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title: 'Media Operations Specialist (Project Based) at BuzzFeed'
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# Media Operations Specialist (Project Based) at BuzzFeed

- **Company:** BuzzFeed
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/buzzfeed/jobs/8163450?gh_jid=8163450

## Job description

BuzzFeed Studios is looking for a dedicated Media Operations Specialist to join our Los Angeles Post Production team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining all storage pools and workflows relating to asset migration. Candidates may be asked to troubleshoot common issues and be comfortable with scripting for automations in a MAM ecosystem.

Rate: $350-400/day based on experience

Location: Los Angeles with ability to work in-office.

Responsibilities:

- Domestic & Global oversight of media
- Maintain day-to-day care of assets in shared storage environments
- Manage and maintain ecosystems for Iconik, Qumulo, and FrameIO
- Act as primary archivist for all completed projects
- Retrieve archived assets for reuse or redistribution
- Track and maintain all production drives
- Identify, inform, and forecast physical purchases
- Daily management of users on shared storage
- Coordinate with international offices to transfer and backup data
- Troubleshoot problems reported by users
- Prep production drives & DIT kits for productions
- Document new and updated workflows

Qualifications:

- 2+ year of experience as a media manager, archive library coordinator, or similar
- Excellent communication & time management
- Attention to detail
- Excellent knowledge of Post workflows, including local storage devices, DIT hardware, and modern cabling standards
- A Fundamental understanding of video standards, frame rates, aspect ratio & data bitrates
- Experience working with Iconik
- Experience with AWS buckets and storage tiers
- Experience with SAN & NAS environments and permissioning preferred
- Experience with bash and scripting automation preferred
- Experience with performing API Calls preferred
- Experience with SMB and network protocols preferred
- Intermediate Premiere knowledge preferred
- Intermediate Airtable knowledge preferred
- Experience with shared remote and proxy-based workflows and remote storage preferred

## About BuzzFeed

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: BuzzFeed, Inc. is a premier digital media company that creates and distributes content across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce for a global, socially engaged audience.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: BZFD)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Jonah Peretti

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Digital Media, Content Creation, News, Entertainment, Commerce
- Target customers: B2C – a broad consumer audience (millennials, Gen Z); B2B – advertisers and brand partners
- Mission or purpose statement: "Making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives." (from [buzzfeed.com/about](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about))

## Products & Services
- **BuzzFeed**: News, quizzes, listicles, and original reporting. Type: Digital Content.
- **HuffPost**: News and opinion platform (acquired by BuzzFeed). Type: Digital Content.
- **Tasty**: Food and recipe video brand (cookbooks, social video, e-commerce). Type: Digital Content / Commerce.
- **BuzzFeed Studios**: Original video, TV, and film production (including documentary, game shows). Type: Content Production.
- **BuzzFeed Commerce / Shop**: Affiliate-driven product recommendations and merchandise. Type: E-commerce.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in search results (public company – latest market cap would be found in SEC filings; per recent reports, BuzzFeed’s market cap has declined significantly since its 2021 SPAC merger).
- **Key Metric**: Public company – annual revenue is disclosed in SEC filings (e.g., 2025 revenue ~$376M, based on prior 10-K reports – not confirmed in provided search results; use caution). Total funding as a private company was approximately $500M before going public.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Jonah Peretti (CEO); Byron Allen (Chairman); partners include major advertisers, platforms (Meta, Google, YouTube, Netflix for talent alumni – as noted on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/buzzfeed)).
- **Growth Signals**: The company has undergone restructuring and layoffs (approximately 15% of staff cut, per [scoutify.com](https://scoutify.com/companies/employment-opportunities-at-buzzfeed-inc)). Active job postings have increased +75% quarter-over-quarter and +16.7% year-over-year (as of mid-2026, via LinkedIn), suggesting some recovery in hiring. New focus areas include AI-powered content and studio production.

## Competitive Advantages
- Massive, loyal audience reach across multiple brands (BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Tasty) with hundreds of millions of monthly unique visitors.
- Strong verticals in food (Tasty) and news (HuffPost) that drive repeat engagement and commerce.
- Deep integration with social platforms (viral content engine) and experience in platform-native storytelling.
- Recognized employer brand: Winner of Digiday Work Life Award for Most Innovative Culture, and named Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality by HRC (2019).

## Strategic Focus
- Investing in AI and automation for content creation and distribution (Director and President of AI role created, per [buzzfeed.com/about](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about)).
- Expanding studio and video production capabilities (BuzzFeed Studios).
- Growing commerce and affiliate revenue streams.
- Digital transformation and cost efficiency following prior layoffs.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes inclusion, creativity, and authenticity; six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) with chapters in multiple offices.
- **Work Policy**: Mostly in-office/studio-based roles (New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, etc.); project-based roles for production.
- **Benefits & Perks**: Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401(k) match, paid holidays and birthday off, wellness resources (Maven, Headspace Care, One Medical), career development courses, and company-wide events.
- **Growth & Development**: In-house Learning @ BuzzFeed team, mentorship, and opportunities to work on high-impact content reaching hundreds of millions.

## Sources
1. [buzzfeed.com/about](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about)
2. [buzzfeed.com/jobs](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jobs)
3. [linkedin.com/company/buzzfeed](https://www.linkedin.com/company/buzzfeed)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/buzzfeed](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/buzzfeed/jobs/7822031)
5. [scoutify.com/companies/employment-opportunities-at-buzzfeed-inc](https://scoutify.com/companies/employment-opportunities-at-buzzfeed-inc)

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