Derek Haase is a Lead Creative Developer based in San Francisco with 11 years blending front-end engineering, motion design, and video production for brands like Apple, Uber Eats, and Coca-Cola. He specializes in animated, data-driven experiences using GSAP, React, SVG, D3 and After Effects, building interactive ads, prototypes and responsive visual systems that bridge design and production code. Derek’s background spans agency and product roles where he’s shipped high-impact ad tech and multimedia features, and he’s known for converting complex vector art into performant SVG animations and single-page apps. Comfortable across the stack from CMS integrations to analytics and ad tracking, he brings a marketer’s sensibility (BA in Marketing & Communication) to technically ambitious creative work. Unusually, he pairs long-form video editing chops with front-end animation expertise, enabling end-to-end storytelling from storyboard to interactive deployment.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Marketing & Communication, Bachelor's degree Marketing & Communication at UC Santa Barbara
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