Product Solutions and Operations Project Intern (Content and Service Ads- Search Ads) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)
San Jose, CA (On-site)
$30/hr – $50/hrIntern/New GradInternship
Posted 3 months ago
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Job Summary
Drive product-marketing support and go-to-market analysis for TikTok Search Ads during a 12-week summer internship.
- Own advertiser-facing analysis, hypothesis testing, and messaging refinement.
- Must-have: Master’s in CS or related field with strong Excel/SQL skills.
- Standout: Exposure to product-led growth or digital advertising and cross-functional collaboration.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Go-to-market support: Help analyze product functionality, test hypotheses, and refine product messaging for advertiser-facing initiatives.
- Performance insights: Conduct data-driven deep-dives to identify best practices and optimization levers for our products.
- Market intelligence: Assist in competitive analysis, market research, and customer insight gathering to inform strategy.
- Sales enablement: Contribute to internal and external collateral like playbooks, decks, one-pagers, and performance reports.
- Build an understanding of the most nascent TikTok Search Ads solutions and leverage these products to achieve customer goals.
- Product ops: Help improve how we communicate product updates and feature rollouts to regional sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Reporting & experimentation: Build dashboards or simple reports to track performance trends, surface insights, and recommend creative or targeting improvements.
Requirements
- Currently in the process of obtaining a Master's degree in Computer Science or related fields.
- Solid analytical skills; proficiency with Excel/Sheets, SQL, basic data or data visualisation tools
- Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
- Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026.
- Must be able to commit to at least 3 months long internship period.
Preferred
- Demonstrated interest in product marketing, performance-driven growth, or performance advertising (e.g. through coursework, side projects, internships)
- Experience working cross-functionally or in team-based projects, especially where ambiguity or multiple stakeholders were involved
- Previous internship experience in tech, advertising, consulting, or startups
- Exposure to product-led growth, user acquisition, or digital advertising
- Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to figure things out with limited structure or hand-holding
- Able to intern for 3 months or longer; candidates available to work 5 days a week are preferred.
Benefits
- 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.
TikTok is the world's leading destination for short-form video. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible. Our employees lead with curiosity, and move at the speed of culture. Combined with our company's flat structure, you'll be given dynamic opportunities to make a real impact on a rapidly expanding company as you grow your career. We have offices across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas – and we're just getting started.
Founded in 2003
Los Angeles, California, US
71K employees (26,053 in marketing)
48% recommend to a friend
70% CEO approval
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
3B
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.6%
Direct
59.4%
Referral
2.7%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.2%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~79.7K
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
23,667 (30% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
76
People
Marketing Leadership

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Head of Global Marketing Partnerships
At the company for 5 years 2 months

Mandy Mao
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At the company for 8 years 9 months

Aaron Samson
Global Head of Responsibility Marketing
At the company for 1 year 5 months

Val Guerrera
Head of Global Marketing, Creators
At the company for 1 year 9 months
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