Junior Writer

Summary

Join BuzzFeed Canada as a Junior Writer and create original content for BuzzFeed's platforms. You will be responsible for daily assignments, pitching story ideas, and crafting evergreen content related to pop culture and current events. The ideal candidate is a pop culture enthusiast with experience creating online content and a knack for identifying social trends. This fully remote position offers a supportive team environment and opportunities for professional growth. You'll work with the Canadian BuzzFeed team to create engaging content for BuzzFeed.com and various social media channels, including vertical video formats. The starting pay is $25/hour CAD.

Requirements

• Have a positive, curious, playful disposition
• Have a genuine, wide-eyed love of lifestyle and internet trends in all their forms
• Have an interest in social platforms and what drives people to share content
• Demonstrate curiosity and excitement about AI and social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.)
• Have 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)
• Have the ability to quickly identify social trends and topics
• Have the ability to handle critical feedback and improve from it
• Have the eagerness to collaborate
• Have the ability to interpret key audience data points relating to your work and use it to adapt and evolve your approach moving forward

Responsibilities

• Create original content for BuzzFeed's O&O and/or distributed platforms
• Take on daily assignments
• Pitch story ideas related to the current celeb news cycle
• Create evergreen content that serves our readers
• Find new and interesting stories happening both on and offline
• Grasp the nuanced cultural conversations happening all over the internet
• Research behind-the-scenes facts and Easter eggs about trending pop culture
• Test out cooking hacks
• Make a TikTok explaining a viral news topic
• Pitch ideas
• Take assignments
• Brainstorm
• Collaborate
• Write dozens of stories that will be published to BuzzFeed.com and promoted across our social channels
• Create (or collaborate with team members to create) vertical video (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts)

Preferred Qualifications

Have experience with video editing tools

Benefits

• A supportive, inclusive atmosphere on a team that values your contributions
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth through work experience, offerings from our in-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, our Employee Resource Groups, and more
• Fully remote work across Canada
• Opportunities to work from our Toronto office