Experience:
Film/TV:
07/05/2017 – 07/17/2018: Eli // Government Issue (Feature)
Set Decorator
(Add’l photography)
05/22/2017 – 06/02/2018: Toyota:Corolla – Neon Surfing, Private Screening, Fine Dining, Precious Cargo, Fashion Forward // Tool of NA (Commercial)
Set Decorator + Second Unit Art Director
04/28/2017 – 05/02/2018: Popeyes – Carriage + Demolition // Smuggler (Commercial)
Set Decorator
04/02/2017 – 05/11/2018: Blattodea // Annapurna (Feature)
Set Decoration Buyer
02/13/2018 – 04/13/2018: The Stand-In // Ace Entertainment / AwesomenessTV (Feature)
Set Decorator
12/26/2017 – 02/01/2018: T-Mobile commercial // Mother/Tool of North America
Set decorator / Second Unit Art Director
10/09/2017 – 11/25/2017: Eat Brains Love // Gunpowder and Sky / DIGA (Feature)
Production Designer
08/20/2017 – 10/08/2017: Escape Plan 3 // Lionsgate / Emmet Furla (Feature)
Set Decorator
7/20/2017 – 07/22/2017: Healthy Air PSA // Rescue Agency (TV)
Art Director
05/31/2017 – 07/20/2017: Louisiana Caviar // Brittany House (Feature)
Set Decorator
04/20/2017 – 05/20/2017: Back Roads // Infinity Media (Feature)
Set Decorator
05/22/2017 – 05/26/2017: RealTech Commercial // (TV)
Production Designer
03/29/2017 – 04/01/2017: Camel Open Sound Commercial // RJ Reynolds/Seed media (TV)
Production Designer
03/15/2017 – 03/18/2017: VA Med Center Commercial // Department of Veterans Affairs/AMD Films (TV)
Set Dec/Scenic
03/02/2017 – 03/09/2017: GAP Americana Commercial // Untitled/CVLT (TV)
Production Designer
03/03/2017 – 03/08/2017: Twitter Commercial // Countertake (TV)
Production Designer
12/16/2016 – 12/20/2016: Dixie Beer Commercial // Countertake (TV)
Production Designer
12/2016 – 4/2016: NCIS: New Orleans // CBS (TV)
Set Dressing and Props
09/19/2016 – 09/23/2016: Pelican’s Media Day Promo // FOX New Orleans (TV)
Art Director
Design, fabrication, build and installation of light fixtures for media pieces including two Edison bulb hanging chandeliers and fabrication of 4 hanging lighted letters spelling NOLA (each 3’x 2′).
07/03/2016 – 07/09/2016: The Killing Fields // Sirens Media/Discovery Channel (TV)
Art Director / Set Decorator (Under water – SCUBA)
06/29/2016 – 07/02/2016: Underground // Sony/WGN (TV)
Set dresser
03/25/2016 – 05/07/2016: 68 Kill // Snowfort Pictures/IFC (Feature)
Production Designer
**Winner: Audience Award – SXSW 2017**
**Winner: Most Effectively Offensive – BUFF 2017**
“Haaga’s direction is all about creating the illusion of chaos whilst maintaining precise control. He’s aided by strong cinematography, set design and music, with the whole coming together amazingly well given the limitations of the budget. The pace never slackens and the tension never lets up in a film that’s as full of life as it is of grisly deaths. Pulp has met punk, and the result is spectacular.” – Rotten Tomatoes
The cinematography and production design accentuate Haaga’s writing in their strong colors and unpleasant details, creating a necessary sense of place to anchor the wackiness.”-Bloody Disgusting
08/27/2015 – 10/16/2015: Kill the Czar // Rabbit Bandini (Feature)
Prop Master
07/24/2015-07/26/2015: The Silent Man (Short)
Production Designer/Costume Design
05/25/2015-07/24/2015: Help! My Gumshoe’s an Idiot! (Feature)
Production Designer
04/2015: Scream Queens // Fox (TV-Pilot)
Set Dresser
12/2014 – 03/2015: Zombie Shark // Syfy (Made-for-TV Feature)
Set Decorator
07/2014 – 12/2014: Entroponauts (Series)
Production Design
6/2014 – 7/2014: Reginae Carter- Mind Goin’ Crazy // Cash Money , Young Money Millionaires (Music Video)
Creative Director/Production Design
05/2013 – 06/2013: When the Game Stands Tall // Sony (Feature)
Stills Photography
Second shooter/Studio assistant
Other:
04/01/2017 – on-going freelance: Crescent City Auction Gallery
Photographer
Photographing antiques and furniture for auction house.
