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HELENA PINILLOS SOLIS
ART DIRECTOR & VISUAL DESIGNER
Creative strategy, design, and visual storytelling. Experience across international teams and client collaborations, spanning concept development and visual communication.
Born in the Cuba and raised between Europe and Miami.
A multicultural upbringing, with an enduring interest in aesthetics, communication, and contemporary culture.
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Creative Supervisor
LePub
2024 - NOW
Creative Supervisor
Wunderman Thompson
2019 - 2023
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Senior Art Director
J. Walter Thompson
2018 - 2023
Art Director
McCann Worldgroup
2016 - 2018
Art Director
GreyUnited
2015 - 2016AWARDS &RECOGNITIONS
Jury Member – Young Lions Competition 2025
(ADCI / Cannes Lions)
Whirlpool - The Wash Less Project
Drum Awards for Marketing EMEA — Silver (Sustainability & Responsibility)
Gerety Awards — Shortlist (Work for Good / Single)
Indesit — #DoItTogether / Fairy Tales
NC Awards — Winner (Interactive/Digital)
NC Awards — Fairness Award
Rinascente — “Believe in wonder”
Platinum Award Winner — iiFilm Awards 2023 — CA, US
Urban Mediamakers Festival (UMF) 2023 — Lilburn, GA, US
California International Short Fest 2023 — CA, US
Aesthetica Film Festival 2023 — York, UK
Winner Best Animation Ad — Magica Advertising Festival 2023 — London, UK
Winner Best FX & Animation — 55° Key Award 2023 — Milan, Italy
Festival du Film d’Animation d’Abidjan 2024 — Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Finalist — French Riviera Film Festival 2024 — Cannes, France
Featured as a young talent in
Mix & Match: Exploring Contemporary Collage — included as one of the selected artists in the Mix & Match collage anthology book.
NEMO - The Voice of VoicesEurobest — Silver PR; Silver Health; Bronze PR
Clio Health Awards — Silver
Art Directors Club Italy — Gold Promo & Activation; Gold Direct; Gold PR Non Profit; Silver PR; Bronze Digital App Non Profit; Bronze Viral Film Digital Non Profit
Golden Drum — Silver Craft; Gold Audio; Gold Reach
LIA Awards Health — Shortlist
Clio Awards — Bronze PR
Cannes Lions — Bronze Creative Data; Shortlist Direct; 4× Shortlist Health; 2× Shortlist PR
NEMO - My Voice
New York Festivals — Bronze Innovate Avant-Garde
The One Show — 2× Merit
Eurobest — Silver Health
Clio Health Awards — Silver Mobile; Silver Innovation
LIA Awards — Bronze Health & Wellness
Golden Drum — 2× Silver Mobile
Art Directors Club Italiano — Silver Cyber Non Profit; Silver PR
Cannes Lions — Shortlist Health; Shortlist Mobile