Introduction

As a Product Designer Intern, I designed trust and transparency experiences that helped users better understand and control how content is recommended, moderated, and managed across the platform.


Working across personalization settings, recommendation explanations, compliance communication, and internal tooling, I transformed complex policy and system requirements into intuitive user experiences while collaborating closely with product, engineering, research, and policy teams.

Content Ecosystem & Integrity Team

Team

User Trust & Safety, Transparency, Topic Control

Scope

Jan 2026 - Present

Date

Introduction

As a Product Designer Intern, I designed trust and transparency experiences that helped users better understand and control how content is recommended, moderated, and managed across the platform.


Working across personalization settings, recommendation explanations, compliance communication, and internal tooling, I transformed complex policy and system requirements into intuitive user experiences while collaborating closely with product, engineering, research, and policy teams.

Content Ecosystem & Integrity Team

Team

User Trust & Safety, Transparency, Topic Control

Scope

Jan 2026 - Present

Date

RANDALLD

RANDALLD

Projects

# Recommendation Transparency

Why This Post

Redesigned the “Why this post” feature to make recommendation logic easier to understand and easier to act on. By connecting transparency with preference controls, I turned passive explanation into a more actionable, user-controlled experience for users

# Policy Enforcement

Age Verification Flow

Designed an age verification gating experience for underage users. I defined a multi-step interaction flow with retry logic and feedback mechanisms to balance policy enforcement with user experience, reducing frustration while maintaining compliance.

# Platform Research Data Tool

Visual Query for

Researchers

Designed a data access tool for external researchers to efficiently filter and retrieve data. I structured the workflow to support pre-download filtering and guided query setup, enabling non-technical users to access relevant datasets without manual post-processing.

Projects

Age Verification Flow

Designed an age verification gating experience for underage users. I defined a multi-step interaction flow with retry logic and feedback mechanisms to balance policy enforcement with user experience, reducing frustration while maintaining compliance.

Why This Post

Redesigned the “Why this post” feature to make recommendation logic easier to understand and easier to act on. By connecting transparency with preference controls, I turned passive explanation into a more actionable, user-controlled experience for users

Visual Query for Researchers

Designed a data access tool for external researchers to efficiently filter and retrieve TikTok data. I restructured the workflow to support pre-download filtering and guided query setup, enabling non-technical users to access relevant datasets without manual post-processing.

TikTok