[Hiring] BuzzFeed.com Canada Junior Writer @Employment Opportunities at BuzzFeed, Inc.
Mar 31, 2025 - Employment Opportunities at BuzzFeed, Inc. is hiring a remote BuzzFeed.com Canada Junior Writer. 💸 Salary: 25.00 cad per hour. 📍Location: Canada.
Role Description
We’re 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 and pitching story ideas related to the current celeb news cycle, as well as have the foresight to create evergreen content that serves our readers.
- Research behind-the-scenes facts and Easter eggs about trending pop culture
- Test out cooking hacks
- Create TikToks explaining viral news topics
Junior writers will work with the local Canadian BuzzFeed team — some of the smartest, weirdest, most creative, and most viral creators out there. This is the perfect opportunity for someone interested in pursuing a career in digital media.
- Pitch ideas, take assignments, brainstorm, collaborate, and write dozens of stories that will be published to BuzzFeed.com and promoted across social channels
- Create (or collaborate with team members to create) vertical video (TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts)
This position is paid (starting at $25/hour CAD) and allows candidates to work fully remotely across Canada, with opportunities to work from the Toronto office.
Qualifications
- A positive, curious, playful disposition
- A genuine, wide-eyed love of lifestyle and internet trends in all their forms
- An interest in social platforms and what drives people to share content
- Curiosity and excitement about AI and social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Tumblr, etc.)
Requirements
- Some experience creating content for the internet (published articles, creative BlueSky threads, personal TikTok accounts)
- Ability to quickly identify social trends and topics
- Ability to handle critical feedback and improve from it
- Eagerness to collaborate
- Ability to interpret key audience data points relating to your work and use it to adapt and evolve your approach moving forward
- Experience with video editing tools a plus
To Apply
- Include a few short paragraphs about what topics you'd want to write about for BuzzFeed, and what interests you about the content BuzzFeed makes (articles, videos, TikToks)
- Create a BuzzFeed.com/community profile, and create 1-2 posts that reflect your voice and interests
- Include "This is for the Canada Junior Writer." in the description of your posts
- Provide links to your public social media accounts
- Attach a resume — keep it to one page!
Life at BuzzFeed, Inc.
We celebrate inclusion and 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, and 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.
- 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
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Salary
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25.00 cad per hour
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Remote
Location
Canada
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Job Type
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Posted
Mar 31, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Canada |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
