Category Manager Project Intern ( Shop - US Operation BS​/MS Seattle Globa

Category Manager Project Intern (Tik Tok Shop - US Operation) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

Location:

Seattle

Employment Type:

Intern

Job Code: A144470

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.

• Acquire and incubate merchants to support category growth.
• Discover innovative collaborative models that align with merchants’ short‑term and long‑term development plans, and invest platform resources effectively and efficiently.
• Solve key challenges in business growth by strong collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Employ a consultative approach by offering strategic content, creator/affiliate/agency partner, merchandising, and logistical solutions to all clients.
• Update clients on Tik Tok Shop product developments and new promotional opportunities.

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate/Master Degree.
• Able to commit to working for 12 weeks during Summer 2026.
• Quick learner, proactive and resilient. Ability to thrive in ambiguity and adjust fast to change.
• Structured thinking, good data sense, very strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and cross‑team collaboration, skilled at moving things forward.
• Passion for business and aim for higher goals.

• Internship or full‑time experience in an e‑commerce marketplace business, or retail category management.
• Familiarity with Tik Tok content ecosystem, shoppable content, and brand‑creator partnerships.

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

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 the first half of the year, 40 if hired in the second half of the 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:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.