About BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed (Ticker: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture & commerce, our brands drive conversation & inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, & obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed is committed to making it better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news & entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, & creative; & inspiring our audience to live better lives. We'll continue to recruit the best founders & creators to join us in this mission, with more additions like HuffPost to come.

Business Area: Content
Job Category: Editorial
Hourly: $18.00 USD 
Union Status: Non-Union 
BuzzFeed is committed to fair & equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate's experience, skillset, certifications, & geography.

The Role

Are you the type of person who is always discovering bizarre kitchen gadgets, coupon codes, or interesting stores & sending links to your friends until they beg you to stop?

We want to hear from you!

BuzzFeed is looking for shopping- & products-focused writers for three-month, full-time fellowship roles. This is a paid position (starting at $18/hour). The Fellowship allows candidates to work fully remotely in select locations, but we also have monthly in-office days in our New York office for those who live locally. BuzzFeed's shopping section is an expanding editorial endeavor that includes both service-oriented & entertaining content for a shopping-minded audience (see our Shopping page for examples).

The deadline to apply for this Fellowship is April 26th, 2024 by 5 PM EST, but applications are being considered on a rolling basis.  All application materials will need to be submitted when you apply.  The intended (and tentative) start date for this Fellowship is June 10th, 2024.

The BuzzFeed Shopping & Products Fellowship is a program for aspiring & hungry writers eager to hone their skills, & to learn by doing. The program is a crash course in how to help our audience discover deals & great products through themed roundups & more.

You should have enough shopping knowledge to discover & share products & deals, & enough of a low-key (or high-key) internet obsession to quickly find, drive, & react to current trends. Youre just as comfortable writing about a product you love yourself as digging into reviews to find out which viral skincare products actually work or unearthing quirky kitchen gadgets people havent seen before.

Fellows will work with & learn from members of the BuzzFeed Shopping team. You wont be running errands for senior staff, or transcribing someone elses interviews, you will be pitching ideas, brainstorming, collaborating on non-writing projects, & writing dozens of stories that will be published to BuzzFeed.com & promoted across our social channels. The Fellowship is fun & inspiring, but also fast-paced & challenging. 

You Will

• Research products in various categories & price points that are of interest to the BuzzFeed audience.
• Write & edit shareable, unique and/or service-forward product roundups as well as SEO-friendly shopping guides or reviews.
• Track & analyze your posts using affiliate analytics.

You Have

• Genuine love for the internet & online shopping
• Firm understanding of the BuzzFeed audience & voice
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to handle critical feedback & improve from it
• Flawless spelling, grammar, & usage in your writing
• A positive, curious, playful disposition with a sense of humor

Please submit the following when applying to be a Shopping & Products Fellow:

• Instead of a formal cover letter, please discuss your shopping habits (for example: what do you always buy in-store vs. online, how do you find a good deal, what ~special tricks~ do you use that most people dont know about, etc.)
• Tell us about a couple of products youre obsessed with
• Create a BuzzFeed.com/community profile, & create 2 shopping posts (if doing a roundup, no more than five products are needed). When you submit your posts, include This is for the Shopping & Products Fellowship. in the description. Youll be asked to provide the links to your posts when you complete the application.  SO, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMUNITY POSTS BEFORE COMPLETING THIS APPLICATION! We encourage you to check buzzfeed.com/shopping to see examples of posts that are connecting with people.
• Attach a resume keep it to one page!

The deadline to apply for this Fellowship is April 26th, 2024 by 5 PM EST, but applications are being considered on a rolling basis.  All application materials will need to be submitted when you apply.  The intended (and tentative) start date for this Fellowship is June 10th, 2024.

"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

We celebrate inclusion & 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, & 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:

• A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
• Opportunities for personal & professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, & more

Note: BuzzFeed offers remote/flexible work (unless specified to be required to be in-person) & 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, & WV. For non sales roles, we can also hire in AK, AR, AZ, ID, KS, MO, ND, SC, & VT.