Senior Creative Copywriter- 12 month FTC

The Role:

At NEXT, we have a great opportunity for a Senior Creative Copywriter to join our Brand Marketing team during an exciting period of growth and evolution. As the Senior Creative Copywriter you will directly manage 3 Creative Copywriters. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract working hybrid from our Head Office in Leicestershire.

Reporting to the Creative Copy Manager, you will lead on copy excellence, team development and cross-departmental collaborations. You’ll help shape campaigns, develop ideas, oversee creative briefs and champion NEXT copy across every customer touch point. Additionally, you’ll help evolve how copy is created by introducing smarter ways of working, embedding AI where it genuinely adds value and helps raise the creative standard across the department.

What You'll Take On:

• Developing campaign ideas alongside designers and creative leads, writing and shaping copy across key seasonal moments, CRM, homepage, app, social, retail and print.
• Champion a consistent, distinctive brand voice and help define what great copy looks like across the business.
• Explore how AI can improve creative workflows and productivity without compromising creativity, while helping to develop copy processes, templates and smarter ways of working.
• Mentor and support other copywriters through feedback, collaboration and creative reviews, bringing fresh inspiration to every project.

What You'll Bring:

• A background working as a Senior Copywriter (or equivalent) within retail, fashion, agency or consumer brands, with a track record of shaping key integrated campaigns from concept through to delivery.
• Experience in helping evolve the creative processes, managing cross-department projects and refining the brand tone of voice.
• Experience mentoring copywriters or creatives, paired with an enthusiasm for solving creative problems, improving processes and helping others do their best work.
• Active experimentation with AI and new creative tools, alongside an understanding of how great creative ideas need to work commercially to deliver real results.
• Curiosity, generosity with ideas and a genuine interest in helping shape the future of a growing creative department.

Please submit a portfolio to support your application

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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on-site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.