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

Responsibilities

Team Introduction:
TikTok UX team is responsible for the product design of the core TikTok app. Our key vertical ownership areas include Core app Product Infrastructure, Social, Search, Creation, and Design Systems. Providing professional design methods and practices, the team helps improve user experience and working efficiency of these products and areas.

Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with product managers, product designers, and engineers to transform complex product requirements into elegant and intuitive visual solutions.
- Own the visual design of core features and new product lines, covering UI, brand expression, and multi-platform consistency.
- Propose and drive systematic visual improvement plans, including design guidelines, component libraries, and scalable design systems.
- Keep up to date with design trends and emerging technologies to ensure our product remains innovative and visually competitive.
- Elevate the team's overall design standards through design reviews, best practices, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Mentor junior and mid-level designers, fostering stronger product thinking and visual design skills across the team.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Visual Communication, Art/Design, Product Design, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in product design, with a strong focus on UI and visual design for digital products.
- Proven ability to balance product thinking with a high standard of visual craft.
- Strong portfolio showcasing product-oriented visual design, system-level improvements, and impactful user experiences.
- Solid understanding of design systems and the ability to build and scale them across platforms.
- Experienced in collaborating with various organizational stakeholders.
- Open-minded, self-motivated, receptive to feedback, and patient.
- Entrepreneurial, adaptable to rapid changes and less-than-ideal situations.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficient in A/B testing and data-driven design.
- Knowledge of front-end programming.
- Enthusiastic about TikTok and its community.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $115200 - $255867 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:

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:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.