Category Manager Project Intern ( Shop - Fashion MBA Seattle, WA

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Category Manager Project Intern (Tik Tok Shop - Fashion) – 2025 Start (MBA) – Seattle, WA.

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 e‑commerce 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.

• Support Account Managers in merchant cold start, including product listing, store setup, campaign registration.
• Assist in diagnosing and resolving merchant operational issues (logistics, pricing, content compliance).
• Track and coordinate merchant preparation for platform campaigns, especially BFCM (e.g., inventory readiness, discount planning, livestream scheduling).
• Conduct market and competitor research to provide insights for merchant growth strategies.
• Help manage creator and agency collaborations (sample shipment tracking, content output monitoring).
• Provide weekly reports on merchant performance and campaign readiness.

• Currently pursuing an MBA degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, E‑commerce, or related fields.
• Strong interest in e‑commerce, fashion, and creator economy.
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills; comfortable working with cross‑functional teams.
• Data‑driven mindset with proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets.
• Self‑motivated, detail‑oriented, and able to work under pressure during peak campaign periods (e.g., Black Friday).

• 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.

Interns must be able to commit to at least a 3‑month internship period.

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $38. 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.

• 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.
• Applicants with arrest or conviction records may have to consider factors such as:
  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;
  Exercising sound judgment.