Chris Jaffe

Chris Jaffe




Biography

Chris Jaffe is Chief Design Officer at YouTube, leading product design and research. Previously he led YouTube’s Emerging Experiences and Community teams developing new product areas such as YouTube Shorts, Live, Gaming, Fan Funding, and Creation. Before YouTube, Chris was Vice President of Product Innovation at Netflix where he led product for all platforms and interfaces as well as the Netflix Original movies and shows. Previously he was Senior Director of Design at Yahoo! where he founded AdUX, Yahoo’s design innovation and research team focused on new advertising products. That followed nearly 10 years in user experience and product design consulting and years as a professional adventure and nature photographer. He was recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business and holds a technical Emmy award and multiple patents. He earned degrees from Cornell University and the University of Arizona and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.

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