Midweight Copywriter - Fixed Term Contract

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end copy across multiple channels and ensure Deliveroo tone and consistency from concept to campaign execution while collaborating with design, strategy and AI tooling to boost quality and efficiency.

  • Channel-agnostic copy ownership from concept through campaign execution across OOH, digital, social, in-app, motion, and CRM.
  • Lead tone of voice and brand alignment across outputs with key stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute copy for a variety of channels, including OOH, digital, social, in-app, motion and CRM across multiple projects.
  • Collaborate closely with our design and wider project teams to concept and execute creative copy.
  • Collaborate with strategists and wider project teams to understand target audiences, helping develop great Tone of Voice-led copy from key messaging through to campaign execution.
  • Ensure all copy outputs are aligned with our Deliveroo brand tone of voice, maintaining quality and consistency across all assets.
  • Present strategy-aligned creative concepts to internal stakeholders.
  • Work to deadlines and effectively manage your workload, collaborating with project managers and studio team peers to meet key project milestones.
  • Assist senior copywriters and AI specialists with test and refine prompts, reusable workflows for custom GPTs to improve copy quality, consistency, efficiency and campaign performance.

Requirements

  • A copywriter with a real love for words, conceptual thinking and creative problem solving.
  • 4+ years of experience in an in-house or agency creative department.
  • A strong creative portfolio demonstrating an understanding of brand-building copy, storytelling and creative thinking through written communication.
  • Varied experience showing you can adapt copy across a range of channels and audiences.
  • Ability to flex and adapt across a variety of projects, both big and small.
  • Exceptional presentation skills, with proven experience communicating with stakeholders and confidently navigating feedback.
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • A positive attitude and willingness to collaborate, learn and adapt within a fast-growing business.
  • Driven to inject insight and creativity into even the most functional or conversion-focused copy spaces.
  • Experience using AI-powered creative and copywriting tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or equivalent).

Preferred

  • Experience with retail or food brands.
  • Experience with tech or app-based brands.
  • Experience with Google Workspace including Slides and Docs.
  • Experience using Asana.
  • A proactive approach to experimenting with emerging creative technologies and evolving ways of working.

Benefits

  • Benefits differ by country, but we offer many benefits in areas including healthcare, well-being, parental leave, pensions, and generous annual leave allowances, including time off to support a charitable cause of your choice.
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Deliveroo

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Deliveroo is an award-winning delivery service founded in 2013 by William Shu and Greg Orlowski. Deliveroo works with approximately 176,000 best-loved restaurants and grocery partners, as well as around 150,000 riders to provide the best food delivery experience in the world. Deliveroo is headquartered in London, with offices around the globe. Deliveroo operates across 9 markets, including Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Qatar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2013
London, England, GBR
11K employees (232 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Recent Ads

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$363.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.8%
Direct
62.5%
Referral
3.7%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
232 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$1.7B
Last Raise
$180M
Post IPO Equity, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2021
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jan 2021
    Series H • $180M
  • May 2019
    Series G • $575M

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