Writer cover letter example
A writer’s cover letter is itself a writing sample, so keep it short and specific. Name the post, say what you write and for whom, give one piece of work with its result, show how you work with editors, and point to three pieces in your portfolio.
Read the letter as text
Rhiannon Hughes
Cardiff · [email protected] · 07700 900277
17 October 2026
Ms Catrin Lloyd
Head of Content
Corran Mutual
7 Mill Lane Studios
Cardiff CF10 9ZX
Dear Ms Lloyd
Application for Lead Content Writer
I am applying for the Lead Content Writer post at Corran Mutual. I am a senior content writer at Cledwyn Energy, where I have spent four years turning heat pumps, solar panels and bills into plain English for customers.
Last year I rewrote our 140 help pages, interviewing the engineers and the customer service team for each one. Calls about the topics they cover fell by 18% in a year, and the pages are now the model for our customer emails.
Every piece I write goes through the editor and the legal team, and I keep the house style guide up to date. I also run a monthly workshop for colleagues who write customer letters. Your plan to rewrite your mortgage pages in plain English is the kind of work I do best.
My CV is attached, and three pieces that suit the role are in my portfolio at rhiannonhughes-writing.example.com. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Rhiannon Hughes
Fictional letter from Rhiannon Hughes, the applicant in the writer CV example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Lead Content Writer post at Corran Mutual. I am a senior content writer at Cledwyn Energy, where I have spent four years turning heat pumps, solar panels and bills into plain English for customers.
The post, what you write and for whom.
Last year I rewrote our 140 help pages, interviewing the engineers and the customer service team for each one. Calls about the topics they cover fell by 18% in a year, and the pages are now the model for our customer emails.
One piece of work and what it changed.
Every piece I write goes through the editor and the legal team, and I keep the house style guide up to date. I also run a monthly workshop for colleagues who write customer letters. Your plan to rewrite your mortgage pages in plain English is the kind of work I do best.
How you work with editors, and why this job.
My CV is attached, and three pieces that suit the role are in my portfolio at rhiannonhughes-writing.example.com. Thank you for considering my application.
The CV, your portfolio and a short close.