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

Seattle, WA (On-site)

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Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Owns merchant acquisition and incubation for category growth, collaborates cross-functionally to unlock growth, and packages consultative solutions across content, partnerships, merchandising and logistics for clients.

  • Growth ownership: Acquire and incubate merchants to drive category growth.
  • Cross-functional alignment: Solve growth challenges with partners across functions and optimize resource use.
  • Consultative offerings: Provide strategic content, creator/affiliate partnerships, merchandising and logistics support to clients.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 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 TikTok Shop product developments and new promotional opportunities

Requirements

  • 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.

Preferred

  • Internship or full-time experience in an e-commerce marketplace business, or retail category management is a plus
  • Familiarity with TikTok content ecosystem, shoppable content, and brand-creator partnerships is a plus

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.
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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.

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Los Angeles, California, US
71K employees (26,053 in marketing)
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70% CEO approval

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