Intern, TikTok LIVE Traffic Delivery and User Experience

Job Description

Here’s a detailed summary of the job and company information:

About TikTok (Company Overview)

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a core mission to inspire creativity and bring joy. Its global headquarters are located in Los Angeles and Singapore, with additional offices in major cities worldwide including New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join TikTok:
TikTok emphasizes its commitment to creativity, its innovative product designed for authentic self-expression, discovery, and connection. The company prides itself on its global, diverse teams that contribute to creating value for communities and inspiring joy daily. TikTok fosters a culture of curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech environment. They encourage an “Always Day 1” mindset, promoting constant iteration, learning, and resilience in embracing challenges to achieve breakthroughs.

Diversity & Inclusion:
TikTok is dedicated to building an inclusive workspace where every employee’s skills, experiences, and unique perspectives are valued. Reflecting its global platform, the company is committed to celebrating diverse voices and creating an environment that mirrors the many communities it serves.

TikTok Accommodation:
The company provides reasonable accommodations in its recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws.

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About the Job (Internship – TikTok LIVE Traffic Delivery and User Experience)

This internship is with the TikTok LIVE team, a rapidly growing platform that facilitates real-time interactive content experiences, connecting creators and audiences globally. The team’s mission is to cultivate a safe, engaging, and high-quality livestreaming ecosystem that promotes creativity and community building.

Team Responsibilities:
The specific team responsible for this internship focuses on TikTok LIVE’s Traffic Delivery and User Experience. Their key functions include:
• Continuously optimizing the Recommend system to provide personalized and preferred content to users, thereby helping LIVE acquire traffic within TikTok and drive user growth.
• Understanding and defining content quality and user experience to ensure the stable development of both the content and user ecosystems alongside business growth.

Internship Overview:
This is a 12-week internship for Summer 2026, designed to offer students significant industry exposure and hands-on experience. Interns will develop fundamental skills, explore potential career paths, and apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios. The program includes social events and enriching development workshops.

Summer 2026 Start Dates:
• May 11th, 2026
• May 18th, 2026
• May 26th, 2026
• June 8th, 2026
• June 22nd, 2026

Application Process:
Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions globally across TikTok and its affiliates. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and early application is encouraged. Applicants must clearly state their availability (Start date, End date) in their resume.

Responsibilities (Specific to this Internship Role):
The intern will be responsible for:
1. Supporting user research and analysis of U.S. TikTok LIVE traffic patterns, audience segments, and content consumption trends to identify high-impact growth opportunities by pinpointing underserved user groups and market gaps.
2. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate strategies into actionable experiments, track performance metrics, and refine solutions based on data insights and case studies to achieve measurable user growth.
3. Partnering with cross-functional teams, including Algo and Strategy Ops, to track project milestones, ensure alignment, and keep deliverables on schedule.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Ability to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026.
• Passion for content products and active use of social/live-streaming platforms.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets and translate them into clear recommendations.
• Data-driven mindset, with basic knowledge of statistics and quantitative analysis.
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-cultural environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of traffic strategies, creator ecosystems, or content quality evaluation is a plus.
• Experience with SQL or Python is a plus.

Job Information (Compensation & Benefits – Campus Intern):

Compensation:
• The hourly rate for this position in the selected city is $50-$50.

Benefits:
Benefits may vary based on employment nature and location. Interns receive day one access to:
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in the first half of the year, 40 if hired in the second half).
• Interns not working 100% remote may also be eligible for a housing allowance.
The company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs.

Note for Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. The company states that criminal history may directly and negatively impact job duties involving unsupervised contact with clients/colleagues, handling confidential information, and exercising sound judgment, potentially leading to the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.