Product Designer (Content Ecosystem & Integrity) - TikTok UX (San Jose)

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Parental leave

Short-term/long-term disability

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is hiring for a UX/UI Designer to join the Privacy and Content Ecosystem team in the SF Bay Area.

You will own the end-to-end design process from concept to pixel-perfect execution, shaping user-centered experiences across global markets. Responsibilities include collaborating with product managers, researchers, and engineers; driving rapid prototyping; leveraging data and research; and contributing to design systems to elevate overall design quality.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with UX and UI design; portfolio showing visual craft and design decisions
• Experience leading projects end-to-end from strategy to launch
• Ability to generate multiple concepts and iterate with data and feedback
• Curious, proactive, and able to explore new ideas and technologies (AI-driven design a plus)
• Strong communication skills to align across teams
• Open to feedback and change; collaborative and resilient
• Global product awareness; focus on usability for diverse audiences

Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Collaboration with PMs, researchers, content designers, and engineers
• Lead the full design lifecycle from concept to high-fidelity visuals
• Create insights-driven designs informed by user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
• Rapid prototyping and iteration based on stakeholder feedback and testing
• Lead design sprints and workshops to tackle product challenges
• Elevate design quality through design systems and internal initiatives
• Present design insights and outcomes to the team and cross-functional partners

Skills

UX design

UI design

End-to-end project leadership

Data-driven design

Strong communication

Collaboration

Global product awareness

Job description

Responsibilities

About The Team

We are working on Privacy and Content Ecosystem to build a fair and trust platform for our users, by providing specific user protection, transparent controls and content distribution. For the long term, we want to be experts in the industry. Join our fast growing team at TikTok in the SF Bay Area to lead and own product features that help evolve and drive impact for everyday consumers and creators.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, researchers, content designers, and engineers to shape strategic design decisions and deliver impactful, user-centered experiences across global markets.
• End-to-End Design Ownership: Lead the full design lifecycle- from concept ideation and user flows to high-fidelity visuals and pixel-perfect execution.
• Insight-Driven Design: Create solutions informed by a deep understanding of user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints. Leverage data and research to craft designs that are both innovative and practical.
• Rapid Prototyping & Iteration: Translate conceptual ideas into prototypes and leverage stakeholder feedback and testing to quickly refine and iterate.
• Facilitate Innovation: Lead design sprints and workshops to collaboratively generate creative solutions to product challenges and opportunities.
• Elevate Design Quality: Champion design excellence and consistency by contributing to design systems and driving internal design initiatives.
• Knowledge Sharing: Present key design insights, project outcomes, and best practices to the broader team and cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 1+ years of experience with UX and UI design, with a portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft and well-reasoned design decisions.
  • Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end - from strategy to launch - with excellent attention to detail.
  • Ability to rapidly generate multiple design concepts, iterate based on data and feedback, and deliver under fast-paced conditions.
  • Curious, proactive, and self-driven; eager to explore new ideas and technologies (interest in AI-driven design a plus).
  • Strong communication skills - can clearly articulate design rationale and facilitate alignment across teams.
  • Open-minded, collaborative, and resilient when facing feedback and change.
  • Global product awareness, passionate about improving user experience for diverse audiences.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 3+ years of experience designing for consumer-facing products across mobile and web, ideally in video consumption, social, or content creation products.
  • Experience working with data-driven design, A/B testing, and continuous iteration.
  • Familiarity with front-end development or ability to work closely with engineers on implementation details.
  • Enthusiasm for TikTok and its creator community.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $108000 - $208800 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
3. Exercising sound judgment.