Creative Copywriter (6 Month FTC)

Lyst is a global Fashion Tech company and premium shopping app, founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 200M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion items & products in one place, via an assortment of 8.5M+ items from over 17,000 of the world’s leading brands. We are a scale-up business with a current team size of c.150 people in London, combining an agile mentality with a proven business model and over a decade of experience. This provides a balance between foundations and structure, and autonomy and pace.

At Lyst we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn’t, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better decisions and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper. Lyst has raised over $160m from leading investors including Accel, Balderton, Molten Ventures, Fidelity International, and LVMH.

We are looking for a Creative Copywriter with relevant, commercial copywriting experience to join our Brand team. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to make a mark in a small but high-performing team, building a unique fashion content offering in an extremely fast-paced environment. 

The ideal candidate is a skilled, fashion-literate writer who is both creative and commercial. Building on Lyst’s unique brand positioning in the market, your copy will strengthen and articulate our distinct tone of voice, representing the intelligence and integrity of our brand across all touchpoints.

Working across our editorial and partnerships teams, you will support with creative content ideation and development of all supporting marketing assets, from pitch to content development and distribution across channels. This is an amazing opportunity for a writer to help shape Lyst’s exciting new content platform, developing industry-leading new franchises and partnering with fashion’s biggest brands. 

Responsibilities:

• Deliver intelligent, concise and quality copy, often to short deadlines
• Work closely with editorial and partnerships teams to establish and cement Lyst’s new tone of voice across different brand and marketing touchpoints
• Work alongside Content Editor to balance demands of branded content projects alongside our overall editorial strategy, respecting and incorporating partner feedback where required
• Contribute to brainstorming sessions, swiftly writing up compelling pitch documents and developing concepts in response to client briefs
• Collaborate across teams to produce all relevant copy and materials needed for Lyst content and campaigns
• Research your subject matter to ensure the quality and accuracy of your copy, deftly incorporating Lyst fashion data insights when required

Requirements

• A committed writer with a love for crafting copy that is memorable, surprising and highly intelligent. Understand the nuance and tone that will set Lyst’s language apart
• Commercial copywriting experience, with the ability to succinctly sum up and sell through your choice of words
• Strong attention to detail and proofreading skills
• Respect and passion for our space: inherently knowledgeable and curious about fashion brands, online fashion shoppers and the culture that supports the system
• An optimistic, creative mindset and the ability to think outside the box, generating innovative campaigns and storytelling ideas that only Lyst could produce
• Understanding of SEO best practices 
• Experience using Content Management Systems, ideally WordPress
• Basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop 
• Experience working with social media 
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects at a time, with exceptional time management skills, working to tight deadlines

Benefits

• Our Ways of Working: We come into the office between 2-4 days a week and we're always in on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We strongly believe that in-person collaboration and time spent together as a team allows us to deliver high impact work, but the flexibility to also work remotely supports our diverse team.
• Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We want you to enjoy using the Lyst app and site as much as our customers, so we provide you with a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up to £1,000 with your length of service
• Private Healthcare: Our healthcare provider is Vitality. Your health is important to us which is why we offer all employees a comprehensive healthcare scheme from the day you start..
• Training Allowance: We’re big on continuous learning and growth, so all employees are currently entitled to an annual training allowance of £1,000. This can be used to attend conferences, industry events, training courses and to purchase resources.
• Pension Scheme: Our pension provider is The People’s Pension. We offer a minimum employee contribution of 5% and 3% employer contribution.
• Eye Tests and Vouchers: Employees can make a saving on their eye test and glasses through our chosen provider. You’ll receive a free eye test every year and a discount towards glasses.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme: Lyst will purchase a bicycle from your chosen retailer, you will then receive a voucher to pick up your bicycle from them.
• Transport Season Ticket Loan: Employees can apply for an interest free season ticket loan to support your travel to work
• Social Events: Frequent company wide social events including Christmas & summer parties, sports days, themed drinks, quizzes, cook alongs, as well as smaller team socials. We also have plenty of interest based groups such as football, running club, book club, culinary and more.

We want to build a world where fashion works for everyone, and we want teams that are just as inclusive. Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture at Lyst. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we are held to account. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally, and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role. We are happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Lyst we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.