HI, I’M HELEN!
🌃 I’m a New York-based art director specializing in strategic creative work, from integrated campaigns to brand identities.
🍸 My agency experience spans from men’s fragrance to mayonnaise - I’ve designed campaigns for brands including Coach, Samsung, Hellmann’s, Degree, Vaseline, Courvoisier, Roku Gin, and Suntory Whisky.
✂️ When I’m not pushing pixels, I like cutting paper. My mixed media playground: @hel.scape
🤠 I studied advertising with a minor in government at the University of Texas at Austin, which fueled an ongoing interest in how art and design shape society.
💫 If you’re looking to collab on purpose-driven creative projects or chat about Oscar predictions, hit me up at helenchulsey@gmail.com. :)
RESUME
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RESUME ★
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at Austin
Class of 2022
3.9 Cumulative GPA
Moody College of Communication
B.S. Advertising with Honors
Texas Creative Sequence
College of Liberal Arts
Government Minor
McCombs School of Business
Business Foundations Minor
PROFICIENCES
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
AfterEffects
Figma
Procreate
Microsoft Office Suite
Mandarin Chinese
Emotional Intelligence
AWARDS
★ 2022 Austin ADDYs Student Best in Show ★
★ 2022 Austin ADDYs Gold ★
★ 2022 Austin ADDYs Silver ★
HONORS
4A’s Multicultural Advertising Internship Program ‘21 & ‘22 Fellow
Moody Honors Program
Moody Dean’s List
Austin Ad Club Endowed Scholarship in Advertising
WORK EXPERIENCE
FRED & FARID New York
Art Director | April 2025 - present
Led development of Coach New York fragrance campaign from concept through production
Leading development of a comprehensive visual identity of an art institution
VML *formerly Wunderman Thompson*
Art Director | December 2023 - April 2025
Junior Art Director | October 2022 - December 2023
Hellmann’s *2x Super Bowl campaigns*
Samsung
Degree
Vaseline
Courvoisier
Roku Gin *won pitch*
Suntory Whisky
On the Rocks Cocktails
R/GA NY
Design Intern | June 2022 - August 2022
Samsung
Nike
American Express
Opendoor
FCB CHICAGO
Art Direction Intern | June 2021 - August 2021
Walmart
Safelite
Fruit of the Loom
Groupon
ONE GOOD TURN
Artist-in-Residence | June 2020 - February 2021
Produced a new graphic image bank for a nonprofit that provides medical care to neglected communities worldwide
Illustrated a comprehensive guide on COVID-19 safety that amassed over 7000 downloads: The Corona Care Handbook
AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION
Freelance Designer | Fall 2021, Summer 2022
Designed promotional graphics to support local musicians mid-pandemic
Continued relationship with AMF as freelancer to produce graphics for their annual Artist Development Program