Product Designer (Core Experience) - TikTok UX (San Jose)

Product Designer role at TikTok's UX team to drive the end-to-end experience of key business modules in the core TikTok app.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive design for TikTok’s core product experience, including video consumption framework, video-related components, and user account & customer service modules
• Collaborate closely with product managers, researchers, UX writers, and engineers to define problems, generate ideas, and deliver high-quality solutions
• Participate in every step of the product development process — from early concept ideation, wireframing, and prototyping to pixel-perfect design and post-launch iteration
• Translate product strategy and user insights into intuitive flows and engaging UI, with strong attention to visual quality and consistency
• Rapidly prototype, gather feedback from stakeholders, iterate quickly, and ship best-in-class user experiences
• Continuously optimize designs through data analysis, usability testing, and A/B experimentation to improve key metrics

Requirements

• Solid 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
• 3+ years of experience designing for consumer-facing products across mobile and web, ideally in video consumption, social, or content creation products (preferred)
• Experience working with data-driven design, A/B testing, and continuous iteration (preferred)
• Familiarity with front-end development or ability to work closely with engineers on implementation details (preferred)
• Enthusiasm for TikTok and its creator community (preferred)

Key Skills

• Solid experience with UX and UI design
• Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end
• Ability to rapidly generate multiple design concepts
• Curious, proactive, and self-driven
• Strong communication skills
• Open-minded, collaborative, and resilient
• Global product awareness
• Experience working with data-driven design
• Familiarity with front-end development

Benefits

• 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)