I’ve always been drawn to great design –the way it looks and feels, how it functions, and how it lives in the world. It is deeply satisfying to me to take a concept from an idea and develop it into something real and tangible. Production design is about more than aesthetics—it’s about shaping experiences. I take pride in not just imagining bold, thoughtful environments, but in having the hands-on ability to construct them at the highest level.
Mark Helmuth
Work Experience
Art Director/Set Designer RainDrop Agency Inc
San Diego, CA 2023 – 2025
Designed and fabricated sets for commercial production. Clients include: Dr. Squatch Soap, Dossier Perfumes, Proctor & Gamble’s Native brand, Caldera Men’s products, Lume laundry detergent, Universal YUMS treats
Production Designer
Electric Monster/ZATV LLC.
Burbank, CA,
2021 – 2023 Built and designed sets and props for various YouTube shows. Clients include: People vs Food, #AskFirefox, Teens React and other cooking shows and sponsored YouTube shows
Production Designer
B17 Entertainment Inc.
Culver City, CA
2018 – 2021 Designed and Art Directed sets and props for various shows and sponsored entertainment. Clients include: Nail the Look (beauty), Great Gift Exchange for YouTube (reality show), Fright Club (reality show) Late Night This Morning (entertainment news), Disney Ultimate Sleepover (reality show), Surprise I’m Pregnant (reality show)
Production Design/Art Director Defy Media Inc
Beverly Hills, CA 2015 – 2018
Designed sets and props and led creative team in Fabrication of studio sets and elaborate props. Sets created for Verizon go90 (lifestyle show), Weekly Report (entertainment), WTF Clevver Kitchen (cooking show), What the Flavor (cooking show), Smosh Pit (game show), Screen Junkies (film fan show)
Production Designer
Vice Media Inc
Santa Monica, CA
2015 – 2017
Designed and built sets in studio and remote on location for “The Therapist” a therapy based TV show featuring various music artists including Katy Perry, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Damian Abraham, Prodigy, Wocka Flocka, O.T. Genasis, Chief Keef
Art Director
TouchGrove LLC
San Diego, CA 2009 – 2014
Art Directed and designed games for the iPhone App Store. Clients included Mattel Inc. Mattel LED Football, Mattel LED Basketball, Mattel LED Soccer, Mattel LED Football Player vs Player for the iPad, Team Hot Wheels for the iPhone/ iPad; Castle Bash (based on Atari Breakout) for iPad
Art Director/Set Designer RainDrop Agency Inc
San Diego, CA 2023 – 2025
Designed and fabricated sets for commercial production. Clients include: Dr. Squatch Soap, Dossier Perfumes, Proctor & Gamble’s Native brand, Caldera Men’s products, Lume laundry detergent, Universal YUMS treats
Production Designer
Electric Monster/ZATV LLC.
Burbank, CA,
2021 – 2023 Built and designed sets and props for various YouTube shows. Clients include: People vs Food, #AskFirefox, Teens React and other cooking shows and sponsored YouTube shows
Production Designer
B17 Entertainment Inc.
Culver City, CA
2018 – 2021 Designed and Art Directed sets and props for various shows and sponsored entertainment. Clients include: Nail the Look (beauty), Great Gift Exchange for YouTube (reality show), Fright Club (reality show) Late Night This Morning (entertainment news), Disney Ultimate Sleepover (reality show), Surprise I’m Pregnant (reality show)
Production Design/Art Director Defy Media Inc
Beverly Hills, CA 2015 – 2018
Designed sets and props and led creative team in Fabrication of studio sets and elaborate props. Sets created for Verizon go90 (lifestyle show), Weekly Report (entertainment), WTF Clevver Kitchen (cooking show), What the Flavor (cooking show), Smosh Pit (game show), Screen Junkies (film fan show)
Production Designer
Vice Media Inc
Santa Monica, CA
2015 – 2017
Designed and built sets in studio and remote on location for “The Therapist” a therapy based TV show featuring various music artists including Katy Perry, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols), Damian Abraham, Prodigy, Wocka Flocka, O.T. Genasis, Chief Keef
Art Director
TouchGrove LLC
San Diego, CA 2009 – 2014
Art Directed and designed games for the iPhone App Store. Clients included Mattel Inc. Mattel LED Football, Mattel LED Basketball, Mattel LED Soccer, Mattel LED Football Player vs Player for the iPad, Team Hot Wheels for the iPhone/ iPad; Castle Bash (based on Atari Breakout) for iPad
Carpentry / Scenic / Technical
Old Globe Theater
San Diego, CA 2004 – 2008
Worked on theatrical productions on the main stage and outdoor Shakespeare stage; also worked in shop as a carpenter and scenic artist; worked in evenings on theatrical runs, doing props, providing support for talent; assisting sound, costume, automation effects teams.
