June 14, 2026

Lead Creative Designer

Tiktok San Jose, California

**Overview**
TikTok is seeking a Lead Creative Designer to join our team in San Jose, CA. As a Lead Creative Designer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the company's success by collaborating with cross-functional teams to create innovative design solutions. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. We strive to do great things with great people, leading with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech company. **Responsibilities**
* Collaborate with the central design team to create, define, and maintain a comprehensive US-specific style guide. * Create user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs that provide multiple design solutions based on user needs, business goals, and technical constraints. * Drive the visual design of promotional campaigns, branded swag, live creator training materials, and new product launch assets, ensuring consistency and high-quality execution across all deliverables. * Partner with local operations teams and global design teams to develop creative strategies, conceptual designs, and production-ready assets. * Lead design workshops and sprints with cross-functional teams to explore innovative design solutions for problems and opportunities identified through research and data. * Contribute to feature roadmap strategies, improve product design processes, and champion knowledge sharing opportunities through documentation and post-launch presentations. **Qualifications**
* Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Web Design, Computer Art, Illustration, or a related field, and 3 years of related work experience; OR a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Web Design, Computer Art, Illustration, or a related field, and 5 years of post-bachelor's, progressive related work experience. * 3 years of experience in each of the following:
+ Designing and developing brand marketing campaign creatives and identities, including website design, motion graphic design, and UI design by designing and implementing consistent brand typography, iconography, 2D & 3D graphics, and motion graphics. + Developing visual concepts, including generating ideas and sketches into visual concepts using Procreate or Boords, and transferring the hand drawings to digital graphics using Adobe Illustrator. + Creating vector illustrations and graphics using Adobe Illustrator. + Designing User Experience (UX) or User Interface (UI) elements of mobile applications using Figma, After Effects, or Principle. + Working with front-end engineers to build websites, landing pages, and H5 campaigns using Figma, Photoshop, InDesign, or After Effects. **Benefits**
* Competitive salary range: $243,506 - $253,506 per year
* Full-time position with 40 hours/week
* International travel required up to 15%
* Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment with a global team
* Commitment to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives
* Reasonable accommodations provided for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws

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