Corporate Affairs Copywriter

Anglian Water Services Ltd; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Copywriter to create high-quality written content for various Corporate Affairs channels. The role demands exceptional writing skills and the ability to manage stakeholder relationships while ensuring brand consistency. The ideal candidate will contribute to important publications and utilize analytics to enhance content effectiveness. Benefits include private health care and a generous pension scheme, making this an excellent opportunity for impactful storytelling.

Benefits

Private health care

Virtual GP service

Generous pension scheme, doubling contributions

Qualifications

• Ability to translate technical information into accessible content.
• Experience writing design and content briefs, including presentations.
• Capability to write for different audiences and channels.

Responsibilities

• Source and write stories for communication across multiple channels.
• Contribute to the Annual Integrated Report with stakeholders.
• Coach colleagues on editorial standards and style.
• Use insights to test and evolve content.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail

Strong writing and editing skills

Effective stakeholder management

Comfortable using analytics

Education

Degree (or equivalent)

Job description

The Copywriter will develop and deliver high-quality written content for a range of Corporate Affairs channels and publications, ensuring consistency of tone, style, and brand. Main responsibilities will be to produce clear, engaging copy, with a particular focus on our corporate narrative, including our suite of statutory and regulatory reports.

Responsibilities

• Source and write stories that bring our strategy, performance, and impact to life, which can be used across multiple communications channels: our website, intranet, social media, newsletters, speeches, campaign assets, and printed materials.
• Working closely with the Senior Corporate Reporting Manager, contribute to the writing and publishing of the Annual Integrated Report, managing relationships with key stakeholders and data specialists across the business to interpret performance. Stakeholders vary from sustainability, operations, people, legal, regulation and strategy.
• Support the Senior Corporate Reporting Manager with project management, including keeping stakeholders on track with timescales and deadlines.
• Guard tone of voice, style and brand; coach colleagues to adopt consistent editorial standards and ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency.
• Work closely with our in-house design team to bring our narrative to life.
• Use insights/analytics to test and evolve content.

Qualifications

• Write design and content briefs including presentations and/or speaker notes for the C‑suite.
• The role requires excellent attention to detail and the ability to translate technical information into compelling and accessible content.
• First‑class writing, editing and proofing with good attention to detail.
• Able to write for different audiences/channels.
• Good stakeholder management; calm under pressure and can balance multiple priorities and deadlines, quickly pivoting when things change.
• Comfortable using analytics to improve performance and experience with communications platforms.
• Degree (or equivalent) and work which demonstrates clarity, accuracy and range of written style.

If you’re passionate about turning complex ideas into engaging narratives and want to influence how thousands experience our brand, this is your chance to make your mark.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits including private health care, virtual GP service for you and your household, and a generous pension scheme – we double‑match your contributions, up to 6%, giving you an 18% combined contribution.