Design System Design Intern Monetization Ads Summer 2026

Design System Design Intern Monetization Ads Summer 2026 at TikTok

As the window of TikTok’s business services, our TikTok UED Monetization team aims to enable clients to effortlessly connect with audiences and maximize brand potential. We want to ease and inspire clients to achieve their goals, explore more possibilities, and create value with TikTok.

We’re hiring a Design System Design Intern to help evolve Keystone, the design system powering TikTok’s Monetization products (ads and business-facing experiences). Keystone enables product teams to build consistent, high-quality UI through reusable components, patterns, and guidance—improving both user experience and product development efficiency.

As an intern, you’ll contribute directly to Keystone’s core libraries and documentation, partnering with design system designers and cross-functional teams (product design, engineering, content design) to ship scalable system improvements that land in real product surfaces.

Internship Program Overview

Internships at TikTok aim to provide students with hands-on experience in developing fundamental skills and exploring potential career paths. A vibrant blend of social events and enriching development workshops will be available for you to explore. Here, you will utilize your knowledge in real-world scenarios while laying a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to TikTok and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early. Please state your availability clearly in your resume (Start date, End date).

Summer Start Dates

• May 11th, 2026
• May 18th, 2026
• May 26th, 2026
• June 8th, 2026
• June 22nd, 2026

In This Role, You Will

• Design or extend components, variants, and patterns (e.g., forms, navigation, tables, empty/error states), and create scalable specs (states, interactions, responsive behavior, accessibility).
• Improve usage guidance, do/don’t examples, and rationale to reduce ambiguity for product teams.
• Help maintain libraries and documentation across Figma + Keystone website.
• Assist with UI audits for consistency and system alignment.
• Support adoption and migration by mapping legacy patterns to Keystone equivalents and clarifying best-practice usage.
• Partner with engineers to ensure feasibility and crisp handoff.
• Participate in critiques and design reviews; incorporate feedback quickly and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Product Design / Interaction Design / HCI / Visual Communication (or equivalent experience).
• Strong fundamentals in UI craft and interaction thinking (states, flows, usability).
• Comfort working in Figma (components, variants, auto layout, styles/tokens preferred).
• Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic understanding of design systems concepts: tokens, component design, governance, accessibility.
• Experience collaborating with engineers (class projects or hackathons count).
• Familiarity with accessibility basics (WCAG concepts, keyboard navigation, contrast).
• Experience applying AI tools in design workflows (e.g., drafting guidance, synthesizing feedback, generating UI variations), with thoughtful judgment on quality, bias, and privacy.

Job Information

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $30- $50.

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.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates

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. TikTok believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• 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; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok Accommodation

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request

Key skills/competency

• Design Systems
• UI/UX Design
• Figma
• Interaction Design
• Accessibility (WCAG)
• Component Design
• Documentation
• Product Design
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• UI Audits