Administration and Operations Executive, Buzzfeed
BuzzFeed Studios
$78-80k
Social news organization
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Social news organization
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$78-80k
1001+ employees
Company mission
BuzzFeed's mission is to make the internet better by providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring its audience to live better lives.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is autonomous, but ever present on and contributing to a team of creative multi-hyphenates, has a love of data analysis and spreadsheets, and a fluency in reading contracts
- 4+ years relevant experience in strategy & operations, business operations, business development, or other relevant field, ideally at a studio, publisher, or streamer
- Experience with key tools like Excel/Sheets, Looker, and Airtable
- The ability to create strong decks/reports that effectively communicate trends and recommendations for executive audiences
- An obsession with organization, efficiency, and timelines
- Superb communication and diplomacy skills
- A calm, collected approach, even in challenging moments
- The ability to move seamlessly between projects as they demand
- A strong eye for details, patterns, and trends
- A proactive approach
What the job involves
- BuzzFeed Inc. is looking for motivated, detail-oriented, and analytical operations professional to join BuzzFeed Studios, our video and premium content division
- The role will focus on building and managing centralized data systems, reporting on key organizational metrics, designing processes to support daily operations of the Studio, and working with key company Administrative functions (e.g. Legal, Finance/Accounting) to ensure our business runs smoothly and efficiently
- This is a hybrid role, located in our Los Angeles office, and reports to BuzzFeed Inc.’s SVP of Operations
- Own the systems, processes, and reporting that drive the Studio’s operational and legal efficiency, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and seamless execution across all priorities
- Improve upon key systems for the day-to-day health of the Studio, such as deal trackers, rolodexes, ledgers, and other sources of truth
- Manage resource and budget tracking and produce regular reports on how our resources are being utilized
- Produce rigorous reporting on revenue performance, ongoing deals, and other key metrics
- Create, optimize, onboard, and enforce processes that increase Studio productivity, as required.
- Manage the internal accrual process to ensure SOX compliance
- Manage the pipeline and priorities for our Legal/Business Affairs function to ensure key deals are prioritized and response times are reduced
- QC and summarize draft agreements before they are distributed to third parties to ensure internal alignment
- Track rights management across the Studio
- Track and report on all Studio royalties and participations for premium projects
- Proactively spot tools that uplevel our current operation, including but not limited to ways that AI can enhance our team’s work
- Be reliable and create a sense of trust on your team
- Deliver work that consistently exceeds expectations
- Thrive in an environment that requires working on multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously
- Partner with the SVP of Operations and President of Studio on special projects on an as-needed basis
Our take
BuzzFeed is an international media company reaching hundreds of millions of readers each month. The company started life as a platform for viral media, and quickly became known for its online quizzes, listicles, and pop culture articles. At its height, the platform received over 1 billion page views each month.
In 2011, the company launched BuzzFeed News, which won multiple accolades including the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award before the 2023 announcement it would be shutting down. The closure of its News arm comes alongside similar troubles amongst its online news peers, and has been spurred along by a tough economy, a declining stock market, a slowdown in digital advertising, and changing audience habits.
Despite this considerable blow to its operations, BuzzFeed will continue its presence across YouTube, podcasting and other content, with hopes it will bounce back in the upcoming years. Interestingly, it was announced that HuffPost - which the company bought in 2020 - will continue to publish news as it remains profitable.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2016
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $646.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Jonah Peretti
(CEO)Co-founder of the Huffington Post (alongside Arianna Huffington).
People progressing
Joined as a Design Intern. Promoted to Junior Designer after 9 months. Then promoted again to Designer after 2 years, to Creative after a further 2 years, and to Senior Creative 2 years later. Ultimately promoted to Creative Lead in 2023.
Joined as a Principal Engineer. Promoted to Software Architect after 3 years, then to Senior Software Architect after a further 4 years.
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