Freelance Copywriter - Accessibility Handbook

Posted 24 June 2025
Salary £350 - £500 per day
LocationLondon
Job type Freelance
Discipline Digital & Creative Strategy
Reference131302_1750776562

Job description

Are you a content-led writer with a passion for clarity and purpose-driven work? We're working with a leading creative agency on a meaningful public sector project and looking for a Freelance Copywriter to help create a 20-page accessibility handbook. You'll be turning over 100 pages of complex data into clear, engaging copy that will directly support frontline officers assisting vulnerable renters. If you care about accessibility, inclusive language, and impactful storytelling - this one's for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Distil over 100 pages of source material into a clear, plain-English 20-page handbook

  • Write copy that is accessibility-first, human-first, and easy to navigate

  • Collaborate with strategy and creative teams to shape content structure and tone

  • Ensure content is aligned with government standards and accessibility guidelines

  • Create a go-to resource that empowers officers to better support digitally excluded renters

  • Lead the editorial direction, voice, and clarity of the handbook content

Skills & Experience

  • Strong background in copywriting

  • Experience writing for accessibility and inclusive communication

  • Confident working with complex information and distilling it into user-friendly formats

  • Experience working with public sector, government, or regulated industries (a bonus)

  • Ability to own content from research through to delivery

  • Comfortable collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams

Personal Attributes

  • Clarity-focused with an editorial mindset

  • Empathetic and user-first in approach

  • Comfortable working independently and to tight deadlines

Salary & Benefits

  • £350-£500 per day

  • Inside IR35

  • Purpose-driven, impactful project

  • Opportunity to shape how public sector teams support underrepresented communities

Location & Workplace Policy

  • Hybrid (London) or fully remote

  • Project runs from mid-July to end of September

Major Players are the UK's leading digital, marketing, and creative talent agency, and over the last 30 years we've consistently championed our people and communities. As a proud B Corp™, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and sustainable change for our partners, candidates and employees.

We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. For further information about our DE&I commitments, please visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/