About BuzzFeed, Inc.
BuzzFeed, Inc. (Ticker: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, and obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to making it better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives. We'll continue to recruit the best founders and creators to join us in this mission, with more additions like Complex Networks and HuffPost to come.
Business Area: Content
Job Category: Editorial
Hourly: $18.00 per hour USD
Union Status: Non-Union
BuzzFeed Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate's experience, skillset, certifications, and geography.
The Role
The BuzzFeed Fellowship is a three-month program with possible contract extenstion for aspiring and hungry writers eager to hone their skills, and to learn by doing. The program is a crash course in how to consistently create content (both articles and videos) that capture readers’ attention, push the cultural conversation forward, and reach a massive audience.
Fellows need a strong grasp of the nuanced cultural conversations happening all over the internet and should be excited about contributing to those conversations — if not starting new ones — via AI-enhanced/generated content. We’re looking for people who are fascinated by social media, human psychology, and trends of all kinds. On any given day, you might be researching behind-the-scenes facts and Easter eggs about a trending piece of pop culture, testing out cooking hacks, or making a TikTok explaining a viral news topic.
Fellows will work with and learn from members of the BuzzFeed team — some of the smartest, weirdest, most creative, and most viral creators out there. This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career in digital media. You won’t be running errands for senior staff, or transcribing someone else’s interviews, you will be pitching ideas, taking assignments, brainstorming, collaborating, and writing dozens of stories that will be published to BuzzFeed.com and promoted across our social channels. You may also create (or collaborate with team members) to create vertical videos (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts).
The Fellowship is fun and inspiring, but also fast-paced and challenging.
This is a paid position (starting at $18/hour). The Fellowship allows for candidates to work fully remote in select locations. If you’re local to NY or LA, there will also be opportunities to work alongside us in our Times Square and Hollywood offices.
The deadline to apply for this Fellowship is Friday, May 10th, 2024 by 5pm EST. All application materials will need to be submitted when you apply. The intended (and tentative) start date for this Fellowship is Monday, June 17th, 2024.
You Have
We're looking for culture and internet obsessives with a passion for the things people are sharing, liking, recommending, and talking about. You should also have:
In addition, you should demonstrate the following:
To Apply
Please submit the following when applying to be an Editorial Fellow:
"If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at applicationhelp@buzzfeed.com. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response."
Life at BuzzFeed, Inc.
We celebrate inclusion and are committed to equal-opportunity employment. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.
You can expect:
Note: BuzzFeed, Inc. offers remote/flexible work (unless specified to be required to be in-person) and open to hiring remote candidates who are residents in the following states: CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, and WV. For non sales roles, we can also hire in AK, AR, AZ, ID, KS, MO, ND, SC, and VT.
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