Tanja was trained as management assistant in advertising and was employed at several advertising agencies. In order to deepen her expertise she started her university studies in international business communication at FHTW Berlin, which she successfully completed with a thesis on ethnic marketing in 2005.

While pursuing her studies, she experienced the media industry by working at companies like Jamba, eye square or autorenwerk. She lately worked at Kruger Media being responsible for operations and accounting, which she now adopted for HearDis! since August 2011.