Sara Vienna

As Chief Design Officer, Sara leads Metalab’s Research, Strategy, and Design to ship best-in-class products. Metalab, recently listed as one of Fast Company’s Design Companies of the Year, made its name designing for companies like Slack, Uber, Pitch, Instacart, and Headspace. Her team continues to leave its mark across emerging startups and household names such as Suno, Midjourney, Nike, Pika, and The Atlantic. Sara is also an advisor to Metalab's Venture Fund companies, helping early-stage start-ups become the next unicorn. On her own time, she advises under-represented and design founders with a passion for mental health and productivity spaces. Sara is an avid speaker and currently deep on the topic of AI, Craft, and Intuition. You can find her recent talks at Awwwards, SXSW, and Swell AI. Her work and point of view were recently covered in publications like The Verge, FastCo Design, and Figma’s Blog. Prior to Metalab, she led design in packaging, web, apps, print, and physical product for Benefit Cosmetics, MAKE Magazine, Anthony Bourdain, HGTV, and Huge. She’s accepted awards from Apple, Awwwards, The Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, The Webbys, and Digiday to name a few. Sara lives on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, with her family, including two rescue fur babies. She invests her free time in chilling out as much as possible while making time for outdoor fun in Hawaii.