Jonathan Bird Web Development

Freelance Website Designer & Web Developer Brisbane

Jonathan Bird Web Development delivers purpose-built, results-driven website design, web development, custom web applications, and eCommerce solutions — all tailored to the unique needs of your organisation. With over 15 years of commercial experience, I work with Enterprise clients, Federal and State Government Departments and Agencies, and Not-for-Profit organisations across Australia.

I've worked with hundreds of amazing organisations

  • Culture Kings
  • All4Adventure
  • Creative Conversions
  • Museum of Brisbane
  • Griffith University
  • Wotif Group
  • Impact Office Supplies
  • East Coast Bullbars
  • Triple P Positive Parenting Program
  • Inspiring Brighter Futures
  • Brisbane South PHN
  • Healing Foundation

Specialist web design and development company

Jonathan Bird Portrait

Welcome to my corner of the digital world! I'm Jonathan Bird — a full-time freelance website designer and web developer based in Brisbane, Australia. I specialise in purpose-built and results-driven web design, custom website development, and scalable web applications that help organisations solve real-world problems.

With over 15 years of commercial experience and a university degree in Information Technology (graduating with Distinction), I combine formal education with ongoing self-learning to keep up to date with the latest trends and releases, enabling me to deliver proven solutions for my clients. This ensures the websites I deliver are fast, secure, accessible, and built to last.

I work with Enterprise organisations, Federal and State Government Departments and Agencies, and Not-for-Profits across Australia — with a focus on web development in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra.

My services include:

Whether you need a high-converting marketing site, a scalable custom business portal, or a refreshed Wordpress site, each project is designed to deliver long-term value and a seamless user experience.

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Solutions - I build quality solutions that deliver growth for my clients.

I've had the privilege of contributing to some of Australia's largest websites, web applications and eCommerce sites. This experience empowers me to offer clients optimal guidance and comprehensive solutions from start to finish.

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Case Studies - Featured Website Projects

These showcased projects serve as a window into my expertise in the realm of website development. Carefully selected to represent a variety of platforms and solutions, they offer a glimpse into the diverse capabilities I bring to the table.

Algolia Site Search AWS Cloud Management Laravel Development

Impact Office Supplies eCommerce Website (B2B & B2C)

Impact Office Supplies is Australia’s leading independent office supplies store, enabling Australia-wide businesses and communities to order your office supplies online with ease.

AWS Cloud Management Laravel Development

All 4 Adventure Competition Website

Live the All 4 Adventure Dream is an exciting competition being run exclusively in conjunction with the telecast of All 4 Adventure giving viewers the chance to win $250K of prizes.

Laravel Development AWS Cloud Management

Rumble's Quest Child Wellbeing Measurement & Reporting Platform

Rumble's Quest is a robust and reliable measure of social and emotional wellbeing for primary school children in Australia. The digital tools developed help to measure and report back to educators.

Laravel Development Algolia Site Search AWS Cloud Management

Delivery Management Software

A powerful delivery management solution streamlining logistics, enhancing real-time tracking, and optimising operations.

Statamic Development

Brisbane South PHN Website Refresh

Brisbane South PHN required a website refresh that would allow the health professionals in their region to easily find the information required, which involved a sitemap and menu overhaul, full content rewrite and refreshed design.

Shopify & Shopify Plus Development Laravel Development AWS Cloud Management

Culture Kings Shopify & Laravel Websites

Culture Kings had significant eCommerce growth and as one of the senior web developers employed, I was appointed in redesigning & developing their new website in Shopify, as well as their middleware application in Laravel.

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Platforms - I use platforms & technology that are built for scale.

The platforms & technologies that I develop on are trusted by the world's top companies. This means that the technologies you're adopting are designed to grow with your business, giving you confidence in their scalability.

Laravel

Laravel Developer Brisbane

I am Brisbane's leading freelance Laravel Developer, providing a one-stop Laravel shop for my clients who need bespoke web solutions - from strategy, through to design, development, ongoing maintenance and hosting I can deliver all aspects. When off-the-shelf solutions don't align with your business needs, the solution is to develop a custom web application using the Laravel PHP framework. I spend the time to understand business requirements and user journeys completely before development begins. I have built a sizeable portfolio of Laravel applications that you can view below.

Shopify Development

Shopify Developer Brisbane

Shopify is a commercial solution for growing digital brands. Having worked at Culture Kings as a Senior Developer migrating the popular streetwear brand from Magento to Shopify Plus, I got to see the inner workings of one of the first, and later biggest Shopify customers in the Asia Pacific region, meaning I know what works and what doesn't when it comes to Shopify and Shopify Plus Development. I have also worked as a freelance Shopify Plus developer in Brisbane with other top brands such as Beginning Boutique, a popular female fashion brand.

Wordpress Developer Brisbane

43% of the web is built on WordPress. More businesses, and Fortune 500 companies use WordPress than all other options combined. Having been a web developer for over a decade, I have worked with it from day one through to now, with many custom Wordpress websites, plugins, and integrations developed including sites for AMA Group Ltd, Brisbane South PHN, All 4 Adventure, Epic Pharmacy, Icon Group, East Coast Bullbars and many more.

Statamic Developer Brisbane

Statamic is a modern, clean, and highly adaptable content management system that can run full-stack, headless, on flat files or databases, & as an static site generator. WordPress is targeted at simpler informational sites, while Statamic is designed specifically to build and manage bespoke (custom) websites, and can scale beautifully when integrated as part of an existing Laravel web application. I am an active member in the Statamic development community and have also lead and developed large Statamic sites such as Brisbane South PHN's latest website redesign, and the website you're browsing right now.

Algolia Setup & Integration

Algolia is a powerful, flexible, scalable digital AI search & discovery platform. Algolia is my platform of choice for powering search for all of my clients, such as for Impact Office Supplies or Culture Kings in their B2B and B2C eCommerce, Brisbane South PHN in their custom Laravel web applications and Statamic CMS website. Default search engines in websites are poor, and for businesses who rely on their customers finding the content or products they are looking for, it's vital to choose a powerful and scalable search provider like Algolia.

AWS Cloud Consulting Brisbane

AWS is the world leader in Cloud Computing Services, providing computing capabilities, database storage, content distribution, email deliverability services and much more. AWS provides a variety of services to use when develop complex web applications that require flexibility, scalability, and dependability. I use AWS for all of my clients who need enterprise-ready, scalable and reliable web hosting. AWS has been the choice for all websites I've worked on for Culture Kings, Wotif, Impact Office Supplies, All 4 Adventure, AMA Group and more.

Common questions that I get asked

I get asked a lot of questions about my services, and website project process. I have collated some of the most common questions that I get asked.

Do you work with small businesses who need a basic website?

How much do your freelance web development services cost?

How are freelance web developers different from web design agencies?

Do you also work with clients that are based outside of Brisbane and Australia?

Do you offer any other services besides web development, such as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) or Digital Marketing?

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