logo
Locations
Blog
Jobs
triangle icon

Global Operations

Category Management Project Intern (TikTok Shop - US Operation) - 2026 Start

Location:

Los Angeles

Employment Type:

Intern

Job Code:

A209707

Share this listing:

Responsibilities

About the team: The commerce industry has seen tremendous growth in recent years and has become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates. You've seen the virality and impact of #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt. Come join the team that is helping scale that phenomenon, and pioneer Content & Creator commerce in the US. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the leading, on-trend commerce platform of choice for brands, creators, and shoppers. We are an entrepreneurial team, passionate about shaping the future of shopping. With more than 1 billion loyal users globally, TikTok is the ideal platform to deliver a brand new and exciting shopping experience to our users. TikTok is already the place where trends first surface, and where brands, creators, and consumers are already connected in meaningful ways. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our commercial team in the US, to help build an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure, and intuitive for our users and partners alike. As a Project Intern, you will contribute to impactful short-term projects and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, professional environment. This internship offers the opportunity to develop practical skills, apply your knowledge to real-world challenges, and explore your career interests. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Responsibilities: - Creator, Community & Industry Ecosystem Development: Develop strategies to grow the Collectibles creator and influencer ecosystem, including creator segmentation, sourcing, engagement, and partnership models. Work with creator agencies, talent partners, and external stakeholders to shape content direction, activation strategies, and scalable collaboration models. Own workstreams for key industry and community activations, including trade shows, seller events, creator programs, and major collectibles moments. Identify ecosystem gaps and growth opportunities across creators, sellers, agencies, and industry partners. - Strategic Partnerships & Category Marketing: Evaluate and develop strategic partnership opportunities with leading brands, sellers, creators, agencies, and industry partners. Develop integrated category marketing strategies across creators, social, LIVE, events, and major product or cultural moments. Build partner proposals, activation plans, and recommendations that align marketing opportunities with category growth objectives Work cross-functionally to drive strategic initiatives from concept through execution. - Campaign Strategy & Execution: Own key workstreams across end-to-end category campaigns, including strategy, partner participation, content planning, execution, and performance evaluation. Translate category and consumer insights into campaign concepts and activation recommendations. Evaluate campaign performance and recommend optimizations to improve engagement, conversion, and business impact. - Data Analysis & Strategic Insights: Analyze category, creator, campaign, partner, and competitive performance to identify growth opportunities and support business decisions. Conduct market and competitive analyses to inform category strategy and partnership priorities. Develop executive-ready reports and presentations that translate data into key insights, recommendations, and next steps.


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: - Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field. Preferred Qualifications: - Comfortable working across creator programs, marketing campaigns, industry events, and strategic partnerships. - Interest or familiarity with collectibles, sports, trading cards, gaming, or entertainment is a plus. - Prior internship or full-time experience in strategic partnerships, business development, marketing, creator/influencer marketing, consulting, e-commerce, entertainment, or technology preferred. - Experience working with external partners, agencies, creators, brands, or events is highly preferred. By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here: https://careers.tiktok.com/legal/privacy


Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $23.75- $23.75.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

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.

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

Ready for a career

at TikTok?

Discover a career that energizes and excites you every day.

triangle icon

@2026 TikTok