COPY WRITER

ABOUT US

Béton Brut gallery presents rare, design-led furniture from Europe and Japan. The collection, drawn from over a century of design, coheres around functional art and sculptural forms.

Founded in 2013, in East London, the pieces are available for sale and hire. The team works with private individuals and trade clients to source, restore and commission pieces for their projects.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are looking for a skilled written communicator to be the voice of Béton Brut.

A part-time role, you will work with the Founder/Creative Director and Marketing & Content Manager to produce all written content for the brand – for publication on the website, inventory software and social media. Your copy will be also used to create engaging marketing and PR campaigns that increase Béton Brut’s profile.

This is a fast-paced roll for a prolific and motivated self-starter. Knowledge of furniture and design history preferred. Salary negotiable.

Job title Copy Writer

Salary Negotiable

Level/Experience Minimum 4 years

Hours 1 to 1.5 days per week

Type In person

Contract Freelance/Contract or Permanent

Probation 3 months (if Permanent)

Reporting to Creative Director + Marketing & Content Manager

Location East London

Closing date 20 January

Interviews W/C 28 January

HOW TO APPLY

Email your CV, covering letter (and optional, previous work) to careers@betonbrut.co.uk

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Research & copywriting – Writing about our collection and promoting the brand.

Website & inventory – Writing content for the website & inventory.

PR/Marketing – Producing written materials for PR, marketing, newsletters and events.

Socials – Writing captions for our Instagram page.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

You have experience of

• PR, journalism, copywriting or creative direction in the world of design, interiors, visual arts, retail or similar.
• creating engaging written and visual content for social media, websites or publications
• using the appropriate tools: Word, G suite
• working for a small dynamic company

You are

• an exceptional written communicator
• a productive self-starter with good time management
• passionate about furniture and design history
• detail orientated and able to produce publishable work
• commercially astute

JOB DESCRIPTION – DETAILED

Being the chief copywriter and written voice of Béton Brut.

• Researching and writing succinct and engaging copy for each item in our collection for use in our inventory software, website, sales platforms and PR & marketing materials, and uploading the copy to our inventory software on a weekly basis.
• Researching and writing engaging bios about our artists for use in our inventory software, website, sales platforms and PR & marketing materials.
• Crafting copy for use in marketing, creating regular email marketing campaigns, ad hoc sales campaigns, social media captions, catalogues, ad and exhibition text.
• Crafting copy for PR use: event invites, press releases, credits & image captions, answering questions to written interviews, personalised messages in emails and mail-merge.
• Keeping copy on the website engaging: About us page, contact page, projects page, gallery page etc.
• Ensuring all copy for publication is signed off by the Creative Director and the Marketing & Content Manager and their time is managed effectively.