Senior Product Designer, Effect House

About

The Global Product & RD team is building up core TikTok products to ensure TikTok continues a healthy growth, deliver the best product experience to all of our users, build the most attractive features to help users enjoy their time on TikTok, earn trust in privacy protection, and more.



The Global Product team is growing exponentially. The business lines are ranging from Monetization Technology, Data, Machine Learning, System, Infrastructure, AR Effects, Security Technology and more.



About the team

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



Responsibilities

- Design AR Creation Tools: Lead the design of Effect House, TikTok’s AR creation platform. Craft intuitive, powerful tools that enable designers to build, publish, and share high-quality augmented reality effects with a global audience.

- Framework & Interaction Design: Apply systems thinking and strong logical reasoning to define scalable interaction frameworks and usability guidelines. Aim to lower the barrier to entry for creators and support long-term product evolution.

- Own Execution: Independently drive end-to-end design for key projects—delivering high-quality UI with a strong focus on visual excellence, usability, and technical feasibility.

- Innovate with Emerging Tech: Leverage a passion for cutting-edge technologies—such as design tools, 3D, and AI—to identify and prototype forward-looking solutions that advance the platform and elevate the user experience.

- User-Centered Mindset: Engage deeply with the product to understand its role within the broader TikTok ecosystem. Use data analysis and user research to uncover insights, translate them into actionable designs, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution.