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This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.\nFounded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.\nOne of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, Gumi Yum Surprise, and more!\nFor more information, visit www.zuru.com.\nRole Impact\nYou will own brand copywriting across our portfolio and set the standard for how our brands sound on pack, on screen, and in market. You'll write copy for global packaging, set brand guidelines, and lead a small team delivering copy across brands and markets.\nThis role suits a senior communicator with a proven writing and editing background: someone who can bring a brand to life through copy and who has the eye for detail to be the final sign-off on global packaging.\nRoles & Responsibilities\nBrand Copywriting\nWrite copy for global packaging, product claims and brand taglines that cut through on shelf and deliver the brand's strategic direction\n\nDevelop effective claims and trademarked technology names for ZURU Group's brands: compelling, evidence-backed statements that highlight product benefits, differentiate from competitors and resonate with consumers' needs and values\n\nEdit and elevate copy produced across the team, ensuring it is accurate, well-researched and achieves brand and marketing objectives across packaging, point of sale, social media, print, video and presentations\n\nBrand Voice & Standards\nPartner with the strategy and branding teams to create and implement brand guidelines, translating brand platforms, positioning and personality into tone of voice, brand pillars, taglines and brand stories\n\nHold every brand to those guidelines, keeping tone, messaging and branding consistent across on-pack and marketing communications, for every ZURU vertical and market\n\nBuild and maintain communication frameworks for each brand, along with usage, warning and directional copy guidelines\n\nMaintain brand fact sheets (product names, variants and approved claims from NPD, Legal and Regulatory) for use in FAQs, customer service handbooks and brand communication frameworks\n\nPresent and articulate brand communication strategies and recommendations to internal stakeholders\n\nTeam & Process\nLead, mentor and develop a small team of writers, including an intern, setting the standard for best-in-class work and giving the feedback that helps them reach it\n\nOwn the end-to-end copy creation and briefing process, keeping copy flowing efficiently to the design team\n\nWork with the Packaging Communications Manager to manage the copy translation workflow with third-party providers, ensuring localised market copy is accurate, on brand and correctly incorporated into artwork\n\nReview, approve and sign off all packaging artwork across every market before dispatch to print, covering layout, tone of voice, accuracy and brand consistency\n\nPartner with Regulatory and Compliance to set communication standards, and ensure all claims and on-pack language meet market-specific regulatory requirements\n\nSkills & Experience\nMinimum 10 years' experience in a communications, copywriting or editing role, preferably within FMCG\n\nOutstanding writing and editing skills, with forensic attention to detail\n\nExperience owning brand voice across a portfolio, and writing to established brand platforms\n\nUnderstanding of consumer behaviour, messaging hierarchies and how to write commercially minded copy that cuts through crowded categories\n\nExperience with packaging or regulated copy, including claims and compliance-sensitive language, is desirable\n\nExperience managing, mentoring and developing writers\n\nStrong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and run multiple brands, markets and projects simultaneously\n\nCreative thinker with a strategic mindset\n\nLIFE@ZURU\nZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions-ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction).\nAt ZURU, we have cultivated a high-performing culture that encourages excellence. Our team works towards ambitious goals, learning, performing, and improving together, all while having fun. We empower talented individuals to do their best work every day.\nAt ZURU, you get out what you put in. You are responsible for driving your own career and we provide the platform to achieve it. 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