Listings Writer - Remote

Car & Classic; Greater London; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Flexible working

Mental health support

Professional development allowance

Life cover

Holiday entitlement

Parental leave

Job summary

Car & Classic is seeking a Listing Writer to craft detailed, persuasive auction listings for high-value vehicles. You will combine automotive knowledge with sales storytelling, ensuring technical accuracy and consistency with our tone of voice, while meeting throughput targets.

This role offers remote work, flexible hours and a supportive, start-up culture that values initiative and quality. You’ll write 135 listings per month, validate data from multiple sources, and collaborate across teams to

Qualifications

• Experience writing about specialist vehicles with accuracy and detail.
• Broad automotive knowledge from pre-war to modern classics.
• Able to write persuasive listings that drive bidder interest.
• Excellent written English with strong grammar and structure.
• Research capability to source and validate obscure data.
• Tech-savvy with CMS/CRM and AI-assisted research.
• Strong fact-checking discipline and technical integrity.
• Open to editorial feedback and continuous improvement.
• Able to write to deadlines and throughput targets.

Responsibilities

• Throughput target: individually contribute 135 auction listings per month.
• Listing performance: listings align with average sale rate.
• Pipeline momentum: maintain momentum with 48-hour turnaround goals.
• Technical integrity: ensure high accuracy and consult with others when data is missing.
• Accuracy & risk control: detect and address potential misdescriptions.
• Editorial standard: adhere to tone of voice and style guides.
• CRM discipline: maintain complete and accurate CRM data.

Skills

Experience writing about specialist

Automotive knowledge

Sales copywriting

Excellent written English

Research capability

Tech-savvy

Accuracy & detail focus

Feedback-driven mindset

Output discipline

Tools

CMS

CRM

AI tools

Job description

About you

You’re a detail-obsessed writer with a genuine passion for cars. You take pride in accuracy, clarity and craft, and you understand that great listings don’t just describe vehicles, they build confidence, tell a story and drive buyer action.

You’re naturally curious and research-driven, comfortable working with technical information and verifying details from multiple sources. You manage your time well, write at pace without sacrificing quality, and care about consistency and standards.

About the role

As a Listing Writer, your mission is to craft detailed, insightful and persuasive auction listings that captivate our audience and drive sales. You’ll be responsible for the written presentation of high-value and technically complex vehicles that help define the Car & Classic brand.

You’ll maintain an excellent standard of written English and technical accuracy while working to deadlines and volume targets. This role combines editorial judgement, automotive knowledge and sales storytelling.

About us

Car & Classic is one of the largest automotive marketplaces in the world. Launched in 2005 but under new, VC-backed ownership since 2018 and on an exciting double-digit growth journey to bring classic vehicle transactions online.

Our culture is incredibly important to us. We’re lucky enough to have built the team from scratch with a focus on enjoying the day-to-day, diversity, inclusion and high performance. We’re a fully remote team of builders, dreamers, and petrolheads using tech to connect enthusiasts with the machines that move them. If you’re driven by passion and curious about shaping the future of classic motoring online, you’ll fit right in.

We’re looking for a Listings Writer who has good, relevant experience and wants to make their mark in a rapid-growth business where they can make a real difference whilst enjoying the environment and culture.

www.carandclassic.com

Role and responsibilities

• Throughput target: You’ll individually contribute 135 auction listings per month.
• Listing performance: Your listings perform on par with C&C's average sale rate.
• Pipeline momentum: Maintain pipeline momentum, with no jobs spending more than 48 hours without a valid reason.
• Technical integrity: Maintain a high level of technical accuracy, leaving no details to chance and proactively approaching team members and vendors when information is lacking.
• Accuracy & risk control: You’ll have identified and acted upon any potential for misdescription/misleading content or language used in listings through cross-departmental collaboration and effective proofreading of your own work and others.
• Editorial standard: Commitment to a high standard of written English, adhering closely to C&C’s tone of voice and style guides.
• CRM discipline: Impeccable CRM hygiene, with all required fields filled in, allowing team performance and form submission trends to be tracked accurately.

The skills, attributes and experience you must have

• Experience writing about specialist vehicles: proven ability to produce accurate, detailed written content about classic, collector, performance or otherwise specialist vehicles.
• Automotive knowledge: broad and deep understanding of classic, performance and collector vehicles, from pre-war to modern classics and youngtimers.
• Sales copywriting ability: able to write persuasive, engaging listings that drive bidder interest.
• Excellent written English: consistently high editorial standard, grammar and structure.
• Research capability: confident sourcing and validating obscure or technical vehicle data.
• Tech-savvy: comfortable using CMS, CRM and AI tools to support writing and research.
• Accuracy & detail focus: strong fact-checking discipline and technical integrity.
• Feedback-driven mindset: receptive to critique and committed to continuous improvement.
• Output discipline: able to write to deadlines and volume targets without quality drop-off.

The skills, attributes and experience it would be nice to have

• Editorial, journalism or specialist writing background.
• Understanding of SEO principles in long-form listings.
• Experience working with automotive marketplaces or auction platforms.

This role probably isn’t for you if

• You don’t enjoy detailed, technical writing.
• You’re not comfortable researching and validating vehicle information.
• You struggle to write to deadlines and throughput targets.
• You’re resistant to editorial feedback and iteration.

What do you get (remuneration & benefits)

• £28,000 + up to 6% bonus
• Generous stock options scheme
• All the equipment you need to get the job done
• Flexible working - work where and when you want to get the job done
• Access to free counselling, therapy and mental health support via Spill
• Professional development allowance
• Life cover
• Smart Health
• Generous parental leave
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Ability to make your mark on a fast-growing start-up

Car & Classic Limited is an equal-opportunity employer

Equality, diversity and inclusion are integral parts of our culture. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we hold ourselves responsible. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.

Good luck with your application and thank you in advance for your interest in joining us at Car & Classic.