Nov 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Designed foundational systems, frameworks, and tools for product teams to communicate with Netflix members.
• Innovated proprietary tools for content management, enhancing Netflix Studio's efficiency.

Jun 2022 – Nov 2022 · 5 mos

• Founded Shape, a two-sided platform for designers and startups. Helping them find the best in each other through design interviewing prep, coaching, and community.
• Designed and built an entire user platform from scratch using AWS, React, and a lot of late nights.

Mar 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco, California

• As Gem's first design hire, I was entrusted with integrating and establishing the role of design in the company.
• Established and led the product design process, team, and strategy.
• Achieved a unicorn status for the company, reaching a $1.2 billion valuation.

Nov 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Key figure in autonomous transportation design, reducing data curation costs by 900%!
• Developed a web platform for fleet management, reducing vehicle onboarding time by 85%.
• Designed and launched Lyft's first web-based rider platform.

Mar 2018 – Nov 2018 · 8 mos

• - Led mobile platform design, enhancing user feedback and aligning global product teams.

Oct 2014 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Menlo Park, CA

• Worked with a diverse, multi-faceted team of designers, strategists, engineers, and researchers to create products that make the world more open and connected.
• Designed a new, unified Ads Manager platform for 2.5 million advertisers
• Shipped dozens of new, creative ways for Facebook users to express themselves
• Led design on a powerful camera effects platform for billions of creators world-wide
• Built a foundational design system for the Facebook Profile surface
• Collaborated with a global team of designers and researchers across Facebook, Messenger, Ads, and more
• Kick-started Facebook's internal design tool efforts with low-fidelity concepts
• Led much of Facebook's overarching culture of design by leading workshops, hosting public design lectures, an creating resources at facebook.design
• "Tanner has been one of the most prolific designers on the team... a very thoughtful and collaborative designer." — Greg Lindley, Facebook Design Manager.

Apr 2011 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• I began working at CLEARLINK as a Content Strategy Director, leading a building team to design and develop world-class content for large national brands
• Led a team of designers, engineers, writers, and strategists to create world-class marketing content
• Helped break ground on entirely new marketing initiates for global companies like Comcast and AT&T
• Created marketing collateral featured by The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Kottke, AdWeek, and more
• Scaled the content strategy team from two to 12
• Started creative group workshops at the company to drive more creative thinking
• "Tanner has a diverse set of creative skills that makes him a valuable contributor to any project. In fact, when we had large new projects, Tanner was often asked to lead them. " — Tim Dilworth, former VP of Marketing at CLEARLINK.

Apr 2009 – Apr 2011 · 2 yrs · Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

• Co-founder and design director for UAO, a visual design studio specializing on systems design, branding, digital marketing collateral, and interface design.
• Clients included Franklin Covey, Kainjow Software, GOOD Inc., HP, Factive Media, Applied Scholastics Academy, Singing Success, Equinox Design, MAC Cosmetics, GOOD, Free People, Ancestry.com, and more.

Apr 2001 – Feb 2009 · 7 yrs 10 mos

• Worked on freelance identity, web, print, and web app design for businesses around the world.
• Provided design and brand marketing consulting
• Built modern, standards-based web experiences
• Managed a large array of ongoing clients and projects