Social Media Operations & User Campaigns Operations Project Intern (TikTok-Search) - 2026 Start (BS/MS)

About the role

TikTok Tako is TikTok's official AI assistant, exploring new ways for people to discover, interact with, and create through AI. We are seeking a US-based Social Content Intern to support TikTok Tako's official social channels.

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

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: 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 Qualifications: 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