Copywriter - (12-month FTC)
Location: dmg::media Headquarters, 9 Derry Street, HSK, London, W8 5HY
Position: 12 month FTC – Hybrid (3 days/week in the office)
Package Description
Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:
On joining
- 25 days’ holiday increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30
- On joining you will be automatically enrolled onto the PensionSaver (Auto) Plan at the minimum level of 5% employee contribution, 3% Company contribution. You can opt in to our PensionSaver Plan at any time and receive matching employee/Company contributions of up to 6% in the first three years, rising to 10% thereafter. If you wish to opt out of the scheme entirely, please contact the DMGT benefits
- Life cover of 4x your basic salary.
- Private healthcare scheme (subject to P11D charge). You can opt to add your dependents through a monthly salary deduction.
- DMGT Discounts offers hundreds of discounts on online shopping, vouchers, reloadable cards, and access to their Wellbeing Hub
- Free mental health, legal and financial advice and assistance at any time for you and your family with our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with CIC
- Donate tax efficiently to charity with our Give As You Earn Programme
- Save thousands with fixed fee estate agency from Yopa and access our exclusive£100 discount
- Exercise at home at discounted rates with Les Mills
- Make your will online with Farewill and receive a discount of 20%
- Eat more for less with our discounted dining cards
- Help manage stress, develop healthy habits, and feel at your best with Leafyard
- Save up to up to 60% on refurbished phones, tablets, and computers with Mobile Advantage or even trade-in to generate cashback
- Buy a train season ticket and pay back monthly saving up to 20% of the cost of annual travel
- Save tax and NI on the cost of a new bike or equipment up to £6,000 with Cyclescheme and pay back through monthly salary deductions over 12 months
- Save up to 12% on the cost of tech equipment and home appliances from Curry’s or IKEA up to £3,500 with Techscheme and pay back through monthly salary deductions over 12 months
- Reimbursement of eye care test and glasses/contact lenses for VDU use.
- Join our Bupa discounted dental Insurance to spread the cost of dental treatments
- Join our Westfield Health Cash plan and claim back the cost of a range of dental and medical treatments
- Save tax efficiently from as little as £10 a month with a range of ISA’s and Savings plans with Cushon
- Critical Illness Insurance helps reduce the financial impact after being diagnosed with a critical illness.
- Huge savings on a gym membership at a choice of over 3,700 fitness facilities across the UK with GymFlex.
- Join our Millstream Travel Insurance and cover yourself for trips in the UK and abroad, all year round.
- Enjoy 25% off barista-made drinks, including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and smoothies at thousands of coffee shops across the nation with Coffee Club.
- Cover your vehicle against breakdown with RAC.
- Partner Life Assurance gives you peace of mind that, should your partner pass awaywhilst you are employed, you will receive financial assistance.
- Onsite gym (Northcliffe House only)
- Onsite nurse and GP clinics
- Subsidised canteen
After successfully completing your probation period
- TEDS Premier workplace nursery benefit scheme can reduce nursery fees by up to50% per annum and is HMRC-friendly.
After successfully completing your probation period and six months’ service
- Save money by leasing a fully electric or hybrid car via salary sacrifice with Tusker
The Role
We are seeking a talented and creative Copywriter to join the digital subscriptions team. In this role, you will focus primarily on Mail+, the subscription platform for MailOnline. Mail+ launched in January, expanded to Australia and New Zealand in October and has quickly grown to over 100,000 subscribers. We have plans to expand into new markets in 2025 and have ambitions to make Mail+ one of the largest media subscription brands in the world.
The ideal candidate will be a skilled wordsmith capable of crafting compelling, engaging, and on-brand content across various platforms, from campaigns to newsletters, the website and paid media, to help grow our global audience.
Main Responsibilities
- Content Creation: Write, edit, and proofread engaging copy for various channels, including email, website content, social media and newsletters.
- Brand Voice: Develop a tone of voice for Mail+ and ensure consistency across all content; adapt writing style as needed for different platforms or campaign objectives.
- Collaboration and stakeholder management: Work closely with designers, marketers, product managers, and other team members to create cohesive, high-quality content.
- Project Management: Manage multiple projects with overlapping deadlines; prioritise tasks to meet delivery timelines.
Person Specification
- Extensive copywriting experience, ideally in marketing, advertising, or a creative agency.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Proficiency in digital marketing
- Ability to adapt writing style to different audiences and platforms
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality
- A solid grasp of subscription models
- Creativity and an innovative approach to storytelling
- Excellent time-management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects
- Open to constructive feedback and a collaborative team player
- Proactive and self-motivated
About Us
dmg media’s brands deliver highly engaging, trusted content to millions of loyal customers around the globe, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. The Mail brand reaches one in two Brits every month and is officially the best-read, most recognised, most engaged newsbrand in the country.*
Together, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, MailOnline, Mail+, Metro, Metro.co.uk, i and inews.co.uk reach more than 10.1m people daily in the UK.*
*PAMCo H2 2023
**GA 2023 September
Our Commitment
We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.
