Testimonials
“Luminate Media's Geoff was an absolute pleasure to work with on the BBC Earth Podcast. His ear for a great story, multifaceted production skills and professional manner helped to deliver a podcast we were all immensely proud of. Geoff’s passion for audio is a boon to any project, and I hope we get the chance to work together again.”
Lee Bacon – Head of Digital at The Natural History Unit, BBC Studios
“Luminate Media helped us launch our podcast in 2020, and since then their contributions have been instrumental in turning our podcast into an award-winning platform.
Over the past four years, they have guided us through every aspect of the podcast-making process with remarkable skill, patience, and professionalism.
From our earliest conversations to our most recent recordings, they have consistently elevated our content. So far, this has led to two award nominations and an award win. In June 2024, The PJ Pod was recognised as the Best B2B Podcast at the British Society of Magazine Editors Talent Awards.”
Carolyn Wickware – Executive Editor, Pharmaceutical Journal
“We have worked with Luminate for many years and they are one of our most trusted and valued freelancers - always a pleasure to work with and brimming with ideas. Their talent for bringing stories to life is unparalleled, always going the extra mile to weave compelling narrative into complex scientific stories - bringing out the humanity behind the papers and maintaining the high level of accuracy that the Nature audience demands. Extracting both clarity and colour from esoteric research is no easy task - but their experience and flair make it seem effortless.”
Noah Baker – Chief Multimedia Editor, Nature
“We have worked with Luminate Media on two film projects, and both have been incredibly positive experiences. They have an excellent ability to distill often complex concepts, contexts and programming into visually stunning, cinematic stories that resonate with our diverse audiences and donors. Additionally, considering both projects we have worked on with Luminate have taken place in extremely challenging operating environments, their adaptability, openness and versatility has been critical and invaluable. Their creative vision and highly collaborative nature has resulted in films we are genuinely proud to share, and I highly recommend them for anyone seeking storytelling at its finest.”
Charles Davy – Managing Director, Afghanaid
“We’ve hired Luminate Media to photograph many of our events and to take headshots of some of our staff. They’ve also helped us with marketing videos. They always produce really amazing images that capture the people and events really well and tell the right story.
They’re also seem to get on really well with everyone and are nice to have around. Would highly recommend for anyone needing professional photos or videos.”
Mat Westergreen-Thorne – CEO, Grantify
“Working with Luminate Media was a complete pleasure from start to finish. Geoff worked alongside our team on an exciting field trip to a hydrothermal vent in an Icelandic Fjord. He conducted interviews and filmed every aspect of our work, producing a beautiful and informative short film about our NERC-funded research project. This was featured on the Natural History Museum website and across social media channels gathering great interest in our project. Geoff took the complex ideas across space and time scales in our research project and helped turn them into a coherent science communication message for our broader stakeholders.”
Dr Adrian Glover – Merit Researcher, Natural History Museum
“We had the pleasure of working with Geoff and Natalia on a workshop on science communication skills for our early career scientists volunteers at the European Geosciences Union (EGU). They were incredibly prompt and helpful and tailored the programme of the workshop to our specific needs. The workshop itself was engaging and full of pertinent examples and helpful behind-the-scenes information on science communication. We loved working with them and hope to do so again in the future.”
Dr. Christina Anna Orieschnig – ECS representative, EGU's Hydrological Sciences division