This is a chance to play a pivotal role in shaping the delivery of innovative digital products at Bloomsbury Digital Resources. As Digital Programme Coordinator, you’ll be at the heart of our digital product delivery process—driving schedules, optimising workflows, and ensuring smooth collaboration between internal teams and external vendors.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
* Influence efficiency and quality by improving processes and information flows.
* Work cross-functionally with product leads, innovation teams, and vendors to deliver impactful resources to academic markets worldwide.
* Develop expertise in digital publishing, project coordination, and vendor management, while gaining exposure to tools like JIRA, Smartsheets, and CMS platforms.
* Shape standards and best practices through documentation and knowledge management that supports transparency and consistency across teams.
If you’re organised, proactive, and excited about contributing to the future of our digital product programme, this role offers a platform to make a real impact.
Key responsibilities
* Oversee product schedules and reporting, monitoring risks and resolving delivery issues.
* Coordinate vendor outsourcing programmes and manage relationships to ensure timely delivery.
* Optimise workflows and information flows to improve efficiency.
* Support resource planning and maintain operational documentation for consistency and transparency.
Knowledge, skills and experience
Essential:
* Highly organised with strong prioritisation and time management abilities.
* Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, including across functions, to deliver results.
* Experience of instructing and managing vendors.
* Strong IT proficiency, especially MS Word and Excel.
* Logical thinker, attention to detail and proactive problem solver.
* Adaptable and eager to learn new systems and tools.
* Confident and effective spoken and written communicator.
* Understanding of digital product development and publishing processes.
Desirable:
* Familiarity with Wikitext, JIRA (or similar ticketing tools), Smartsheets, CMSs and Biblio (or similar bibliographic databases).
* Understanding of the needs of the academic library market and library systems, including accessibility requirements.
* Change management experience.
* Experience of supporting request for proposal work with vendors.
Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position.
Salary per annum: £34,000 - £36,000
The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Please apply with a CV and supporting statement addressed (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 30th November 2025.
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Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications
Bloomsbury Benefits
As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:
Working Pattern
* Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)
Holidays
* 25 days holiday
* 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
Other Benefits
* Two paid Personal Wellness Days
* Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
* Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
* Season Ticket Loan
* Learning & Development - Free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal & IPG Skills Hub
* Share Save Scheme
* AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
* Ride to Work Scheme
* Peppy Health App
* In-house Doctor
* Eye Care Voucher Scheme
* EAP Advice and Counselling
Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources
For additional benefits see below
Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.