Social Media Operations & User Campaigns Operations Project Intern (TikTok-Search) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
United States
Internship
Remote
$25/hr - $25/hr
Intern
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Social Media Operations & User Campaigns Operations Project Intern. This role involves supporting content planning and engaging with TikTok trends while providing the intern with real-world experience and skills in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
Support content planning, brainstorming, and editorial calendar management for TikTok Tako’s official social channels
Track US TikTok trends, AI product conversations, Gen Z culture, memes, and creator economy moments
Write short-form video scripts, hooks, captions, post copy, and comment/reply ideas
Help create, edit, or coordinate video content for the official account
Analyze content performance, including views, retention, engagement, follower growth, and audience feedback
Research relevant brand accounts, AI product accounts, creator accounts, and social content formats
Help shape a voice for Tako that feels useful, playful, natural, and trustworthy
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in any discipline
Currently based in the United States, with a strong understanding of US internet and TikTok culture, and strong sense of trends, memes, creator culture, and Gen Z communication styles
Passionate about AI products, consumer technology, social media, and digital culture; experience creating or managing content on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, or similar platforms
Familiar with AI content creation tools, including AI image generation, AI video generation, and AI-assisted copywriting/scriptwriting tools, and able to apply them to social content production
Proficiency in English and Mandarin, with strong English writing skills, especially for short-form, native-feeling social copy; fluency in written and spoken Mandarin is needed to manage stakeholders in China market
Comfortable using performance data to review, learn, and improve content
Proactive, reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a remote team environment
Preferred
Experience growing a personal TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube account
Previous internship or project experience in social media, campus media, creator agencies, startups, or tech companies
Basic video editing skills with tools such as CapCut, Premiere, Final Cut, Canva, or similar
Hands-on experience using tools such as Midjourney, Runway, Pika, Kling, Sora, CapCut AI, Canva AI, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar AI creative tools
Benefits
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.
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
