About Amber
Amber Helsel is a multidisciplinary creative based in Mississippi. She has skills in graphic design, UX/UI and web design, illustration, and marketing. As a designer and illustrator, she loves solving problems and playing around with shapes, colors, and typography. She loves to use her UX/UI, web design, and marketing skills to help small businesses, organizations, and creatives get ahead in their respective fields.
Her photography and writing have been published in magazines such as the Jackson Free Press, BOOM Jackson, and Innovate Mississippi’s yearly publication, and she has also had her photography and art on covers for JFP and BOOM. She has won Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalism awards for her writing and editing. As the former managing editor of JFP and BOOM Jackson, she developed experience and knowledge around editorial design, writing, editing, and photography. As the director of communications for Teen Health Mississippi, she has gained experience in social media marketing and management, editorial/publication design, content management systems, marketing design, and more. In 2022, she completed a graphic design course from the New York Institute of Art and Design and is currently working on a course in UX/UI (web) design. When not working or doing something creative, you can usually find her at practice or competing with the Mississippi Fencing Club, watching anime, attending a concert or music festival, or annoying her cats.
Client Work
Fencing Database website redesign
2023
Jackson Women for Good logo
2023
Mississippi Fencing Club logo, branding, collateral
2021-2023
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
Teen Health Mississippi
Director of Communications
2019-current
Jackson Free Press
Managing Editor
2013-2019
Education
New York Institute of Art and Design
UX/UI Design
August 2022-current
New York Institute of Art and Design
Graphic Design certificate
April 2020-July 2022
University of Mississippi
B.A. in Journalism
August 2009-December 2011
Hinds Community College
A.A. in Journalism
August 2007-May 2009
Skills
General
Graphic Design
Social Media Design/Marketing
Copywriting
Copyediting
Marketing Strategy
Illustration
UX/UI Design
Web Design
Photography
Photo Editing
Content Creation
Software
Adobe Creative Cloud
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Audition, Acrobat, XD, Express
Microsoft Office
Word, Powerpoint, Excel
Figma
Serif Affinity
Design, Photo, Publisher
Canva
Content Management Systems/
Drag-and-Drop Website Building
Wordpress, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, Elementor