Producer, Cocoa Butter (Project-Based)

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Business Area: Content

Job Category: Studio

Hourly: $42.00 an hour// 30 hours a week

Union Status: Non-Union 

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The Role

Cocoa Butter is looking for a Video Producer to join our team in a freelance position with potential to move to full time employment. The Video Producer will support Cocoa Butter across multiple platforms by creating long form content from a Black perspective.

In this role you will collaborate with the Executive Producer and fellow producers to create videos for YouTube and manage strategy for Cocoa Butter as a brand. You will excel in an autonomous work environment and can juggle multiple priority projects at once. We're looking for someone who is willing to take on new challenges with a curious attitude and who is interested in growing the brand to its full potential. You MUST be excited by the challenges of new content initiatives and can handle a fluctuating workload. Creativity and a collaborative spirit are essential for this role!

The candidate needs to be able to commute to our Los Angeles office. This is a part-time 30 hours a week position, working Monday-Friday, with the possibility of extending to full-time employment.

You Will

• Based on our needs, ideate, shoot your own content, or adapt/improve content & formats we already have in place. 


• Edit content using Adobe Premiere Pro and the CC suite


• Collaborate with the team to identify new formats and develop strategy for Cocoa Butter.


• Create content for YouTube, Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. 


• Appear as talent in content as needed. 


• Provide creative notes on your videos and other team members videos. 


• Stay in the know about what’s trending online in the Black community and successfully iterate off that content. 


• Collaborate with the team to grow Cocoa Butter’s reach and audience. 


• Help manage and support freelance video producer contributions to the channel by approving concepts, giving notes, and packaging final deliverables.


• Work with a production manager on budget, paperwork and logistics for your videos.

You Have

• 4+ years of experience creating digital video content & excel under the pressure of a deadline


• Proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro and the entire CC suite


• Are comfortable with most video codecs and formats


• Ability to manage multiple projects throughout the various stages of production


• Extremely knowledgeable about all social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram and Youtube


• Passionate about the internet and creating digital video content for the Black community


• Great communication skills and can give and receive critical feedback in a small team environment


• Meticulous, technical, organized, and creative at the same time


• Experience behind a camera and knowledge of lighting and sound equipment


• Intersectional and mindful with your storytelling. We want producers who celebrate inclusivity.

To Apply:

• No formal cover letters, please. Instead, include a few short paragraphs in your application explaining why you'd be a good fit for this position. What makes your voice stand out and how will it serve our community and audience on Cocoa Butter


• We’d also like you to share two Cocoa Butter videos that performed well on any platform and explain why you think they were successful.


• Attach a resume.


• Share 3-5 samples of videos you’ve produced.


• If you move on to the next round in the interview process please be prepared to take an edit test with Adobe Premiere Pro.

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.

You can expect:

• 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