Miniature Modelmaking / VFX Scenic Hunter/Gratzner Industries
Culver City, CA 1999 – 2004
Worked on VFX miniatures as a model maker and built miniature sets for feature films and commercials. Projects included, Pitch Black, End of Days, Mission to Mars, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Production Design/Art Direction
Feature Films Independent – New York, NY
1990 -1999
Production Design and Art Direction for Independent Feature Films including: Medicine Show (2002), Wirey Spindell (2002), Labor Pains (2000), Above Freezing (2000), Hit and Runway (1999); Art Direction for commercials for Sony, Hewlett Packard, Apple, ProFlowers, Personal Creations, Calloway Golf, General Mills, Pfizer, TeraData; Music Videos for various artists
Preparator/Registrar
Crown Point Press
Soho Gallery
New York, NY
1989 -1990
Major fine art press and gallery. Prepared gallery walls and hung shows in the NYC gallery and also worked with clients purchasing artwork, also supervised inventory and shipment of artwork to art galleries nationally
SKILLS
Creative: Carpentry, Scenic Artist, Fine Art Painter, Prop Fabrication, Photography, Graphic Design, 3D Modeling, Set Design
Software: Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, AutoCAD
Social Media: Instagram, Tiktok, X/Twitter, LinkedIn
Management: Project Management, Production Coordination, Construction Lead, Budget Management, Client Management
EDUCATION
BFA Photography, Film
1985–1989
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
CONTACT
Mark Helmuth
helmuthdesign@gmail.com
323.309.8898
San Diego, CA 2004 – 2008
Worked on theatrical productions on the main stage and outdoor Shakespeare stage; also worked in shop as a carpenter and scenic artist; worked in evenings on theatrical runs, doing props, providing support for talent; assisting sound, costume, automation effects teams.
Miniature Modelmaking / VFX Scenic Hunter/Gratzner Industries
Culver City, CA 1999 – 2004
Worked on VFX miniatures as a model maker and built miniature sets for feature films and commercials. Projects included, Pitch Black, End of Days, Mission to Mars, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Production Design/Art Direction
Feature Films Independent – New York, NY
1990 -1999
Production Design and Art Direction for Independent Feature Films including: Medicine Show (2002), Wirey Spindell (2002), Labor Pains (2000), Above Freezing (2000), Hit and Runway (1999); Art Direction for commercials for Sony, Hewlett Packard, Apple, ProFlowers, Personal Creations, Calloway Golf, General Mills, Pfizer, TeraData; Music Videos for various artists
Preparator/Registrar
Crown Point Press
Soho Gallery
New York, NY
1989 -1990
Major fine art press and gallery. Prepared gallery walls and hung shows in the NYC gallery and also worked with clients purchasing artwork, also supervised inventory and shipment of artwork to art galleries nationally
SKILLS
Creative: Carpentry, Scenic Artist, Fine Art Painter, Prop Fabrication, Photography, Graphic Design, 3D Modeling, Set Design
Software: Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, AutoCAD
Social Media: Instagram, Tiktok, X/Twitter, LinkedIn
Management: Project Management, Production Coordination, Construction Lead, Budget Management, Client Management
EDUCATION
BFA Photography, Film
1985–1989
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
CONTACT
Mark Helmuth
helmuthdesign@gmail.com
323.309.8898