May 18 (Reuters) -
* BYTEDANCE NAMES KEVIN MAYER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
* BYTEDANCE SAYS IT NAMED KEVIN MAYER COO OF BYTEDANCE, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1
* BYTEDANCE - IN HIS ROLE AS COO, KEVIN MAYER WILL LEAD MUSIC, GAMING, HELO, EMERGING BUSINESSES, AND WILL SERVE AS CEO OF TIKTOK
* BYTEDANCE - ALEX ZHU, CURRENT PRESIDENT OF TIKTOK, WILL TRANSITION TO BYTEDANCE VP OF PRODUCT & STRATEGY
* BYTEDANCE - KELLY ZHANG AND LIDONG ZHANG WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD CHINA BUSINESS AS CEO AND CHAIRMAN OF BYTEDANCE CHINA, RESPECTIVELY