Job Description

About the Team

This role sits within our Global Trust & Safety and Technology Communications team and partners closely with cross-functional Engineering, Product, Legal, and Public Policy teams, as well as communications colleagues across regions. It focuses on shaping and communicating TikTok’s approach to responsible innovation and product development—building trust and credibility in our technologies among both technical and broader audiences.

We’re looking for an experienced communications professional to lead technical storytelling within the team. In this role, you will develop narratives and strategies that highlight our tech stack, open-source contributions, R&D work, and product innovations—while humanizing the teams behind them and ensuring our voice resonates authentically within developer and expert communities.

Responsibilities

- Develop clear, credible messaging around our R&D, open-source initiatives, engineering work, and product innovations

- Proactively identify technical storytelling opportunities and translate them into high-quality blog posts and other owned content

- Pitch and land stories across a mix of traditional and non-traditional channels, including developer-focused media, blogs, and online communities

- Support technical speaking engagements, events, and external moments that showcase our expertise and innovation

- Review academic research outputs for both reputational risks and storytelling opportunities

- Partner closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional communications teams (e.g., privacy, security) to provide strategic counsel on communicating responsible technology development