Lumina Learning Studio — Learning design that solves your problems.
LEARNING DESIGN EXPERIENCE FOR TEAMS & ORGANIZATIONS

Achieve goals and solve problems by

design

We turn your business challenges into learning experiences your people understand, finish, and act on — so training produces competence, not just completion.

ONBOARDING · TRAINING · CERTIFICATIONS · LMS BUILDS

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THE REAL PROBLEM

The gap between information and impact

These problems look different on the surface — a months-long onboarding here, a failed tool rollout there, a compliance module everyone quietly ignores. But they share one root cause: the information exists; no one designed the experience around it.

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Knowledge that walks out the door

Your critical processes live in one person's head. When they leave, the process leaves with them — and "shadow them for a week" was never a real plan.

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Training that changes nothing

Everyone completes the course. Everyone forgets it. Completion was never competence — and information alone doesn't move behavior.

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Onboarding that's slow and inconsistent

Ramp times stretch for months, and every hire, shift, and site gets a different standard — because onboarding was treated as an event, not a designed journey.

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Tools and AI nobody adopts

You paid for the licences and the seats. Half the team quietly went back to the old way — because someone trained the tool instead of designing the change.

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People promoted with no preparation

Your best contributor becomes a manager overnight — a team, a budget, and no support. So they lead the way they were led, badly. The same goes for every "accidental" project owner.

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Training that can't prove its worth

You report completions and satisfaction scores to leaders who measure cycle time, error rates, and retention. When the two don't connect, training gets cut first.

The common thread: none of these is a knowledge problem. They're design problems — which means they're solvable by design.

OUR APPROACH

How we turn your goals into results

You're not buying content — you're buying a solved problem. Here's how we design toward the outcome you actually need:

We define the outcome before we build anything

We dig past "we need training on X" to the real problem, and the business result it should move — a number, a behavior, a capability. We set the baseline and how we'll measure it up front. If a course isn't the answer, we'll tell you.

We design for what people do, not what they finish

Practice, real decisions, and scenarios pulled from your actual work — so people perform under real conditions, not just pass a quiz. Completion turns into capability.

We capture the knowledge trapped in people's heads

Structured interviews and observation turn your experts' hard-won know-how into clear, transferable guidance — so critical processes survive turnover and new hires ramp in weeks, not months.

We design the whole experience, so it actually gets used

Not just the content — the job aids at the point of decision, the manager guides, the rollout rhythm, the reinforcement. The system around the learning is what drives adoption.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

A clearly defined, measurable outcome

Learning your people actually use

Proof it worked — in terms leadership cares about

SERVICES

What we design

Six ways to turn your goals into learning that performs.

Learning path map

Courses & learning programs

Courses & curricula, certification & training programs, and onboarding programs & systems.

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Assessment & competency design

Knowledge checks, performance-based assessments, and feedback loops that measure real competence — so completion actually means capability.

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Training & presentation decks

Training and webinar decks, plus custom infographics and workflows that make complex ideas land.

Workbook writing

Learning content & workbooks

Interactive workbooks and guides, microlearning, job aids, and checklists designed to teach, not just inform.

Knowledge library

Enablement docs & systems

SOPs, manuals, and knowledge bases built for clarity, consistency, and on-the-job learning.

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LMS build & deployment (add-on)

Your program built and deployed in your LMS — LightspeedVT, Thinkific, or GoHighLevel.

PROCESS

From goal to outcome

A seamless, collaborative process designed to make it effortless for you.

01

Discover & define

We clarify who your learners are, what they need to be able to do, and what success looks like — the foundation everything else is built on.

02

Map the LXD Canvas

We translate that into your LXD Canvas — the blueprint that maps your learners, your goals, and the experience designed to connect them. This is the heart of the method, where content becomes a learning experience.

03

Design & build

We turn the Canvas into a complete Learning Experience Plan and build the materials — interactive, on-brand, and ready for your LMS when needed, with your review and refinement along the way.

04

Implement & facilitate

When your program calls for it, we roll it out and facilitate alongside you — so your learners are guided through the experience, not just handed it.

05

Assess & monitor

We measure real competence with post-learning assessment and a monitoring plan — so you can see what's working and prove the program delivers.

