Job Description
Want to grow with an agency that’s going somewhere? Do you love creating great content? Can you write copy that’s easy to understand and engaging? Let’s talk.
Distinctive Communications has an opportunity for a content writer, to work with our amazing clients and support our growth ambitions.
You may already be in a writing role, with a track record of delivering content that engages audiences and delights clients. Or you may work in a comms team and are looking to step into agency life. Either way, at Distinctive this role is vital in supporting our key accounts and making a positive impact on people’s lives by telling clients’ stories in engaging ways – online, offline and in person.
Although this is primarily a writing role, experience of delivering integrated PR campaigns and working in our key sectors with place-makers and purposeful businesses is desirable.
While a proven track record in these areas is important, we equally value a shared passion for the work that we do and excitement for where we are heading. And we prize personal qualities like integrity, emotional intelligence and transparency more than where you were educated.
If you join us on the journey, you’ll work for a business that cares about its team and its impact. We offer a good package of benefits (see below) and are proud of our flexible approach. And as a key member of a small team, colleagues also have a say in how we develop in future.
In return, you’ll work with an award-winning team who are is dedicated to making a positive difference in the communities in which we work.
Open to all
We are all different and recognise that to deliver the best work for our clients, we need a diverse range of perspectives.
We believe that building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace delivers better outcomes for clients. As an employer that’s committed to inclusion, we want to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
We treat all applicants equally regardless of race, gender or other status.
Interested?
Please submit Your CV and a covering letter to us by 5pm on 27 May. We intend to hold interviews in early June.
Required skills
- Fantastic writing flair
- Ability to adapt your style for different audiences
- Experience of delivering impactful PR / comms campaigns
- Strong digital skills.
- News skills: a strong understanding of what makes a story
- Communication and prioritisation: working across multiple projects with different deadlines
- Ability to work independently on tasks, but equally collaborate with a hybrid working team
Benefits
What we offer
Based in Bristol and Exeter, we are a welcoming, fun and passionate group of PR, creative and stakeholder engagement professionals who help our clients make a difference.
We are proud to be supporting members of the West of England Combined Authority’s Good Employment Charter, which recognises positive efforts to raise standards and help staff succeed.
We are committed to a supportive approach and helping our teams be the very best they can be. Flexible working is a given for us and key to our success as a team: we were doing this before hybrid working was even a thing.
In that spirit, we make this available to candidates who wish to work full or part time.
In addition to the salary, we offer the following benefits:
- Thirty days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays), representing one of the most generous provisions in our sector
- Work anywhere, anytime, through a flexible hours and location policy as default
- Access to high quality co-working spaces in Bristol and Exeter
- Generous discretionary and new business bonus schemes
- Support for volunteering – five days a year for every employee to support good causes
- A say in shaping the future direction of an ambitious new business
We also offer these features, not as benefits, but because they’re the right things to do:
- Commitment to continuous learning and development as part of an individual professional development plan
- Enhanced sickness, compassionate, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Access to the company’s Employee Assistance Programme
- Regular team get-togethers and socials