This is a valuable role within our academic marketing department, working in close partnership with our sales teams to promote digital books and academic journals to university libraries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The role plays a measurable part in expanding access to our world-renowned publishing and offers multiple opportunities for creative marketing, demand generation, and market engagement. You'll be involved in a wide range of marketing activities, including email campaigns, social media, point-of-sale materials, print and digital advertising, video content, conference planning, and more.
About the role
This role involves marketing to an international audience and contributing to special projects focused on market analysis, sales models, and emerging areas of publishing. It is highly collaborative across multiple functions at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, and you will be part of a friendly, supportive, and enthusiastic marketing team. You'll also:
1. Take ownership of a portfolio of digital products, working alongside marketing colleagues to develop and deliver marketing plans
2. Meet regularly with sales colleagues to address localized marketing needs and execute demand generation activities
3. Lead the successful delivery of CUP's participation in selected conferences and exhibitions
4. Contribute to the ongoing development of tools and processes that support marketing goals
You're a motivated and adaptable marketer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is eager to grow your skills while contributing to a meaningful mission in global education and research.
* 1-2 years (or more) of marketing experience, or evidence of transferable skills
* A high standard of written English, with experience in copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading
* Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with a collaborative mindset and the ability to build relationships across teams
* Experience working closely with sales teams (or prior experience in a sales role) is desirable but not essential
* Experience in planning, budgeting, implementing, and reporting on marketing campaigns, or evidence of related skills
* Excellent time management and the confidence to take initiative in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
* Strong computing skills and confidence in learning new tools and technologies
* A flexible, curious, and positive approach to work, with a passion for trying new things and solving challenges creatively
* Willingness to travel occasionally for conferences and events, supporting our global engagement efforts
* Comfortable working in a hybrid model, with two days per week in our Cambridge office
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Discretionary annual bonus
* Group personal pension scheme
* Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
* Green travel schemes
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