Timothy Helmer, Design Director
Since 2001 I’ve been doing Graphic Design, Identity Design, UX & Digital Design & Branding. I have a broad interest in design, so that’s why since 2013 I have been organising lectures with and for creatives called Let’s Talk Design +30 editions so far. You can read more about my engagement in the design industry below.
2025 – Now
Design Director at VML Belgium
2024 – 2025
Senior Design Lead at VML Belgium
2022 – 2023
Senior Brand Designer at SKINN (Amsterdam, NL)
2019 – 2022
Senior Designer at CapeRock (Amsterdam, NL)
Designing brand identities for national and international media brands. Together with the CD I was responsible for the creative output of the studio, leading and coaching the other designers.
Worked on projects for: NPO, Discovery, VTM, SBS, Telenet, ZDF, KNRB, UEFA
2017
Launched Creative Fair Play together with FlandersDC & Valentijn Destoop. Creative Fair Play is an initiative that pushes the industry: Seven best practices to collaborate successfully with creative entrepreneurs.
Since 2013
Organising lectures called Let’s Talk Design (3 to 4 times a year, 25 editions so far for an audience of 150 to 200 people each edition). I organised editions in Belgium, The Netherlands & New York.
Organised 2 editions of Let’s Think Design (workshops and lectures on design thinking) in collaboration with Wonderland & Made.
2011 – 2013
Co-curated and organised 3 expositions with creatives.
2010 – 2012
Contributor at Items Magazine (NL).
2008
Interviews with the most promising Belgian creatives for Idn magazine (v15n2), I was also featured in the same issue.
Since 2007
I’ve been running an online platform for creatives (portfolios, events, interviews) called Creative Network.
Member of the Creative Belgium Design 2017 jury.
Interview on The Design Kids.
Interview on Marketing Tribune (NL) in 2014 on the subject of evaluating brand design.