July 30th, 2010
ould you like to write for a living?
If so, now’s the time to act. We’re looking for three new copywriters to join our fast-growing copywriting agency in Colchester, Essex.
Can you see yourself as…
- A versatile copywriter with the ability or potential to write sharp copy that helps businesses to sell? If you’ve got an interest in marketing, then even better – we want you to help market our services to major clients.
Or…
- One of two new fashion copywriters? These are entry-level posts that will give you a valuable first foothold in the copywriting industry. You’ll mostly be writing online descriptions for a major online fashion retailer, but we’ll also train you to write great copy for a range of other formats and clients.
We’re offering a salary in the region of £18-£20,000 for the single copywriter post, and one of £16-£18,000 for the fashion copywriter positions.
We’re a young company, though, and we’re having a lot of fun as we grow – so if you’re really good at the job, there’ll be opportunities for rapid promotion.
To apply, simply follow the instructions in these job descriptions:
» Fashion copywriter job description
But hurry – the closing date for applications is 9th August 2010, with interviews shortly afterwards. So don’t leave your application until the last minute, or you may miss out…
Would you like to be a copywriter? We’re recruiting »
Author: Ben Locker.
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July 19th, 2010
hy don’t you take a look at our first ever email newsletter?
There’s lots of good stuff in it, including…
- Main article: How you can use good copywriting to get paid quicker.
- Find out how The Copywriting Agency was set up to help small and medium sized businesses make more profit.
- Has your website been built by cowboys? The 30-second test that reveals all.
- A monstrous email howler. Mind your grammar or you’ll lose sales.
- The Style Guide of Extreme Prejudice. Are you putting off customers with these mistakes?
- News roundup. What the team at our copywriting agency has been up to…
You can read the first issue online – and if you like it, you can make sure you don’t miss another by subscribing on this page.
Happy reading!
Read the first issue of our free email newsletter »
Author: Ben Locker.
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April 27th, 2010
en Locker & Associates would like to welcome Johan van der Merwe to what is now rightfully called ‘the team’.
Johan’s from Cape Town, South Africa. After overindulging in English literature as a boy, he got it into his head to study in England and quickly rattled through a BA in Viking Studies and an MA in History at the University of Nottingham.
So, if you need to commission any chronicles, death warrants, theological treatises or brochures for Viking longboats, then we’re the copywriting agency for you.
READ ON »
Introducing Johan, our new copywriter »
Author: Ben Locker.
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March 27th, 2010
company of copywriters? No, I’m not coining a collective noun for sales writers, but letting you know that – from 1st April 2010 – we’ll be trading as a limited company.
If you’re a client, the only administrative change you’ll need to know about is our new bank account. We’ll be writing to you about that soon.
The big benefits are round the corner, though. Now we’re a company, it’s a lot simpler for us to grow – and that’s something we’ve been doing a lot of recently. Keep an eye out for the new junior copywriter we’re about to recruit.
Our copywriting agency
If you’re interested, this is the lowdown from 1st April 2010.
Our name will be… Ben Locker & Associates Limited
Our company number is… 07045622
We’ll be trading from… The same place: The Colchester Centre, Hawkins Road, Colchester CO2 8JX (though we are going to move to a larger office in the same building)
Our registered office will be… Century House South, North Station Road, Colchester CO1 1RE (please don’t send mail here. It’s the address of our excellent Colchester accountants).
In the meantime…
If you were looking for something a little more interesting to read, head over to our copywriting blog. There have been lots of excellent guests posts in recent weeks.
A company of copywriters »
Author: Ben Locker.
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March 16th, 2010
e’re recruiting.
And we want someone who gets to the point quickly.
More about the job
If you like research, read widely and write well, then you will enjoy working as a Junior Copywriter.
You’ll be writing a lot of copy for websites, particularly for businesses. As you find your feet, you’ll also write for print formats, including leaflets, flyers, sales letters, brochures and other marketing literature.
Other things you’ll be doing include:
- keeping our clients happy with great work, and building up a good relationship with them
- marketing our services – by letter, on the phone and online
- using social media to get the word out about our business
- copy-editing and proofreading.
Clients pay us because they know that our writing is a good investment. It helps them to sell.
You need the ability to provide it for them.
More about you
You’ll love writing and do lots of it. You’ll want to know how to use words to convince readers and get them reaching for their bank card.
These things would also get you off to a flying start:
- Familiarity with the bits of the online world that concern copywriters – search engine optimisation, content management systems, HTML and so on.
- An interest in advertising copywriting, and how it works (or fails)
- A liking for Macintosh computers – you’ll be working on one
- A thirst for facts, detail and research.
