The Start is a Perth-based creative studio with seventeen in-house designers, developers, strategists and marketing specialists who Never Stop Starting™. It's more than a tagline - it's how we work and think, day in and day out. Founded in 2014, our integrated agency works across three connected areas: design (web design, UX design, branding, visual identity), technology (web development and support, AI consultancy and development) and marketing (strategy, search engine optimisation, generative engine optimisation, social and paid media). Three pillars, one studio, no handoffs between separate agencies.
We love producing work that excites us and, more importantly, moves the needle for our clients. We've built a client list carefully over more than a decade, that now includes names like Perth Airport, Tourism Western Australia, RTRFM, Perth Festival, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre, Hotel Rottnest and The Westin. It's a client list we're proud of, built one relationship at a time. We love to work across arts, events, hospitality, tourism, retail, education and not-for-profits. Different sectors, same standard, every time.
We break rules that deserve breaking and ask the uncomfortable questions early, because that's usually where the real opportunities are hiding. We'd rather ask them now than apologise for them later on. There's no senior pitch team handing over to a junior delivery team. Everything is made here in-house, with no templates and no offshoring, and the person in your kickoff call is the one designing or coding your project down the track. It's a simple set-up, and it's worked for us for over a decade. That approach has earned real recognition along the way: a Webby Award, seven Australian Web Awards, two Good Design Australia Awards and Campaign Brief WA's 2026 Digital Agency of the Year.
If you'd rather push forward than play it safe, we'd love to hear about it. Get in touch, tell us what you're trying to build, and let's start something worth talking about.