Welcome to The Wordsmithy

For content, copywriting and editing

We make words work – and work hard – for your business, brand or campaign.

Charlie Hobson, founder and chief writer at The Wordsmithy, welcomes you!

Step inside to find out if we’ve got what you’re looking for.

About

Who works at The Wordsmithy? What do they know?

Who we are

Services

How could we help you? Here’s what we do.

What we do

Portfolio

Clients and jobs. See some words at work!

How we do it

Why The Wordsmithy?

Smart – quick to understand your audience and brand

Experienced – worked in many sectors

Digital or offline – we write for all media

Trusted – helpful and good to work with

Versatile – one-offs or larger communication projects

Thoughtful – creative ideas and approaches if you want them

Commercial outlook – words have to work for revenue and profit

Agile – fast and responsive for tight deadlines or complex projects

Testimonials

Charlie and Wordsmithy bring the wow!

Natalie Edwards, CACI

I would wholeheartedly recommend Charlie to any company who wants a freelancer who can write and challenge ideas like a full time member of the team.

Jess Fuhl, Sage

I’ve worked with Charlie on a range of white papers and the results have always been great.

Simon Price, Xpedition

Charlie is a highly professional wonder woman – flexible, proactive and always a pleasure to work with.

Claudette Munroe, 1HQ Brand Agency

I’ve been really impressed with Charlie’s ability to immerse herself in new subject areas quickly and deliver work that is interesting, engaging and detailed.

Danielle Turton, Siemens plc

Charlie’s ability to turn around large projects and absorb huge amounts of information is utterly admirable. She brings real consideration, flair and insight to her seamless execution.

Angie Wiles, The Difference Collective

Charlie is always my first port of call for copy and consumer insight. She is fast, efficient and always meets deadlines.

Keith Webster, Webster & Co

Blog: Wordsmithery

Will AI put me out of my copywriting job?

16th February 2024 | AI, Business writing, Copywriting, Web content, writing tools

The pros and cons of using AI for content generation, from a copywriter's perspective Everyone's NOT talking about Jamie at the moment (unless Jamie is the latest AI chatbot.) So many conversations in the marketing and comms teams where I usually work are now about AI...

Another way to obsess over words: meet el búho!

23rd January 2024 | Copywriting, Language learning

Forming bad habits is all too easy, in my world at least. So I'm very pleased that a relatively recent obsession is neither illegal, immoral nor fattening (as Alexander Woollcott once remarked) and in fact is virtuously helping me keep my mind agile and increase my...

Original copy matters for SEO

30th November 2023 | Copywriting, SEO, Web content

Googling can be a vexatious business If you’ve searched for consumer products of any kind on the web lately you will probably have experienced frustration from crafty SEO manipulation that produces pages that are only tangentially relevant to your search. Or they may...