We are the world’s largest university press. That means we serve the academic community as no other publisher can. We work in partnership with institutions and learned societies to bring a world of knowledge to the fingertips of students and researchers worldwide.
The goal is impact. Together with our academic communities, we curate and seamlessly connect together the ideas that push their fields forward, so they can learn from them, add to them, and continue a virtuous cycle of scholarship.
And because we are a part of the academic community and guided in everything we do by our mission, we re-invest in our people, our publishing, and the world-leading research institution of which we are part.
About the Role
Within a diverse and social team you’ll play a key role within the Higher Education Editorial department in ensuring our products are engaging university students. This role will provide you with the opportunity to get involved with some of our best digital innovation to date and work closely with other departments whilst taking ownership over your own projects. Within this role, you will:
Gain and maintain understanding of the competitive environment and customer needs by interacting with them directly through reviews, surveys, and direct engagement
Complete detailed analyses of our competitors' products and analyse third-party data
Coordinate the market review of new proposals: research reviewers, issue review invitations, set deadlines/follow up, collate and anonymize reviews
Coordinate external peer review of draft manuscripts
Commission and coordinate the preparation of market-required resources to support the use of our content and products in the classroom
Evaluate content for quality and fit with market need
Draw on usage data (where available), market feedback, and other metrics to inform strategic decisions about which supplements to support
Manage projects to ensure their completion to brief, schedule, budget, and in line with available resource
Perform line-editing and support authors in their development of textual and non-textual pedagogical content
Manage author relationships
Ensure project tracking systems and CRM (customer relationship management) systems are up to date with accurate data.
We are currently recruiting for roles on two teams. The Content Development team is a UK-based team that specialises in creating and developing innovative content for digital and print products aimed at introductory courses offered primarily at universities in the UK and Europe. The Upper-Level Content team is a transatlantic team that specialises in developing digital and print materials for second-, third-, and fourth-year courses offered at universities and colleges in the UK and North America. Both teams sit within the Higher Education Editorial department of Oxford University Press.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
About You
You’ll be an organized and inquisitive individual who is looking to learn and develop. You also require the following:
Essential:
Excellent time management and prioritization skills
Excellent attention to detail
The ability to problem solve and work on own initiative
An interest in educational publishing
Excellent communication skills
Desirable:
Experience and/or knowledge of educational publishing
Experience and/or knowledge of Higher Education markets
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Queries
Please contact cynthia.yue@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.
Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
