Helena Ruão
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Helena Ruão

Communication Designer in Copenhagen, She/Her

Looking for a cool team to collaborate with after the summer!

A year ago

About

Helena is a Portuguese communication designer and 3D visual artist based in Copenhagen.
She has exhibited her illustrations, animations and playable media in several art galleries and explored distinct jobs, such as freelance multimedia designer, assistant lecturer and communication designer for the video game industry.

It's highly probable she's drawing, playing roller derby or travelling to lovely game worlds at the very moment you're reading this!

Exhibitions

2019
Katowice

Exhibition of animation Hela’s Kitchen, placed 7th.

2019
Lisbon, Porto

Illustration "Had Them Cut" part of an exhibition showcasing Portuguese illustrators.

2019
Lisbon, Porto

Exhibition of the top five graduate projects.

2019
Y, Designing Portugal (Porto Design Biennale)
Porto

Exhibition of project "Cooperative Clutter".

Awards

2019
Excellence Prize from Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto

1st place communication design graduate

Work Experience

2023 — 2023
Communication Designer at Crinkle Cut Games
Copenhagen

Designed their soon-to-be-released website.

2022 — 2022
Assistant Lecturer at IT-Universitetet i Kbh
Copenhagen

Assist teaching in the courses Programming for Designers and Perspectives on Games, within the Games programme.

2022 — 2022
Graphic Designer at Center for Digital Play
Copenhagen

Development of the visual identity of CDP and its subgroups.

2020 — 2021
Graphic Designer at ITU Student Council
Copenhagen

Event coordination, illustration, social media manager.

2019 — 2019
Porto

Organize and teach a week long 3D modelling and AR workshop.

Volunteering

2017 — 2019
Student Representative at Faculdade de Belas Artes
Porto

Event coordination, student assistance, banking/budgeting, and editorial design.

Education

2015 — 2019
BA Communication Design at Faculdade de Belas Artes
Porto

The main study areas of the program are:

  • Multimedia, new media and digital culture;
  • Editorial design and typography;
  • Illustration;
  • Corporate and institutional identity;
  • Photography and audiovisual practices and studies;
  • History and criticism of design;
  • Visual culture studies.

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