Category Management Project Intern Operations BS​/MS

Position: Category Management Project Intern (TikTok- Operations) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
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 Tik Tok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates. You've seen the virality and impact of #Tik Tok Made Me Buy It .

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 Tik Tok 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. The Tik Tok Shop US operation team aims to deliver high quality products together with a unique customer experience via Tik Tok.

The team is responsible for building the Tik Tok Ecommerce partnership for the Tik Tok e-commerce business in the US. With more than 1 billion loyal users globally, we believe Tik Tok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join us to build an e-commerce ecosystem that is innovative, secure and intuitive for our users together.

As a project intern, you will have the opportunity to engage in impactful short-term projects that provide you with a glimpse of professional real-world experience. You will gain practical skills through on-the-job learning in a fast-paced work environment and develop a deeper understanding of your career interests. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period. Responsibilities:
1. Campaign Management & Execution - Comprehensive understanding of Live-streaming content operation and product assortment strategy - Work as a Campaign Executive with related stakeholders to ensure the campaign is running smoothly, including promotion setting, seller registration and communication with cross functional teams - Monitor real-time campaign/ project performance and keep tracking of post campaign performance evaluation - Support to help with any other general ad-hoc duties
2. Data Analysis & Insights - Analyze and visualize livestream performance data to support business monitoring and decision-making.

- Build dashboards and generate regular performance reports, highlighting key insights, trends, and optimization.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

- Currently Pursuing an Undergraduate/Master in Business or a related discipline.

- Data driven; an analytical thinker and experienced in using data and metrics to drive decisions - Experience in program or project management, consultancy, change management, or operations strategy - Proven ability in owning projects from inception to implementation - Experience in process optimization and scaling of efficiency initiatives - Experience managing or working within cross-functional teams - Expert in Microsoft Office products:
Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and MS Project

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience in Ecommerce or Tech organizations is preferred By submitting an application for this role, you accept and agree to our global applicant privacy policy, which may be accessed here:

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 Tik Tok

Tik Tok is the leading destination for short-form mobile…