Who we are

FirstCut Media is an animal entertainment company built around one thing: making animal content people actually want to watch. We generate roughly 300 million views a month, and we make decisions based on real audience behavior and data.

The problem we're solving

Social media, on the whole, is a negative place.

People spend hours scrolling every day, and most of what they see leaves them overstimulated and comparing themselves to everyone else. By the time they put their phone down, they feel tired and worse than before.

FirstCut Media exists to be the opposite: a positive corner of the internet where people can go to laugh, feel a moment of joy, and find real relief. Animals are at the heart of everything we make.

Hours of scrolling.
Tired, overstimulated, and feeling worse than before.
300M
moments of relief and laughter, every single month
Vision

To become the number one animal entertainment company in the world by making the internet a more positive place.

Mission

To make the best animal content on the internet: videos so good they become the best part of someone's day.

What we stand for

Our culture runs on truth, directness, accountability, and constant improvement. And we have fun doing it.

Craftsmanship

We take pride in making content that creates genuine impact.

Improvement

We use feedback, failure, and iteration to get better constantly.

Transparency

We are open and honest about problems, mistakes, and what is actually happening so issues can be solved quickly.

Accountability

We take ownership of our work, our mistakes, and our outcomes.

Humanity

We want a company that is genuinely fun to be part of. People can enjoy the work, be themselves, and still be serious when it matters.

Ambition

We are building to become the number one animal entertainment company in the world.

How we work

Seven principles guide every video we make and every call we take.

01
Obsess over the video. The video is the product. It gets our highest focus, always.
02
The market is the only judge. The audience and the data decide, not us. We drop our ego.
03
Views are the scoreboard. We measure ourselves by results, not effort.
04
Think in systems. Every role affects everyone else. When a video duds, trace it upstream.
05
Adapt fast. When the market shifts, drop old assumptions and evolve before the audience does.
06
Truth over ego. Own your mistakes, give direct honest feedback, and fix problems quickly.
07
Take care of the team. Great videos come from people who feel supported, keep growing, and have fun doing it.

Come make millions of people smile.

We're building the best animal entertainment company in the world, and we're doing it with people who love their craft. If that sounds like you, we want to meet you.

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