TikTok is hiring a Design System Design Intern for its UED Monetization team, working on Keystone, the design system powering ads and business-facing products. The intern will contribute to Keystone's core libraries and documentation alongside design system designers, product design, engineering and content design.
What you'll do
- Design or extend components, variants, and patterns (forms, navigation, tables, empty/error states)
- Create scalable specs covering states, interactions, responsive behavior, accessibility
- Improve usage guidance, do/don't examples, and rationale for product teams
- Maintain libraries and documentation across Figma and the Keystone website
- Assist with UI audits for consistency and system alignment
- Support adoption and migration by mapping legacy patterns to Keystone equivalents
- Partner with engineers to ensure feasibility and crisp handoff
- Participate in critiques and design reviews, incorporate feedback quickly
What we're looking for
- Pursuing bachelor's degree in product design, interaction design, HCI or visual communication
- Strong fundamentals in UI craft and interaction thinking
- Comfort working in Figma (components, variants, auto layout)
- Able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2027
Nice to have
- Basic understanding of design systems concepts: tokens, component design, governance, accessibility
- Experience collaborating with engineers, including class projects or hackathons
- Familiarity with accessibility basics: WCAG concepts, keyboard navigation, contrast
- Experience applying AI tools in design workflows with judgment on quality, bias, privacy
Good to know
- 12-week full-time internship during Summer 2027
- Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
- Maximum of two position applications per candidate across company and affiliates
- Must state availability (start and end dates) in resume