Recipe Editor

We're hiring! Tasty is looking for an experienced Recipe Editor to join our team. You'll be leading the recipe review process across both our internal culinary team and our external network of extremely talented contributors, so we're looking for someone with a sharp attention to detail across all types of recipes and food content. (Bonus points if you have experience optimizing editorial workflows to make the editing process more user-friendly from beginning to end.)

[Note: This is a full-time freelance position that's remote-friendly!]

Posted by: Ross Yoder, Head of Content and Editorial Strategy

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About BuzzFeed, Inc.

BuzzFeed, Inc. (Ticker: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet. Across food, news, pop culture, and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, buy, and obsess over next. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives. We'll continue to recruit the best founders and creators to join us in this mission, with more additions like HuffPost to come.

Business Area: Content
Job Category: BuzzFeed Studios
Weekly Rate: $1400/week
Union Status: Non-Union 

BuzzFeed Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We reserve the ability to adjust the final compensation for this role based on the final candidate's experience, skillset, certifications, and geography.

The Role

BuzzFeed Tasty is looking for a detail-oriented recipe editor to support our Editorial and Branded teams. The role is responsible for copyediting recipes and social captions submitted by our culinary team, creators and external talent. The ideal candidate should have deep culinary knowledge, specifically as it relates to recipe writing and food media, with an understanding of Tasty’s unique POV.

You will ensure the accuracy and clarity of all Tasty.co recipes for editorial and branded projects, including video copy, recipe titles and headers. The role is also responsible for writing and editing recipe roundups, as necessary. You will work with our SEO team to keep our content up-to-date and adherent to SEO best practices.

We are looking for an organized self-starter that can not only work within our existing systems but can introduce efficiencies, as necessary. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to creative content and cross-platform initiatives as appropriate. This is a remote role, though we do provide workspace in our LA and NYC-based offices if you prefer to work in-office.

You Will

• Serve as copy editor for all written recipes and captions across all social platforms including tasty.co and the Tasty app.
• Watch videos for accuracy and clarity
• Contribute to and update recipe round-ups
• Write, schedule and publish app push notifications
• Handle projects from start to finish with minimal supervision
• Work within our CMS to publish new recipes
• Keep Tasty’s Recipe Style Guide updated and relevant
• Contribute your expertise to appropriate business initiatives, working with cross-functional teams 
• Write and publish engaging and relatable captions for our static photography and link content on our social channels including, but not limited to, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Twitter

You Have

• 1-3+ years of experience as a copy editor or recipe writer
• 2+ years of recipe development experience and high comfort level in both sweet and savory cooking
• Comfort with CMS platforms
• Excellent culinary judgment as it relates to cookability, cultural sensitivity and accuracy
• Superb attention to detail
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal written and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Tasty video content and understanding of our overall point of view on food and cooking
• Impeccable time management skills, ability to multitask and prioritize projects
• Ability to work independently while remaining an excellent collaborator
• Ability to work with a variety of personalities, including creative producers and talent

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