About BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed (Nasdaq: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet with a mission to spread joy & truth. Across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, & commerce, our brands drive conversation & inspire what audiences watch, read, & buy now & into the future. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, & creative; & inspiring our audience to live better lives. 

Business Area: Content

Job Category: Editorial

Hourly: $20.00- $25.00 an hour 

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

The BuzzFeed Fellowship is a full-time program for aspiring & hungry creators eager to experiment with the latest AI technology to make playful & conversation-starting work. The program is a full time deep dive with generative AI & Fellows will regularly contribute both directly with content & indirectly in strategic sessions to BuzzFeeds ongoing AI content strategy. This is not a tech or development role, this is an editorial, creative job. If you have experience using emerging tech tools to make cool stuff of your own, even better! 

Fellows need a strong grasp of the nuanced cultural conversations happening all over the internet & should be excited about contributing to those conversations, if not starting new ones, via AI-enhanced/generated content. Were looking for people genuinely obsessed with social media & tracking online memes, trends, & viral moments & people who have some experience (even if it's just personal or casual) with ChatGPT, Claude, DALL-E, and/or other AI tools. Fellows should be prepared to work across mediums & formats quizzes, image collections, videos, & more. Think AI powered image generators, lists of AI-generated images, gamified chatbots, filters & new formats we haven't seen yet made possible with generative AI.

Fellows will work with & learn from members of the BuzzFeed team some of the smartest, weirdest, most creative, & most viral creators out there. This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career in digital media. You wont be running errands for senior staff, or transcribing someone elses interviews, you will be pitching ideas, taking assignments, brainstorming, collaborating, & ultimately creating dozens of pieces of content that will be published across BuzzFeeds network.

The Fellowship is fun & inspiring, but also fast-paced & challenging. 

This is a paid position, with a range from $20-25/hour depending on technical skills & experience. The Fellowship allows for candidates to work fully remote in select locations, but there will also be opportunities to work from our NY or LA locations.  

Were recruiting positions for Summer Fellowship start times, & applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.

You Will

We're looking for culture, internet, & technology obsessives with a passion for the things people are sharing, liking, recommending, & talking about. You should also have:

• A positive, curious, playful disposition
• A genuine, wide-eyed love of internet culture & digital trends of all types

Experience using current & emerging AI creation tools (Chat-GPT, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, & beyond)

• An interest in social platforms & what drives people to share content
• Curiosity & excitement about social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.)

In addition, you should demonstrate the following:

Some experience creating content for the internet (it doesnt have to be formal anything from published articles to creative Twitter threads to personal TikTok accounts)

• Experience writing prompts & an understanding the current landscape of AI & LLM tools
• Ability to quickly identify social trends & topics
• Ability to handle critical feedback & improve from it
• Eagerness to collaborate
• Ability to interpret key audience data points relating to your work & use it to adapt & evolve your approach moving forward
• Experience with video editing tools a plus

To Apply

Please submit the following when applying to be an AI Creative Fellow:

• Instead of a formal cover letter, take some time to research two generators weve already published (like Wedding Ring Designer, Transform Your Pet Into A Human, or Soda Generator). You can find all the generators on our Arcade page as well. Select two generators & consider the following questions about them: 
  • What was your overall experience like using the generators? 
  • Did you encounter any challenges using the generators?
  • How would you improve or change the generator in any way?
  • What audience do you think this generator applies to?
  • You must provide 3 new generator ideas that you think would apply to the BuzzFeed audience

• OPTIONAL: Make a BuzzFeed.com Community profile, & create 1-2 posts that reflect your voice & interests. The posts should include some AI-generated content (text or images). When you submit your posts, include This is for the AI Creative Fellowship. in the description. If you publish posts, please include the links in your application materials!
• Provide links to your public social media accounts.
• Attach a resume keep it to one page!

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 Team, our Employee Resource Groups, & more.