In return, we offer individually-tailored training, flexible working hours and the chance to have a lot of fun helping a small copywriting agency to grow. If you’re ambitious and able, expect rapid promotion.
Salary
We will pay the best rate we can for the best applicant. Please state your current salary (or salary expectations) in your covering letter.
Hours & Location
This is a full-time job, based in Colchester. You will be working from our Hawkins Road offices (they’re here).
How to apply
If you’ve got the qualities we need, get in touch.
Send an up-to-date CV, covering letter and three examples of your writing, in any style or format, to:
Ben Locker
Ben Locker & Associates Limited
The Colchester Centre
Hawkins Road
Colchester CO2 8JX
OR email the same documents to this address.
Applications must be received by Friday 26th March 2010. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Wednesday 31st March.
Please do not phone regarding this vacancy. If you have queries, please email. No agencies.
Wanted: Junior Copywriter »
Author: Ben Locker.
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February 26th, 2010
oogle, BT, PayPal, the Institute of Directors, Enterprise UK and e-skills UK have teamed up to offer small businesses a free website.
[UPDATE! Go straight to *this page* to learn how our GBBO copywriting service helps your business to sell online]
The project, called Getting British Business Online, could see up to 100,000 businesses getting launched on the web.
If you sign up, you get a free web address (domain name), an easy-to-update site, traffic monitoring and more.
However, if you want your website to work hard for you, you need to make sure it’s well-written and can be found in the search engines.
That’s we we are proud to announce our new GBBO copywriting service. Our copywriting agency has extensive experience in writing small business websites, and can do it fast at a reasonable price.
For further information and a no-obligation quote, please contact us on 01206 266 799 or use our contact form to get in touch.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
GBBO (Getting British Business Online) copywriting service launched »
Author: Ben Locker.
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November 22nd, 2009
he Essex business magazine I edit, Colchester Connected, is up for has just won a gong in the Business to Business category of the Colchester & District Business Awards 2009. It’s great news for everyone involved in the magazine; but the thing that I love is that fact that so many finalists, in so many of categories, have been featured in the mag over the last 12 months. It’s a real testament to what the magazine has achieved in a very short space of time. There’s a full list here.
*UPDATE* Lots of companies that have featured in the magazine did well at the Awards. Congratulations to all: we’ll post a link to the winners when they have been published.
If you’re looking for an experienced copywriter and magazine journalist to work on your own publications, please get in touch. We’d be delighted to help.
Colchester Connected up for an award *wins* business to business award »
Author: Ben Locker.
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November 9th, 2009
ast week, I appeared on BBC Radio 4′s Moral Maze alongside Professor Andrew Chadwick, journalist and author Nick Cohen, plus Spiked Online editor Brendan O’Neill. We were there to be grilled as ‘witnesses’ about Twitter and so-called ‘mob rule’ by a panel that comprised Kenan Malik, Melanie Phillips, James Panton and Clifford Longley.
I’m going to blog about the show in the near future (the show left many more questions unanswered than it even attempted to address), but in the meantime you can learn more about it here and – if you’re quick enough – listen to it online.
Ben Locker on BBC Radio 4′s Moral Maze »
Author: Ben Locker.
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October 31st, 2009
his is a gratuitously self-promotional post, but I’m quoted a few times in this feature about ‘The Power of Tweets‘, which appeared in today’s Guardian. Many thanks to Jon Henley for describing me as “a smart young copywriter”. Any other 35-year-old bloke will tell you that it’s the exact age at which flattery about being young is the most effective.
Anyway, it’s a cracking article, and hats off to Jon for asking some damned good questions in it – a rarity when it comes to discussing Twitter.
By the way, if you’re the pleasant sort of person who would like to follow me on Twitter, I’m here – @benlocker. I almost always follow back.
“Ben Locker, a smart young copywriter” – The Guardian »
Author: Ben Locker.
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September 27th, 2009
e left London for Colchester only in April, but the copywriting business has never been brisker. So much so that we are soon going to need a new, full-time copywriter to help us out.
In all likelihood, we will be recruiting in January 2010. So, if you are a talented and versatile copywriter who never stops learning new tricks, why not beat the crowd and send us your CV now?
A proper job description and application form will appear on the site in due course, but the person we’re looking for will be a quick thinker with a talent for making commercial copy sparkle.
Sound good? Then bung over your CV and anything else you think will interest us to info [at] benlocker.co.uk
p.s. This will be a full-time position in Colchester. If you can’t make it into Colchester to work, then you’re not the person we’re looking for. Sorry.
Copywriters: have you thought of working in Colchester? »
Author: Ben Locker.
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