Project Intern – Sports Content Operations

Job Description

Trending Sports Product Operation Project Intern (TikTok-Search) – 2026 Start (BS/MS) | TikTok

The Tone:
This is an internship at TikTok, located in Los Angeles, CA. TikTok is a global company that operates the leading destination for short-form mobile video, with a mission to inspire creativity and bring joy for its users worldwide. This role supports the TikTok Search Operations Team, which focuses on end-to-end search growth and experience optimization. The intern will directly contribute to improving the product experience and expanding business scale for hundreds of millions of users by managing and optimizing trending sports content within the search ecosystem.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Temporary
• Location: In-person, Los Angeles, CA
• Pay: $25 hourly
• Team: TikTok Search Operations Team, responsible for end-to-end search growth and experience optimization.
• Mission: This intern will drive product experience improvements and business scale growth by monitoring and managing trending sports content on TikTok Search.
• Tech Stack: ChatGPT, Claude

What You’ll Actually Do
• Real-Time Trend Ops: Monitor global sports events and breaking news to execute end-to-end trending topics, from content packaging to landing page optimization.
• Asset & Content Management: Curate and manage multi-format content assets to ensure high-quality, timely updates across in-app sports channels.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with product, design, and localized teams to ensure seamless execution of sports campaigns and feature updates.
• Market Insights: Track sports communities and social media trends to identify emerging memes and user interests for content inspiration.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Student pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (all majors welcome). A strong interest in sports with deep knowledge of football, basketball, or other mainstream/emerging sports, including familiarity with athletes, sports culture, tactics, and community memes/discourse.
• Experience: Commitment to an internship period of at least 3 months, working on-site at least 4 days per week.
• Skills: Strong execution skills, ability to manage content within a rapidly evolving trending environment, proficiency in English, and fluency in written and spoken Mandarin for stakeholder management in the China market.
• Bonus: Familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, with prompt engineering experience as a plus.