Product Designer; Content Ecosystem & Integrity - UX; San Jose

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

Location:

San Jose

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A123400A

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 Tik Tok in the SF Bay Area to lead and own product features that help evolve and drive impact for everyday consumers and creators.

• Partner with product managers, researchers, content designers, and engineers to shape strategic design decisions and deliver impactful, user-centered experiences across global markets.
• Lead the full design lifecycle—from concept ideation and user flows to high‑fidelity visuals and pixel‑perfect execution.
• 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.
• Translate conceptual ideas into prototypes and leverage stakeholder feedback and testing to quickly refine and iterate.
• Lead design sprints and workshops to collaboratively generate creative solutions to product challenges and opportunities.
• Champion design excellence and consistency by contributing to design systems and driving internal design initiatives.
• Present key design insights, project outcomes, and best practices to the broader team and cross‑functional partners.

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 Tik Tok and its creator community.

Base salary range: $108,000 – $220,400 annually. Compensation may vary outside this range.

Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, 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:

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

Tik Tok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at