011/2016 – 12/2016: Dewazakura Sake Brewery – Yamagata, Japan
Kurabito
Traveled to Japan to brew sake – assisted in all steps of the sake brewing process from rice preparation to final pressing.
06/2016 – 12/2016: New Orleans Horror Film Festival
Marketing Director
– Seasonal
12/2013-07/2014: Brock Beauty
Creative Director – Marketing Director
-Creative Direction of all ad campaigns and marketing collateral
-Art direction on all graphic design projects, packaging and photo shoots
-Promoted from Creative Director to Director of the entire Marketing department, including Creative, Interactive/Social, Communication/PR, Sales/Distribution, Research+Development and Video Production
-Photography- both Product and Model portraits for advertising, studio design and set up, staging and styling of models, products, props, wardrobe and sets
-Video Production Management for informercials and promotional music videos, web series, and instructional videos
-Organizing and overseeing department consisting of a creative team, a video production team, a social media team, and a PR team.
-Management of employee relations, schedules, tasks and budgets, as well as facilitating open and efficient communication between teams and departments.
-Management of celebrity endorsements
-Tradeshow booth design, construction and decoration for live events
05/2011 – 07/2012: The Graphix lab
Creative Director
-Creative direction
-Project management
-Product development- Concept to Creation- fabricating casing and packaging options
-Prototyping
-3D and 2D Design
-Photography : Product, Editorial, Portrait/Studio and Location
-Photo and Video editing for promotions and commercials
-Purchasing of props, decorating and dressing for studio shoots
01/2005-01/2009: The Netcom Group
Interactive designer
-Website design
-Graphic design
-Print design
-Photography and photo editing
-Copy writing and story boarding
2001-2005, 2009-2011: Old Metairie Frame Shop
Art + Design Consultant
-Framing pictures (sometimes canvas as large as 6’x10’)
-Installing and hanging pictures
-Working with interior designers to consult on art and color schemes, matting options, frame options
-Working in construction areas of new hotels to determine material types and proper installation techniques
-Art Restoration
Education:
New Orleans Glassworks – Print Making series – wood carving, stamp making and silk screening
Apprenticeship with Barry Bailey in Sculpting and mold making, plaster and wax sculpture, and metal casting
Apprenticeship with Pat Jolly in Ceramics
Apprenticeship with Fernando Ortega in drawing, scale, and tattoo design
Apprenticeship with Syndey Byrd in Editorial and Documentary Photography
Skills/abilities:
Creative Direction
Project Management
Branding
Concept Art
Graphic Design
Interior Decoration
Interior Design
Photography
Lighting
Color Theory
Art framing and installation
Art Restoration
Drawing/Painting
Jewelry making
Costume design
Set Design + Decoration
Miniature/Diorama construction
Sculpting/Casting
Carving
Mold making
3D + 2D Design
Model Making
Web design/development
HTML / CSS
Wordpress
Print Production
Copy Writing
Music Composition
Vendor Sourcing
Budget management
Product Development
Prototyping
Research
Programs:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe InDesign
Final Cut Pro
SketchUp
Corel
Word
Numbers/Excel
Keynote/PowerPoint
Other:
SCUBA certified
Intermediate French
Elementary Japanese