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Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen is the Head of design at Gem.com, where they’re building the platform for the future of recruiting. Previously Tanner was a lead product designer at Lyft, Atlassian, and Facebook. He’s also co-host of the New Layer podcast, an independent developer, design advisor, and published author.

For more, keep up with Tanner at tannerc.com or on Twitter as @tannerc.

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Leadership By Design 2020

New Layer Podcast Live!

New Layer is a conversational podcast on everything related to digital product design, with hosts Jasmine Friedl and Tanner Christensen. We discuss design careers, tools, education, critique, and much more.

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Jasmine Friedl & Tanner Christensen – New Layer Podcast Live!

Leadership By Design 2020 New Layer Podcast Live! New Layer is a conversational podcast on everything related to digital product design, with hosts Jasmine Friedl and Tanner Christensen. We discuss design careers, tools, education, critique, and much more.

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Speaker Details

Profession
Head of Design
Company
Gem
Category
- Head of Design
Location
- California
- United States of America
Website
http://tannerc.com
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Speaker Details

Profession
Head of Design
Company
Gem
Category
- Head of Design
Location
- California
- United States of America
Website
http://tannerc.com
Network

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