Hi, I’m Sara.
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I’m an art director and designer, currently working
at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Gardening enthusiast, avid reader, UCLA alumna. ![]()
Living in Los Angeles, California.![]()
We made innovative effects and creative tools to help users around the world express themselves on TikTok.
PROJECT: My favorites from the 112 effects I worked on over three years on the team.
TEAM: North America Effects Team / User Experience Design department
ROLE: Concept, art direction, motion design, project management, collaboration with engineering, and QA.
RESULTS: These effects generated millions of user-made videos and billions of video views for the TikTok. Effects enhance the user’s experience and spark creativity.
PROJECT: Showing off examples of the user segments and use cases we design for.
PROJECT: Brands come to TikTok to advertise and build engagement.
Some commission custom branded effects to encourage users to post organic content. We helped them refine and execute their concepts for optimal impact on TikTok.
What if there were tools that knew you have better things to do? Welcome to WeTransfer. Please Leave.
What if there were tools that knew you have better things to do? Welcome to WeTransfer. Please Leave.
CLIENT: WeTransfer
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Iliana Hekimian, Paul Muhlbach
Creative: Yego Moravia, Steven Olimpio, Sara Haas, Matthew Hollis
ROLE: motion design, art direction, social design
CAMPAIGN RESULTS: Generated buzz and earned media from AdAge, Creative Review, The Drum, ItsNiceThat, and AdWeek
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For WeTransfer’s first-ever brand campaign, we celebrated the creativity of their users with a simple message:
For WeTransfer’s first-ever brand campaign, we celebrated the creativity of their users with a simple message:
You make. We transfer.
CLIENT: WeTransfer
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Jacinte Faria, Sean Quinn.
Creative: Yego Moravia, Tim Blount, Steven Olimpio, Sara Haas.
ROLE: motion design, social design, art direction
CAMPAIGN RESULTS: Brand perception improved +26% trustworthiness and +52.6% simplicity/ease of use
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We created a social campaign starring A$AP Ferg and James Harden to help Beats by Dre introduce a line of limited-edition headphones.
CLIENT: Beats by Dre
TEAM: Creative: Yego Moravia, Steven Olimpio, Sara Haas, Ian Watt.
Production: Omid Fatemi, Anneliese Sloves.
ROLE: motion design, video editing & vfx
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We created an interactive web experience for the 40th anniversary of the Golden Record, sponsored by WeTransfer.
CLIENT: WeTransfer
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Jacinte Faria, Sean Quinn.
Creative: Yego Moravia, Nick Fearnley, Emil Karlsson, Sara Haas, Ian Watt.
ROLE: visual design, interaction design, motion design
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We developed a social campaign to help the Los Angeles County Museum of Art drive traffic to their cutting-edge exhibit, 3D: Double Vision.
CLIENT: LACMA
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Anneliese Sloves.
Creative: Yego Moravia, Sara Haas, Jules Kris, Esther Park, Habin Koh. Development: Will Kent-Daggett.
ROLE: social design, motion design, art direction
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We created a series of social films for Beautycounter highlighting their ethos on safer ingredients, legislative advocacy, ethical supply chain practices, and more.
CLIENT: Beautycounter
TEAM: Creative: Yego Moravia, Sara Haas, Emil Karlsson, Sarah Zoraya.
Production: John Mendoza.
ROLE: motion design, visual design, art direction
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We helped WeTransfer extend the reach of an arts activism festival from DTLA to the whole ‘net.
CLIENT: WeTransfer
TEAM: Creative: Yego Moravia, Steven Olimpio, Sara Haas.
Production: Sean Quinn.
ROLE: social design, motion design
CAMPAIGN RESULTS:
15.5M WeTransfer.com impressions, 1.5M social campaign reach, 285,674 clickthroughs
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We helped Nike x Jordan share the story of a group of talented teen athletes in Los Angeles through a social campaign and zine.
CLIENT: Nike x Jordan
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Michael Quinones.
Creative: Ian Watt, Sara Haas, Steven Olimpio.
ROLE: graphic design, art direction, still photography
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We created a global, cooperative, mini-game for a 10-week Pokémon marathon on live-streaming platform Twitch.
CLIENT: Twitch
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: John Mendoza, Paul Muhlbach.
Creative: Tim Blount, Sara Haas, Jules Kris. Development: Mick Coelho, Will Kent-Daggett.
ROLE: visual design, interaction design, motion design
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We helped revelers ring in 2019 with a special pack of AR filters, stickers, frames, and backgrounds on Facebook.
CLIENT: Facebook
TEAM: Made at Stink Studios. Production: Jacinte Faria, Julianne Pak.
Creative: Tim Blount, Sara Haas, Jules Kris, Esther Park, Sunday Tagliasacchi.
ROLE: art direction, motion design
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Things to do at 3am is an ambient, choose-your-own-adventure style video game set in the liminal spaces of the very early morning.
Score by Nate Schwartz
Special thanks to Chandler McWilliams
Exhibited at the New Wight Gallery, Summer 2017
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Strata is a mixed-media video installation about gaining the vocabulary necessary for positive growth and self-acceptance.
Special thanks to Tuang T., curator
Exhibited at Open Plan Collective, Summer 2019
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Contact Sheet is a 10+ years running film photography project. From Tomball, TX to London, England, my friends and I came of age on 35mm.
