Freelance Copywriter

City of Westminster, Westminster, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize on-brand, high-conversion copy across Observer channels, with a focus on subscription acquisition and retention flows and conversion-driven headlines for observer.co.uk.

  • Responsibilities: Create and refine copy for digital, social, display, print, motion, and presentations; maintain brand guidelines and toolkits; collaborate across Marketing and Editorial to ensure consistency.
  • Performance-driven iterations: Use data to test CTAs, subject lines, and key messaging to lift conversion and retention.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write clear, on-brand copy across Observer channels — including digital, social, display, print, motion, and presentations.
  • Own the copy for our subscription acquisition and retention flows: paywall messaging, checkout, onboarding sequences, cancellation journeys, and re-engagement campaigns. Lead headline and subcopy for observer.co.uk , with a focus on conversion.
  • Develop and maintain brand copy guidelines and toolkits.
  • Collaborate with Marketing (Creative, Subscriptions, Partnerships, Corporate) and Editorial teams to ensure consistency across touchpoints.
  • Use performance data to test CTAs, subject lines, and key messaging.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of copywriting experience
  • A solid understanding of the difference between awareness, intent, and conversion copy
  • A deep understanding of UX Writing Principles – how copy influences user behaviour and digital navigation
  • You crave impact. You want to see how your words directly move the needle on conversion rates and customer retention
  • exceptional written English.

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with Figma, Dotdigital, Looker, Jira, Google Docs + Sheets
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The Observer

Tuhin Sarwar, an international media platform journalist in Bangladesh!and the publisher of Bangladesh’s media publishing platform, The Today.He regularly writes articles for some international media publication outlets.

Founded in 2024
Uttara, Dhaka, BGD
1 employees (2 in marketing)

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (100% of company)