to match the quality of the education it provides.
Our expertise
Key people and musings from our blog
Andy Thompson
CTO, Kontent.ai MVP, Kentico MVP, Owner
As our CTO, Andy heads up our developer teams, platforms and technology strategy.
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Andy Thompson named a Kentico MVP for 2020
Our CTO, Andy Thompson, has been named as a Kentico MVP for the sixth consecutive year.
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Why it’s time for the Jamstack to shine – the technology perspective
Javascript, APIs and Markup (HTML) have been around for literally decades. So why the sudden wave of enthusiasm for Jamstack as an enterprise web development platform?
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Kentico recognises Luminary as a world leader with Partner Quality Audit
Luminary has become one of only two agencies worldwide to receive Kentico's highest certification
Drew Foster
Technical Director
As Technical Director, Drew's focus is on supporting and mentoring our front end development and QA teams.
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Upgrading v rebuilding your Kentico website
Making a decision about whether to upgrade or rebuild your website is a lot like weighing up whether to renovate or rebuild a house. There are pros and cons both ways.
Marty Drill
CEO & Founder
Marty is the CEO and founder of Luminary.
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Stop trying to be all things to all people
Delivering great customer experiences is the key to staying in business, but you don’t need to deliver great experiences to everyone, says Luminary CEO Marty Drill.
Adam Griffith
Managing Director & Owner
Adam is a trusted advisor for our clients, and welcomes new clients to the Luminary community.
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Benefits of the Jamstack – from buzzword to business ready
The Jamstack is a modern approach to building fast, secure, and cost-effective websites and apps. In this article Luminary MD Adam Griffith explains the six 'Ss' of the Jamstack – Speed, Stability, Scalability, Security, Serviceability and Simplicity – to show why this movement is now business ready.
Emmanuel Tissera
Technical Director, Umbraco MVP
As Technical Director, Emmanuel works closely with our clients while providing leadership and mentoring to the development team.
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Emmanuel Tissera named Umbraco MVP
Luminary's Emmanuel Tissera has been awarded the prestigious title of Umbraco MVP.
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GILT or GUILT – Localisation crimes
Want to learn about globalisation and localisation? I was fortunate to speak about this recently at the Dutch Festival 2020 (DF20). This is a recording from that session, along with the Q&A.
Emma Andrews
Strategy Director
As Strategy Director, Emma's primary task is to ask lots of questions of our clients and transform the responses into a blueprint for success.
Fab Ferrante
Senior Designer
As a UX/UI Designer, Fab's mission is to create enjoyable user experiences through design.
Liam Thomas
Engagement Director
Liam leads the Client Service team and is ultimately responsible for the quality of our client relationships.
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Luminary wins Episerver Partner Award
Luminary has been recognised as Episerver's most valuable new partner in the Asia Pacific region.
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Luminary announced as Kentico Kontent Premium Partner
Luminary has become the fourth agency worldwide to be afforded Kentico Kontent Premium Partner status.
Handy resources
Check out the handy resources below for downloadable guides, checklists and templates to help you achieve your digital goals.
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How to choose the right CMS
You’ve decided you need a new Content Management System – but where do you start in deciding which one to go with? Here, we distill our learnings over the past two decades of advising clients on choosing digital platforms. We’ve even included a downloadable comparison matrix for you to rank contending CMS or DXP options.
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Building a martech stack
Selecting a martech stack can be overwhelming. The right mix of products can be the make or break of an organisation’s digital strategy. Here, we share our insights and tips from many years of assisting clients with this daunting task. We also include our downloadable Martech Audit Matrix for you to audit your existing stack.
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How to create a digital strategy roadmap
A good strategic roadmap not only outlines what you want to achieve with your digital strategy, but sets out the detail of how you're going to get there. Here we provide guidance on how to do it, along with a downloadable Digital Roadmap Toolkit.
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How to perform a website audit
Conducting a website audit sounds like a really big, scary, time-consuming chore, but it doesn’t have to be. We’ve simplified the task for you with six key areas to assess – along with a downloadable checklist full of useful questions, tips and tools.
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How to brief a digital agency
Whether you’re briefing your existing agency or inviting new agencies to respond to a request for proposal, there are certain ‘rules of the game’ that will help you drive the best possible result. This blog post features a downloadable digital agency briefing template to help you get off on the right foot.
Everything you need to know if you're considering migrating your website from a traditional CMS to a headless CMS.
Everything you need to know if you're considering developing and launching a digital product.
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Why conducting a content audit is essential
Performing a content audit is a crucial step in optimising a website's performance. It can help identify outdated or irrelevant content, identify content gaps, improve SEO efforts, enhance user experience, and save time and resources.
