Websites for production companies and event organisers
I'm Mark Gibson, and I build and look after websites for production companies, event managers, agencies and the artists they work with. Before this I part-owned Corporate Productions and Events, doing the sound, lighting and staging for product launches, formal balls and political events, so I usually understand your world before you've finished explaining it.
NameMark Gibson
WebsitesSince the late 1990s
CPELate 1990s–2002
BasedSydney, NSW
Recent work
Merilyn Steele
FieldLive music and functions
WorkRedesign and care
Year2026
Aloft Australian Productions
FieldFeature film
WorkWebsite and care
Year2026
AEM Creative AgencyEvents, TV, live music
Come Alive ProductionsTelevision and film
Flying VisionAerial cinematography
Hot Ice Production ServicesEvent production hire
Australian Music HistoryMy own reference site
“He knows his stuff but more importantly, he knows his music.”
Herm Kovac, Ted Mulry Gang
How a project runs
Every project runs like a show, with four points where you sign off
Each sign-off takes you a few minutes and saves a much slower conversation later. Nothing moves to the next stage until the current one is approved.
Planning session
A paid session that ends in a written plan: the pages, the features and exactly what content I'll need. The plan is yours to keep, and the fee comes off the build if you go ahead.
Start
Sign-off 1: the plan
Pre-production
You send your words, photos and logos into a shared folder. The build starts once everything's in, so the start date is in your hands.
Your pace
Design
We agree the look in one short document, then I build your homepage in full on a private link so you can judge the real thing on your phone.
1 week
Sign-offs 2 and 3: the look, then the homepage
Build
Every other page, in the style you've approved, with a progress email each week.
2–3 weeks
Load-in
The site moves to its permanent home with its domain, security certificate, email delivery, backups and search setup.
1–2 days
Dress rehearsal
Final testing on the live server, then it's over to you for a proper look before anyone else sees it.
1 week
Sign-off 4: the finished site
Opening night
Your site goes live and I watch it while it does, then I check in at 30 and 90 days.
Live
Care
Looking after your site once it's live
A site for a business with a calendar goes stale fast. I host every site I build on my own managed servers and keep it updated, backed up and secure, so you don't have to think about any of it.
If you'd rather not touch the site at all, I can take care of the content too. New events, new pages and seasonal changes arrive in one email and I do the rest.
Hosting: premium managed servers, monitored around the clock.
Updates: the site's software, theme and plugins kept current.
Backups: on a schedule, kept off-site.
Security certificate: installed and renewed.
Email delivery: enquiries sent through a proper sending service, so they don't go missing.
Content care: optional. Changes sent in one email, done for you.
About me
Why production and events people come to me
I've been building websites since the late 1990s. Around the same time I part-owned Corporate Productions and Events, which ran the sound, lighting and staging for product launches, formal balls and political speeches until about 2002, so I know what the week before an event looks like from the inside.
These days I also write and run Australian Music History, a reference site on the pub rock era, and I built the database behind it myself. When the job needs something a template can't do, like an artist roster, a booking form or a custom application, I can build that too.
Corporate Productions and EventsCo-owner
WebsitesLate 1990s–now
Australian Music HistoryWriter, builder
Custom applicationsBuilt to order
Is this a fit?
Is this the right fit for you?
I do my best work for people who already know their business well and want help taking it online properly. If you're still working out what business you're in, or you're after the cheapest quick fix, I'm probably not the right person.
Website projects generally start at $2,500 and begin with a paid planning session.
Contact
Talk to me about your project
Tell me a little about what you do and what you need, and I'll get back to you to set up a short call.
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