Senior Copywriter

E.ON Next is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Copywriter to join our growing creative team on a 9 month fixed term contract. At E.ON Next, we're committed to pushing creative boundaries and delivering innovative solutions. In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping the verbal identity of our brand across a variety of projects, ensuring high-quality copy execution and contributing to the overall creative direction. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing:

• Develop and execute creative copy for a variety of E.ON Next channels, including digital, social, display, print, motion, and presentations across multiple projects.

• Ensure all copy outputs are aligned with the E.ON Next brand, maintaining a high level of quality and consistency.

• Develop and maintain brand guidelines and toolkits for the creative team and wider business to safeguard brand consistency and enable creative autonomy.

• Support with onboarding new starters, business areas, and external partners into our brand voice.

• Look for opportunities to refine processes within the creative team to help improve productivity, efficiency, and creative delivery, using existing software or piloting new tools. 

• Present creative concepts and strategies to internal teams and stakeholders, effectively communicating the rationale behind your ideas.

• Work to tight deadlines, effectively managing your workload against key project milestones.

Are we the perfect match?

We’re looking for a Senior Copywriter with the following experience and skills:

• Exceptional creative portfolio demonstrating a strong understanding of verbal communication, storytelling, and brand building.

• A highly creative individual with a proven ability to translate complex propositions and business challenges into simple, audience-centric copy.

• Ability to flex and adapt across multiple projects and workstreams.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven experience presenting to senior leadership and confidently navigating feedback from multiple stakeholders.

• Demonstrable business acumen, with the agility to adapt and pivot to evolving business needs while maintaining a commitment to creative excellence and brand integrity.

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Expert knowledge of copywriting principles, with a strong understanding of tone of voice, brand messaging, and storytelling.

• Extensive experience in writing for a variety of digital and print formats.

• Proven experience in creating and implementing brand guidelines.

• Strong experience working within a regulated industry and building and substantiating claims.

It would be great if you had:

• 4-8 years of experience in an agency or in-house creative department.

• Experience working within the regulated energy sector would be highly advantageous.

• Experience with Google Workspace (including deck building in Google Slides) and Asana.

• A strong understanding of current communication trends, emerging technologies, and the competitive landscape.

• A proactive approach, open to new technologies, software, AI efficiencies, and evolving ways of working.

Here’s what else you need to know:

• Role may close earlier due to high applications.  

• Fixed term contract length - 9 months

• Competitive salary  

• Location –  London - E.ON Next, 47-53 Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, London, EC1M 6PB  with travel to our other sites when required. 

• Excellent parental leave allowance. 

• Award-Winning Workplace - We’re proud to be named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025 and the Best Place to Work for 16–34-year-olds 

• Outstanding Benefits - Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings 

• Flexible & Family-Friendly - Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the Personnel Today Awards 2024. We’re open to discussing how flexibility can work for you 

• Inclusive & Diverse - We’re the only energy company in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers. We’re also proud winners of Best Employer for Women and Human Company of the Year—recognising our inclusive, people-first culture 

• Support at Every Stage of Life - We’re Fertility Friendly and Menopause Friendly accredited, with inclusive support for everyone 

• Accessible & Supportive - Do you consider yourself as having a disability? As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will make any adjustments needed during the process 

• Invested in Your Growth - From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we’ll support your growth every step of the way 

• For all successful candidates.  Due to the nature of this role your employment will be subject to a basic DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check being carried out by ourselves via a 3rd party service provider 

• Any questions on the role - please reach out to Eonnext.recruitment@eonnext.com  

•  At E.ON Next, our customers are our number 1 priority! All Nexties - including our executive team - regularly directly support customers so we stay close to their needs and make better decisions that deliver the best experience