It is part of the London based visual effects company’s plans to expand its production department.

Helen Hughes has been appointed head of production at London based visual effects company Framestore, as part of an expansion of its production department.

Hughes joined Framestore as a senior producer in  August 2010, where she has worked on advertising campaigns Ivan  Zacharias’s Honda Impossible Dream, Dante Ariola’s Johnnie Walker Human and Guy Ritchie’s Nike The Next Level.

She was previously at Method Studios in  LA where she was a director of production and before that, at visual effects company The Mill.

The appointment comes as part of a drive by Framestore to expand its production department, with further hirings expected to take place shortly.