TikTok Shop Head of Content Design

Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.

To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.

At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.

Join us.

About the Team

The TikTok Shop team's mission is to create a world class e-commerce experience that helps TikTok users find and discover amazing new products and goods. We're looking for a Content Design Manager to lead and build out teams to support the entire e-commerce experience for sellers, creators and consumers.

The content design manager will lead a team through user experience (UX), design thinking, well-defined content strategy, and advocacy for the content design discipline. Through clear, expressive writing, content designers build products that captivate and engage our viewers, and transform product features and concepts so that they're intuitive and easy to understand. You'll actively build relationships with stakeholders, including the TikTok Shop Global E-Commerce, Product Design, Marketing, User Research, Engineering, and Localization teams to promote UX writing within TikTok Shop. To improve cross-functional processes, you'll develop efficient processes, templates, and resources to help the team work smarter, faster, and more effectively.

Responsibilities:

• Identify opportunities and share feedback on development, improvement, and growth for team members.
• Work with team leads to build team culture, encourage collaboration, and develop skills.
• Drive for completion of high-quality work in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Facilitate projects, allocate resources, and drive consensus with stakeholders across time zones.
• Help manage and ensure the content experience meets TikTok standards, and be a champion for best practices.
• Align with writing teams across time zones to drive a cohesive product narrative.
• Find opportunities for Content Design to shine by leading projects, working on high-impact initiatives, and contributing strategically.
• Manage priorities to serve business needs while supporting, inspiring, and motivating content designers.
• Write, proofread, and edit UI text both for your own and reports' projects.
• Help lead Content Forum to drive consistency and improve content quality.
• Define efficient, practical solutions and processes for large-scale problems

Qualifications.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Writing portfolio including, but not limited to: user interface copy, microcopy, user education, direct or transactional emails, style guides, or product launch content.
• Experience using Sketch, Figma, and Asan.
• Experience building style guides and language systems.
• Experience collaborating with Product Management, Design, User Research, Engineering, and Localization teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in UX writing, content strategy, copywriting, UX, or equivalent fields.
• 5+ years experience in managing, mentoring, coaching, and developing a team.
• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Writing, UX, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.
• Self starter who can manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and stay focused when faced with changing requirements.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $193154 - $356896 annually.

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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.

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Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

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We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

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Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

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We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

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For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

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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:

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

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

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1. Exercising sound judgment.