Wonderful strikes gold at Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts’ global Communicator Awards

The US Academy of Interactive Visual Arts has awarded Sydney independent digital agency Wonderful multiple awards, including four golds, at this year’s International Communicator Awards.

Wonderful this week took out three golds for best general non-profit website, best user experience, and best features, structure and navigation, for its work with Aruma, one of Australia’s leading not-for-profit disability service providers supporting more than 4,000 people across New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Victoria.

Wonderful also secured gold in the best user interface category for Millbray, alongside two silver awards for best general property website and best visual appeal – aesthetic.

Millbray was launched to respond to the growing demand from Australia’s over-50s for high-quality residential living. Wonderful helped lead the digital foundations for Millbray and its first community, Ashcroft in Queensland, overseeing mobile-first experience design, a unified responsive design system, engineering, scalable content architecture and performance analytics.

Matt Barbelli, founder and managing director at Wonderful, said the recognition highlights the agency’s ability to deliver world-class digital experiences. “This level of recognition on an international stage is incredibly meaningful for our team and partners,” Barbelli said. “To see our work for Aruma and Millbray awarded alongside some of the world’s best is a testament to the ambition of our clients and the calibre of thinking and craft we bring to every project.”

Now in its 32nd year, the prestigious Communicator Awards received more than 3,000 entries from advertising agencies, global brands, digital agencies, production studios and in-house creative teams, making it one of the largest and most competitive programs celebrating excellence in marketing and communications.

The awards are judged by the Academy of Interactive Visual Arts, an invitation-only body of over 1,100 industry leaders, with this year’s jury including experts from JPMorgan Chase Co., FedEx, Netflix, National Geographic Society and Accenture Song.

New York headquartered Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts is an assembly of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress in traditional and interactive media. In addition to the Communicator Awards, it oversees the W3 and Davey Awards.