AI Content Intern, Firework
The estimated pay range for this role is $19-$25/hour + stock options
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Video-based eCommerce platform
Open for applications
Video-based eCommerce platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
The estimated pay range for this role is $19-$25/hour + stock options
Office located in San Mateo, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionize commerce by bringing the power of video to every digital experience, fostering deeper human connections between brands and shoppers.
Role
Who you are
- Senior standing in an undergraduate program or a recent graduate, in a relevant field such as computer science, design, media, or marketing
- Fluency in both Mandarin and English, spoken and written—you’ll work across crossborder creative and R&D teams
- Genuine curiosity about generative AI and how it’s reshaping content creation, and comfort experimenting with new AI tools and agents
- Some hands-on experience with content creation—video, design, or copy—through coursework, personal projects, or prior internships
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, creative, and go-to-market teams
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment where priorities can shift as new AI capabilities evolve
- We understand some candidates may see the above and not apply because they don’t meet all the qualifications. We encourage you to apply anyway
What the job involves
- Want to build with AI tools before most companies even have a team for it? As our AI Content Intern, you’ll sit right at the intersection of R&D, Creative Services, and Product—getting hands-on with the newest generative AI tech and the in-house agents our team is building, and using them to create real content that ships
- You won’t just watch AI reshape content creation from the sidelines; you’ll help launch it, working alongside the team to bring new AI capabilities to life for real brands. This role is open to current seniors and recent graduates, and can be structured as a paid internship or for work-study credit—with the potential to turn into a full-time offer for the right person
- Partner closely with R&D, Creative Services, and Product to explore and apply the latest AI content-generation techniques to Firework’s video commerce platform
- Get hands-on creating content using Firework’s in-house AI tools and agents, iterating quickly to see what works and sharing what you learn
- Support AI feature launches by working with Creative Services, Product, and GTM teams to make sure creative assets and workflows are ready for release
- Assist translating R&D prototypes into production-ready creative workflows, surfacing issues and gathering feedback from creative and success teams
- Take on cross-functional coordination between the teams as needed as new AI capabilities roll out
- Document learnings, workflows, and best practices as Firework’s AI creative tooling evolves
Our take
Live-streamed shopping has long been popular in China. In 2020, the first 30 minutes of Alibaba’s Singles’ Day presale's campaign on Taobao Live generated an impressive $7.5B in total transaction value. Firework is helping to bring these kinds of video-based eCommerce experiences to a Western audience with a smart commercial strategy.
Originally launched as a standalone social platform featuring swipe-able web stories, Firework made a strategic shift towards a more streamlined B2B model. It now provides services to partners by granting them access to its video technology infrastructure, enabling them to effortlessly launch diverse and interactive shippable videos on their respective websites. The outcome of this pivot has paid off, with Firework emerging as the leading global platform of its kind.
The real money in shoppable videos is ultimately live-streamed experiences, which are still not landing for American audiences. Despite this, Firework’s more complete offering, including the ability to directly collect consumer data and learn about a shopper’s behaviour, means that American brands are giving the startup business ahead of this anticipated cultural shift.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2022
$150m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$55m
SERIES A
Total funding: $270.3m
Company HQ
Downtown, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Vincent Yang
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded EverString which was acquired by ZoomInfo. Before that, worked as an Investment Manager at Summit Partners and before that as an Analyst in J.P. Morgan's Investment Banking team.
Jerry Luk
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously co-founded Presdo where they served as CTO. He also spent nearly 4 years at Edmodo as the Head o f Business Strategy, Mobile and was the creator of LinkedIn Mobile.
Rick Zhuang
(CTO)Prior to joining Firework in 2020, Rick was the Head of Engineering at Tmall New Retail at Alibaba Group. He was also the Director of Engineering at Tencent and a Tech Lead/Senior Relevance Scientist at Yahoo!
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