Richard Alan Reid (Past Speaker)

Richard Alan Reid is BuzzFeed's International Head of Franchises, Shows and Branded Content. He is responsible for both universal and regional creative direction and curation, and leads and scales creative teams, branded operations and video production for BuzzFeed's editions in the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Latin America and new markets. Additionally, Richard leads the global expansion of BuzzFeed's travel and experiential media brand, Bring Me!

In the advertising space, Reid has written, directed and supervised countless campaigns for major brands including GEICO, Citibank, Amazon, BMW, Coca-Cola, Sky, 20th Century Fox, Nestle and Google. Editorially, he was most recently Executive Producer of BuzzFeed's first international series, Worth It UK. Beyond BuzzFeed, Reid is also a writer, actor, producer and director of award-winning feature films, scripted series and reality shows. Reid is based in Los Angeles.