TIKTOK IN THE MIX

17,000
Tickets Sold
33.6M
Livestream Viewers
(TikTok's all-time live record)
Art direction and design system for TikTok's first large-scale IRL music event, which sold out and then broke the record as the most-watched LIVE event in TikTok history.
Shortlisted at Cannes Lions 2024
context

TikTok wanted to bring its viral music moments into the physical world for the first time. On December 10, TikTok took over Sloan Park in Mesa, AZ for a one-night live show featuring some of the platform's biggest artists, streamed live on TikTok and later released on Disney+ and Hulu.

the work

The art direction was inspired by 90s grunge music posters but with an iconic TikTok flare, and the identity needed to flex across a live concert, a livestream, a broadcast special, and a ticketing campaign while maintaining consistency. I built the system around a standard set of elements:

  • Logo lockup & color system: The visual core that anchored every other asset and kept the brand recognizable across wildly different formats and contexts
  • Graphics package & motion toolkit: The templated layer agencies and internal teams used to build livestream graphics, broadcast packages, and event screens with a consistent look, without needing custom design for every piece
  • Hero posters: The key art driving ticketing, OOH, and social
  • Partnership guidance: Direction for how artist likenesses and brand partners were represented consistently across materials
  • Event tune-ins: Promotional assets building anticipation pre-event
my role

I partnered with the Creative Directors to set the art direction and visual identity for the event, then built that into a scalable design system so other agencies and internal teams could execute consistently across every touchpoint, before and during the show. I oversaw design across all event screens directly, and worked with artist talent managers to ensure each performer's likeness was represented accurately throughout. Working under a tight production timeline, I presented the system directly to senior leadership and was responsible for the full asset library that agencies and internal teams built from.

WORKING TEAM

RAISA JANJUA

Art Direction & Design

jeff stamp, shayna wenger, sophia lipp

Creative Direction

conor kort, Johnny chiu

Motion Design

Ellie sunakawa, nessa tabrizy

Merch Design

SELECTED WORKS

TikTok Brand Refresh

2025
Design Direction and Brand Guidelines

TikTok In the Mix

2023
Experiiential Art Direction and Design

TikTok Sans Arabic

2026
Typeface Design and Brand Guidelines

TikTok Off the Record

2024
Music Campaign Art Direction

TikTok Product Marketing

2026
Design Direction and Brand Guidelines

TikTok Music Marketing

2025
Design Direction and Brand Guidelines

#BookTok IRL

2025
Event Art Direction

TikTok Brand Hub

2025
Design Direction and Web Design

TikTok Brand Architecture

Confidential
Design and Brand Guidelines

Beyoncé Arrives on TikTok

2022
Campaign Art Direction and Design

TikTok on the Apple Store

2022
Templates

TikTok Pride

2023
Campaign Art Direction and Design

Time to Have Hulu

2021
Campaign Design

Ramy – A Hulu Original

2020
Campaign Design

Light as a Feather – A Hulu Original

2018
Show Title Treatment

Hulu Advertising Sites

2019
Web Design