PhD Research Scientist — Generative AI for Ads Creative

TikTok; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a Research Scientist Graduate (Ads Creative) to work on cutting-edge Generative AI for ads. The role, based in San Jose, focuses on video generation, multimodal analysis, and reward-model training to optimize ad creative quality.

Eligible candidates will have a PhD near completion and a strong publication track record. Joining TikTok means collaborating with an innovative AI team, leveraging state-of-the-art models, and contributing to advertiser and creator ecosystems with

Qualifications

• PhD completed or near completion in CS/ML or related field.
• Strong publications in top conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR).
• Hands-on experience with multimodal foundation models; AI research internship is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Optimize post training of advertising video generation based on the latest generative models and technologies.
• Analyze the reasons behind high-quality advertisement videos and the defective parts in AIGC videos via multimodal video understanding.
• Train the reward model based on ad delivery data to guide the optimization of the video generation model.

Skills

Multimodal foundation models

AI research internship

Education

PhD in CS/ML or related

Publications in top conferences/journals

Job description

TikTok is seeking a Research Scientist Graduate (Ads Creative) to work on cutting-edge Generative AI for ads. The role, based in San Jose, focuses on video generation, multimodal analysis, and reward-model training to optimize ad creative quality.

Eligible candidates will have a PhD near completion and a strong publication track record. Joining TikTok means collaborating with an innovative AI team, leveraging state-of-the-art models, and contributing to advertiser and creator ecosystems with