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 improving it: 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: Studio

Hourly: $42.00 an hour// 30 hours a week

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

Cocoa Butter is looking for a Video Producer to join our team in a freelance position with potential to move to full time employment. The Video Producer will support Cocoa Butter across multiple platforms by creating long form content from a Black perspective.

In this role you will collaborate with the Executive Producer & fellow producers to create videos for YouTube & manage strategy for Cocoa Butter as a brand. You will excel in an autonomous work environment & can juggle multiple priority projects at once. We're looking for someone who is willing to take on new challenges with a curious attitude & who is interested in growing the brand to its full potential. You MUST be excited by the challenges of new content initiatives & can handle a fluctuating workload. Creativity & a collaborative spirit are essential for this role!

The candidate needs to be able to commute to our Los Angeles office. This is a part-time 30 hours a week position, working Monday-Friday, with the possibility of extending to full-time employment.

You Will

• Based on our needs, ideate, shoot your own content, or adapt/improve content & formats we already have in place. 
• Edit content using Adobe Premiere Pro & the CC suite
• Collaborate with the team to identify new formats & develop strategy for Cocoa Butter.
• Create content for YouTube, Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram, & other platforms. 
• Appear as talent in content as needed. 
• Provide creative notes on your videos & other team members videos. 
• Stay in the know about whats trending online in the Black community & successfully iterate off that content. 
• Collaborate with the team to grow Cocoa Butters reach & audience. 
• Help manage & support freelance video producer contributions to the channel by approving concepts, giving notes, & packaging final deliverables.
• Work with a production manager on budget, paperwork & logistics for your videos.

You Have

• 4+ years of experience creating digital video content & excel under the pressure of a deadline
• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro & the entire CC suite
• Are comfortable with most video codecs & formats
• Ability to manage multiple projects throughout the various stages of production
• Extremely knowledgeable about all social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram & Youtube
• Passionate about the internet & creating digital video content for the Black community
• Great communication skills & can give & receive critical feedback in a small team environment
• Meticulous, technical, organized, & creative at the same time
• Experience behind a camera & knowledge of lighting & sound equipment
• Intersectional & mindful with your storytelling. We want producers who celebrate inclusivity.

To Apply:

• No formal cover letters, please. Instead, include a few short paragraphs in your application explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position. What makes your voice stand out & how will it serve our community & audience on Cocoa Butter
• Wed also like you to share two Cocoa Butter videos that performed well on any platform & explain why you think they were successful.
• Attach a resume.
• Share 3-5 samples of videos youve produced.
• If you move on to the next round in the interview process please be prepared to take an edit test with Adobe Premiere Pro.

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