AI Creative Designer (Effect) - TikTok Design (San Jose)

Responsibilities

About the Team
TikTok Design Team is dedicated to delivering first-class user experiences for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We empower people to create and express freely, discover the diversity and beauty of the world, and build bridges across cultures and communities.

We are a global, multidisciplinary design team made up of Product Designers, Creative Designers, Visual Designers, Content Designers, and Localization Experts. We work closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations partners to turn complex challenges into intuitive, delightful experiences at scale.

Responsibilities:
- Own creative concepts and execution for visual and motion design, with a strong focus on effects, animations, and graphic systems.
- Design and iterate on 2D visuals, motion graphics, and effects assets used across TikTok product surfaces and creative campaigns.
- Use user feedback and performance metrics to refine visual quality, motion behavior, and engagement impact.
- Apply AI-powered tools to support ideation, visual exploration, animation concepts, and effects prototyping.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in design or a related field.
- Professional experience in visual, motion, creative, or effects-focused design.
- Strong skills in graphic design and animation, with hands-on experience using tools such as Figma and motion/effects tools.
- Experience or strong interest in using AI tools to enhance visual creation, animation workflows, or effects design.

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing effects, animations, or motion systems for consumer-facing or global products.
- Understanding of global visual styles, trends, and cultural aesthetics.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative, and highly collaborative environment.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $80223 - $151112 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:

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