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My copywriting and marketing experience:

 

Hello and welcome to Playing with Words. I'm Sarah and I love writing copy and conjuring ideas. Since going freelance, I have provided copywriting and marketing services for a range of clients, including:

 

  • Pottermore from J.K. Rowling - developing the new Tone of Voice brand strategy and writing a range of articles, features and social media copy

  • Triumph Lingerie - proofreading/copywriting across A/W & S/S editorial

  • Entertainment One - developing tone of voice brand guidelines for several of eOne's biggest brands, including Peppa Pig and PJ Masks

  • Penguin Life - campaign copy lines for a range of titles including Lose Weight, Feel Great by Dr Rangan Chatterjee and Breath by James Nestor

  • Puffin Books and the Roald Dahl Estate

  • World Book Day - lead copywriter across the annual WBD marketing campaigns

  • Canongate - London Underground campaign and jacket copy for Matt Haig's Evie and the Animals

  • Enid Blyton Entertainment for Hachette Children's: new series blurbs for the iconic Famous Five, Malory Towers, Secret Seven and St Clare's series'

  • Hachette Children's - new blurbs across Cressida Cowell's epic How to Train Your Dragon series

  • BBC Worldwide

  • Pan Macmillan

  • Ladybird Books - monthly blog column, writing as #LadybirdMum 

  • Hodder & Stoughton: new blurbs for John Grisham's Theodore Boone series, plus monthly newsletter copy

  • Hodder Children's Books

  • Scholastic and more.

 

I am a Kent-based freelance creative copywriter and former copywriter at Penguin Children's, where I wrote marketing copy for some of the most popular authors and brands in children's literature today. These include Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Eric Carle, Allan Ahlberg, Puffin Classics, Jeff Kinney, Eoin Colfer, Beatrix Potter, Jacqueline Wilson, Meg Rosoff, Nick Hornby and many more.

 

Additionally, from 2011 I managed Roald Dahl’s marketing, working closely with the Roald Dahl Literary Estate and Quentin Blake's office. I also worked with a range of brand, media and retail partners, including British Airways, The Times, The Sun, Ford Cars, WH Smith and Waterstones to execute high-profile campaigns. For further information please see here.

I have over 15 years' copywriting and marketing experience;  from book blurbs to websites, TV and radio scripts to outdoor advertising campaigns, marketing materials, newsletters, creative concepts, brand strategy, campaign management and blogging.
In 2017, I was the opening speaker at the Copy Cabana copywriting conference, hosted by Copy Chief Vikki Ross and author Andy Maslen.
 

It’s all about playing with words here.

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