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: International Content
Hourly: 25.00 per hour CAD
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

Were looking for a Junior Writer who creates original content for BuzzFeed's O&O and/or distributed platforms. This candidate should be comfortable taking on daily assignments & pitching story ideas related to the current celeb news cycle, as well as have the foresight to create evergreen content that serves our readers. We're looking for a real pop culture junkie who's not afraid to poke the hive with some hot takes!

Writers should have a keen eye for finding new & interesting stories happening both on & offline as well as a grasp of the nuanced cultural conversations happening all over the internet. We're looking for people who are fascinated by social media, human psychology, & trends of all kinds. On any given day, you might be researching behind-the-scenes facts & Easter eggs about a trending piece of pop culture, testing out cooking hacks, or making a TikTok explaining a viral news topic.

Junior writers will work with the local Canadian 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 won't be running errands for senior staff, or transcribing someone else's interviews, you will be pitching ideas, taking assignments, brainstorming, collaborating, & writing dozens of stories that will be published to BuzzFeed.com & promoted across our social channels. You will also create (or collaborate with team members to create) vertical video (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts).

This position is paid (starting at $25/hour CAD). This opportunity allows candidates to work fully remotely across Canada, but there will also be opportunities to work from our Toronto office.

You Have

We're looking for culture & internet 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 lifestyle & internet trends in all their forms
• An interest in social platforms & what drives people to share content
• Curiosity & excitement about AI & social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.)

In addition, you should demonstrate the following:

• Some experience creating content for the internet (it doesn't have to be formal anything from published articles, to creative BlueSky threads, to personal TikTok accounts)
• 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

• Instead of a formal cover letter, please include a few short paragraphs about what topics you'd want to write about for BuzzFeed, & what interests you about the content BuzzFeed makes (articles, videos, TikToks).
• Create a BuzzFeed.com/community profile, & create 1-2 posts that reflect your voice & interests. When you submit your posts, include "This is for the Canada Junior Writer." in the description. You'll be asked to provide the links to your posts when you complete the application. SO, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COMMUNITY POSTS PRIOR TO COMPLETING THIS APPLICATION! We encourage you to check our Trending page to see examples of posts that reflect what we're looking for, & to take note of the variety of topics & formats.
• 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 @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, & more