Creative Lead Jobs in California

Responsibilities

The Role

We are looking for a Creative Director to lead a nimble, high-performing team across AMS, Americas. This is a role for a creative heavyweight who can inspire a team that already operates with a high degree of autonomy and excellence. Your mission is to help shape how our brand shows up as TikTok on TikTok, as well as across all other media platforms. This isn’t just a role for someone who knows how to make an ad. Instead, it is for a leader who can drive creative strategy on and off the platform in a way that truly moves the needle for our business priorities. The team is a unique, ego-free collective that prizes collaboration over rivalry. You will lead five Creative Directors who manage the full creative lifecycle from ideation through post-production, working both in-house and with world-class agency partners. This team is looking for a leader who brings exceptional taste, sharp judgment, and a "mentor-first" mentality.

• Create a sustainable, motivated, and efficient environment for exceptional creative development.
• Demonstrate creative thought leadership by keeping ahead of trends and providing proactive inspiration and recommendations.
• Lead and collaborate with extraordinary creatives, copywriters, designers, innovators, and strategists.
• Provide in-house creatives with clear creative direction and ownership over their projects. Continually raise the bar for creative excellence.
• Work closely with world-class advertising agencies across the globe, guiding the work effectively for creative excellence. Be a fiscal guardian by working in the best interests of the company.
• Demonstrate brand guardianship and proactively identify areas to improve the creative output.
• Work collaboratively with the team to develop compelling creative solutions that align with the strategic brief.
• Partner closely with both global and regional marketing teams to develop breakthrough creative work that balances commercial needs with innovation and long-term brand building.
• Manage creativity within the parameters of project allocation and resources.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Extensive work experience as a Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, Creative Lead, or in a related position.
• Team leadership experience.
• Previous experience leading and delivering a broad range of creative projects, including brand campaigns, activations, and creative partnership solutions.
• Strong knowledge of US political and cultural nuances, with a keen understanding of what is relevant and an eye for upcoming trends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated keen knowledge of TikTok and the TikTok community.
• Demonstrated proactive thinking and examples of entrepreneurialism, whether in or out of work.
• Ability to manage team bandwidth and delivery timelines.
• Must be dependable, positive, and open-minded, with the ability to clearly communicate both verbally and visually.
• Ability to pitch creative solutions in response to marketing strategies.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, including the ability to read a room and pivot accordingly.
• Portfolio of work.

About TikTok

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 we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy – a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

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 Accommodation

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://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $151050 - $364800 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.