SELECTED WORK

From expertise to learning that works

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SELF-BUILT AI TOOL

The "How I Work" AI generator

An AI app that turns a leader's working style into a clear guide their team can use from day one — the same capture-and-transfer thinking behind every Lumina program, built into a tool.

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The Finish Line Checklist workbook

FOR EPIQUE POWER COACHING

Interactive coaching workbook

A comprehensive 13-page workbook with interactive elements guiding new coaches through onboarding — built for engagement and action, not just reference.

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SELF-BUILT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

The 10X Admin System

A 3-phase, competency-based certification program training executive assistants in AI-augmented operations — built on the Velocity learn → build → audit → refine cycle.

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SELF-BUILT AI FRAMEWORK

The AI Meta-Builder Framework

A structured methodology — choice architecture, zero-friction onboarding, single-output sequencing — for engineering reliable, adoption-ready AI tools.

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INSIGHTS

Notes on how people learn

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INVESTMENT

Choose the path that fits your goals

AI-Powered Learning Assets Build

Already have your learning plan and content? We use AI to build it into materials that work — more interactive, more engaging, designed for a better learning experience.

Build or rebuild of your existing learning materials

AI-powered, interactive, engaging formats

Improved learning flow and experience

Custom, on-brand design

Final, launch-ready output

Starts at $800*

LXD Canvas & Learning Plan Package

Your complete learning experience from the ground up — starting with your own LXD Canvas, the blueprint that maps your learners, your goals, and the experience that gets them there.

Your own LXD Canvas (your learning experience blueprint)

Complete Learning Experience Plan document

Designed and built learning materials

Post-learning assessment to measure real competence

Monitoring document to track results over time

Starts at $1,500*

Complete LXD Suite & Implementation

The full engagement — we design the experience, build the materials, then implement and facilitate the program alongside you.

Everything in the LXD Canvas & Learning Plan Package, plus:

Implementation of your learning program

Live facilitation and delivery

Hands-on support as your learners go through it

Starts at $3,500*

Course & LMS Build

Your full course designed, built, and deployed in your LMS — LightspeedVT, Thinkific, GoHighLevel, and more.

End-to-end: design, build, and deployment

Configured in your platform, ready for learners

The build few competitors can deliver

Contact us for a custom quote*

*Scope and final investment vary by content volume, design complexity, turnaround, and session number.

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WHY LUMINA

More than a studio — your strategic learning partner

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Designed by an educator, not just a designer

A real foundation in education (B.Ed., TESOL) and pedagogy means your program is built on how people actually learn — not borrowed design templates.

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Learning that works, not just looks good

We design for comprehension, completion, and action — outcomes you can measure, not decoration.

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AI-augmented, expert-led

We use AI to produce premium learning faster, with an experienced operator ensuring every piece is accurate, on-brand, and genuinely sound.

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14+ years in learning & operations B.Ed. English · UP Diliman TESOL certified LightspeedVT · Thinkific · GoHighLevel
ABOUT

The educator behind the studio

Mars Joseph San Buenaventura — Founder & Lead Learning Experience Designer

Mars is a trained educator (B.Ed. in English, University of the Philippines; TESOL certified) with 14+ years building structured, high-impact learning for teams and organizations — certification programs, course curricula, training systems, and learning paths that drive measurable competence, not just completion.

He has built and run learning systems as Chief of Staff to a multi-venture CEO, designed the training and onboarding curriculum that scaled teams at a Silicon Valley consultancy, and supervised instructional quality for a 30-person operation delivering thousands of online lessons.

That mix — formal pedagogy, deep operations, and AI-augmented delivery across LightspeedVT, Thinkific, and GoHighLevel — is what Lumina brings to every engagement: learning designed around the person who has to learn it, and the outcome they need to reach.

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GET STARTED

Have a goal your people need to reach? Let's build it.

A simple, three-step path to begin the project.

01

Send an inquiry

Submit your form with the project details and the path you'd like to move forward with. We'll connect and walk you through next steps.

02

Sign & pay

We send a formal agreement and the initial invoice to officially secure your spot in our production schedule.

03

Schedule your kickoff call

Once the paperwork is complete, we'll schedule your strategy and discovery call to begin the design.

Submit a Project Inquiry