Music Partnerships Intern (SoundOn) - 2027 Start

SoundOn is ByteDance's all-in-one music distribution and creator growth platform. It helps artists and labels build audiences across TikTok and beyond. As a Music Partnership Intern, you will support the North America team in managing and growing a portfolio of artist and label partners. You will learn how the business runs from the inside. Then you will use AI to rebuild how the work gets done, so the team runs more efficiently and creates more commercial value.

We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. Our internship program offers students hands-on experience, industry exposure, and opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world challenges while building a strong foundation for personal and professional growth.
Interns will gain practical experience, explore potential career paths, and participate in social events, learning programs, and development workshops alongside industry professionals.
Candidates may apply to a maximum of two positions across Our Company and its affiliates globally. Applications will be considered in the order they are submitted.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early. Please clearly state your availability in your resume, including your start and end dates.

Responsibilities
- Partnership management: support the day-to-day relationship with artists and labels. Work through the full catalog lifecycle: finding high-potential artists, labels and catalogs, helping form deals with valuations and deal materials, and moving catalogs onto SoundOn.
- Metadata and content management: keep partner catalogs accurate and complete, including track info, credits, rights and splits. Fix issues before they affect distribution or revenue.
- Data and insights: track partner and catalog performance. Turn the data into insights and business visualizations for partner reviews and internal decisions.
- AI for operational efficiency: learn the existing workflows end to end. Reason from first principles to build AI skills and automations that improve efficiency and create commercial value. Check that AI-generated analysis is accurate before anyone relies on it.

Minimum Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Undergraduate degree in a product operations related discipline.
- Able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks for the internship
- Familiarity with AI , going beyond chatting with an LLM for your assignments. You have built AI skills, agents or automated workflows that solved real problems. You can rethink a problem from first principles and show the impact.
- Genuine passion for the music industry and a basic understanding of streaming, distribution or music rights.

Preferred Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree in a product operations related discipline.
- Experience in the media or entertainment industry, such as music, film/TV, gaming, publishing or the creator economy.
- Strong analytical judgment and attention to detail: you can challenge and verify analysis produced by AI, and build clear, decision-ready business visualizations.
- A portfolio, GitHub or demo of AI projects.