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

Description

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.

Responsibilities
- 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.

Requirements

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.