Senior AI-Driven Effect Designer

TikTok Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok Inc. is seeking a Designer for the Effect team in San Jose to drive the creative design and development of social games, effect-based shooting experiences, and the Effect House toolchain within TikTok's core ecosystem.

You will push creative boundaries, integrate AI tools into design workflows, and help drive viral effects through gamified concepts and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in interaction design, game UI/UX, effect design, or multimedia creative design.
• Proven ability to integrate AI platforms such as Claude, Codex, Stable Diffusion, ChatGPT, and other prompt-based or logic-based tools into daily design workflows.
• Ability to independently complete end-to-end interactive visual design projects, with strong capability to adapt to and switch between multiple visual styles and themes.

Responsibilities

• Creative Direction and Gamified Packaging: Focus on the TikTok platform ecosystem and integrate game concepts into effect design.
• Advanced AI Toolchain and Full-Stack Workflow Expertise: Deeply integrate leading large language models and full-stack productivity tools into daily design workflows.
• Engineering Design Capabilities into AI Skills: Transform visual design standards into reusable AI Skills and Workflow Agents for scalable design.
• Visual Quality and Aesthetic Judgment: Deliver high-quality visual direction, UI design, and demo presentations across design systems.

Skills

Interaction design

Game UI/UX

AI integration

Visual design

Tools

Claude

ChatGPT

Codex

Stable Diffusion

Cursor

v0

Job description

TikTok Inc. is seeking a Designer for the Effect team in San Jose to drive the creative design and development of social games, effect-based shooting experiences, and the Effect House toolchain within TikTok's core ecosystem.

You will push creative boundaries, integrate AI tools into design workflows, and help drive viral effects through gamified concepts and cross-functional collaboration.