Sales Excellence – Pursuit Writing Specialist

Title: Sales Excellence – Pursuit Writing Specialist

Location London

Salary - up to £48,000 depending on experience + excellent benefits

About Accenture:

At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change.

We Are:

Sales Excellence. Sales Excellence at Accenture empowers our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to grow their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.

You Are:

Someone who likes to get your message across concisely and clearly in anything you write or talk about. You're competitive by nature, and you enjoy digging into the details so you can provide a well-thought-out answer. You're always open to learning about new technology and trends. You also appreciate and can create a well-crafted story, in any medium.

The Work:

You're a member of a writing team whose goal is to create clear, concise, and compelling sales materials to differentiate Accenture from its competitors. Along with creating and editing, you use creative storytelling to deliver innovative sales materials. You also help make sure the team consistently understands and follows best practices and standards.

You will:

Write, edit, research and proofread pursuit writing support requests

Participate in proposal storyboarding sessions

Apply conceptual writing and storytelling for large and complex deals

Collaborate with creative colleagues such as designers to develop materials

Own the writing of standard sections and content

Work with subject matter experts to develop and refine content

Conduct peer reviews and share insights to enhance content

Contribute to and work with content in internal repositories

Support training and coach junior team members

Apply best practices aligned with the global team, promoting consistency among writers

Contribute to and participate in the pursuit writing practice community

Here’s what you need:

Native level of fluency in English [and/or other languages as applicable]

Professional writing or related experience

[For industry-aligned resources, include required technical or industry experience]

Excellent command of business language

Storytelling experience and familiarity with editorial guidelines

Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills

Highly competent in MS Word and PowerPoint

Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities

Able to work independently and in virtual environment

Extra credit if you have:

Writing experience with IT offerings or topics

You May Also Need:

A home office or work area that is suitable for productive remote work, per local guidelines. This includes a safe, ergonomic workspace and a high-speed internet connection that is stable and secure.

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time on-site with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, marketing, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres. With over 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO