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Writer - Flexible Working Available

Employer
Sky
Location
Isleworth
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
7 Aug 2021

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Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

 

Sky is Europe's leading entertainment company - built and driven by our 31,000 people. We want Sky to be a great place to work, where great people do great work, and delivering first class communications is a big part of our plans. Keeping our people informed, engaged, and inspired by Sky - our business, our products and our customers - is hugely important.

 


This role sits in the Corporate Affairs team and will be responsible for writing professional material, business content and speechwriting.

 


What you'll do:

 

* Write and create professional content for Internal and external use including speechwriting
* Report writing and general copywriting
* Support the development of our communication strategy, ensuring we deliver engaging internal communications that inspire our people
* Ensure all written communications deliver clear, consistent messages across all channels, for all audiences and is aligned to Sky brand and tone of voice
* Work with the events team to produce high quality content for conferences and live events

 


What you'll bring:

 

* Brilliant writing skills - and the ability to tell stories and bring concepts to life through the written word
* Ability to understand wider business strategies/objectives and audiences, and effectively reflect these in plans and activities
* Ability to generate engaging copy, speech write and proof-read to high standards
* Ability to deliver complex/technical information in a simple, effective way
* Ability to work with confidence, managing and prioritising many different stakeholders and competing priorities while delivering comms to deadline
* Creative individual with a passion for delivering communications in new and innovative ways and thinking 'outside the box'
* Tireless and results-driven mentality, able to continually critique
* Excellent attention to detail

 


The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

 

- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband

 


Where you'll work:

 

Osterley

 

Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

 

On campus you'll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

 


Inclusion:

 

Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

 

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

 


Why wait?

 

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

 

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

 

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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