TikTok · 12 hours ago
Design System Design Intern (Monetization Ads) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)
San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$30/hr - $50/hr
Start in 2026 SummerTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, and they are seeking a Design System Design Intern to help evolve Keystone, the design system for their Monetization products. The intern will contribute to the design system by creating components, improving usage guidance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and product development efficiency.
Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Benefits
Interns have day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
Housing allowance
Company
TikTok
TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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