Senior Product Designer, Effect House

$137,000 - $286,200/Yr

Tiktok - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. The Global Product & RD team is focused on building core TikTok products to ensure healthy growth and deliver the best product experience to users. This includes developing attractive features that enhance user enjoyment while maintaining trust in privacy protection. The TikTok UX team plays a crucial role in this mission, responsible for the product design of the core TikTok app across various verticals including Product Infrastructure, Social, Creation, Photo-Text, and Design Systems. The team employs professional design methods and practices to improve user experience and working efficiency across these areas. In this role, you will be tasked with designing a powerful AR tool for Effect House, enabling designers to create, publish, and share high-quality augmented effects for TikTok. You will also participate in defining the interaction framework and guidelines for tools, aiming to lower the usage threshold for designers and support long-term product growth. Strong execution is key, as you will lead key projects independently while demonstrating excellent UI visual design skills. A passion for cutting-edge technologies, including design tools, 3D, and AI, is essential as you explore innovative solutions that meet user needs and support product growth. Engaging deeply with the product to understand the business and discovering user needs through data analysis and user research will be critical in translating insights into actionable design solutions and ensuring their implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design a powerful AR tool for Effect House to enable designers to create, publish, and share high-quality augmented effects for TikTok.
• Participate in defining the interaction framework and guidelines for tools to lower the usage threshold for designers and support long-term product growth.
• Lead key projects independently, demonstrating excellent UI visual design skills.
• Demonstrate strong enthusiasm for design tools, 3D, and cutting-edge AI technologies, exploring innovative solutions that meet user needs and support product growth.
• Engage deeply with the product to understand the business and discover user needs through data analysis and user research, translating insights into actionable design solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of product design experience for web or tools.
• Experience leading multiple projects from strategy to launch with keen attention to detail.
• Skilled in rapid iteration and concept production.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain concepts, vision, and decisions.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

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

Benefits

• 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company match.
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.
• 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) and 10 paid sick days per year.
• 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.
• Mental and emotional health benefits through EAP and Lyra.
• 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements.