Director of Video Education
BuzzFeed is an American Internet media, news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media
Developed and oversaw the company's only pipeline and graduated training program to hire video producers and train them in the school of viral content creation.
Growing it from a 37% hiring rate to 67% within the first year and taking it from a 15% BIPOC producer population to a ~60% in two years
Increased content production, created a junior work force for more senior producers to rely upon and in turn created more visibility and growth for channels and platform
Created the Influencer Program in collaboration with HR and Executive Teams, which identified, developed and retained top talent to partner with brands and sponsorship
Strategic development of new front facing verticals and campaigns—branding, marketing and social medial —grew Facebook following to 1 million likes in 1 week for Goodful vertical.
Partnered with external EVP level executives at top entertainment and advertising companies to create/manage corporate fellowship track, teaching high-level execs BuzzFeed’s school of thought