Website Redesign & Custom Website Build for Iain Glen – UK Actor
We partnered with award-winning actor Iain Glen to deliver a fully custom website build showcasing his extensive body of work across film, theatre, and television. The project focused on creating a refined digital platform that highlights his career, presents news and media content, and delivers an engaging user experience for visitors exploring his work.
Client
Actor, known for major film and television roles including Game of Thrones and numerous stage performances.
Skill-set Utilised
- Custom website design and development focused on performance, scalability, and user experience
- Responsive UI design and implementation across custom page templates
- Dynamic content architecture enabling flexible management of credits, news, and media
- Media-rich gallery systems designed for film, theatre, and television content presentation
- Performance optimisation and UX refinement for fast, accessible, and intuitive browsing
Website URL
Official website, serving as a career detail, press hub, and media showcase.
Project brief
Building a CMS-Driven Platform for a UK Actor Portfolio
Develop a custom CMS-driven website based on defined requirements for Iain Glen, enabling the team to easily manage and publish content across film, theatre, and television.
The platform includes structured content for career timeline and news, film, theatre and TV credits with media galleries, showreels and awards content, press materials and downloadable assets, as well as contact and representation information.
The website needed to be fast, mobile-responsive, and intuitive to maintain, providing a flexible system for ongoing content updates and long-term scalability.
Challenges & Objectives
- Present a rich archive of media and projects in a way that is easy to browse, manage, and update.
- Build a scalable content structure that supports career timeline information, showreels, credits, and multiple media galleries without compromising website performance.
- Provide the site editing team with simple and intuitive content management workflows to support ongoing updates and new content publishing.
- Ensure a fully responsive build with strong website performance and fast load times across all devices.
Our approach
01
Discovery & Requirements
We started by understanding the types of content Iain’s team needed to highlight: roles, awards, news, press materials, and media. This informed a modular content structure designed to balance flexibility, consistency, and ease of long-term content management.
02
Design & Website Build
We created a custom design system and translated it into a fully custom website build, focusing on clean layouts, strong visual hierarchy, and performance-led implementation. The build avoids heavy page builders and prioritises fast-loading, maintainable templates.
03
Dynamic Content & Structured Data
We implemented structured content models for credits, news, media, and press materials so each content type can be managed independently with tailored fields that support efficient editing and organisation.
04
Responsive, Accessible & UX-Focused Development
Each template and component was designed and tested across multiple devices to ensure a seamless experience on desktop, tablet, and mobile. The final experience prioritises clarity, accessibility, and intuitive navigation across all content types.
Key Deliverables
- Custom website design and development tailored to the client’s brand, content structure, and audience
- Structured content system for credits, media, news, awards, and press materials
- Dynamic media and gallery templates designed for rich visual storytelling across film, theatre, and television content
- Flexible content management system enabling easy updates and modular page building
- Fully responsive layouts optimised for all screen sizes and devices
- Performance-focused build optimised for fast load times, usability, and overall user experience
Results: The relaunched IainGlen.com now offers:
A flexible content management system that enables the team to update content independently and efficiently.
Clear presentation of career history, media, press releases, and photography in a structured and accessible format.
Smooth navigation with rich media support across all content types and screen sizes.
A modern, scalable website designed for long-term growth, improved performance, and an enhanced user experience.