TikTok, Effect House & Pixsoul

At ByteDance — product management for Effect House and Pixsoul, and interactive engineering across TikTok, Douyin, CapCut and other ByteDance video apps. Shipped AR effects, AIGC filters and mini-games — a selection below.

Selected work

TikTok

Interactive engineering

TikTok
Interactive Engineer at ByteDance

Clients: ByteDance · TikTok · Douyin · CapCut

Led the creative and production effort for designing, prototyping and releasing new AR and AIGC effects, mini-games, and interactive features across TikTok, Douyin, CapCut and other ByteDance video apps.

Impact: Built the North America effects team from 0 to 1, making effects a major driver of TikTok downloads. Several shipped effects earned App Store homepage features.

Effect
House

Creator tooling

TikTok Effect House
Desktop creator platform

Client: ByteDance / TikTok

State-of-the-art platform for designing creative AR effects for TikTok. Led UI/UX design and built scripting debug tools to make the interface intuitive for first-time creators while staying powerful for seasoned effect designers.

Impact: Lowered the barrier to entry for effect creation across novice and pro tiers.

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Pixsoul

Consumer AR

Pixsoul
AR effect-trying app

Client: ByteDance / TikTok

Innovative AR effect-trying app launched in Brazil and Indonesia to drive engagement and TikTok downloads. Led product strategy, feature prioritization, and used data-driven insights and user feedback to refine the experience.

Impact: 1M+ downloads in the first week.

Pixsoul on Instagram ↗