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
We are seeking a dedicated Editorial Operations Manager to lead a team of assistants in providing editorial and administrative support across our Higher Education (HE) global geographies. This role involves managing incoming task requests from various teams, assessing and assigning tasks to staff, and ensuring alignment with Oxford University Press's (OUP) print and digital publishing strategies. The successful candidate will enhance our scholarly reputation, support our mission, and help us adapt to market changes.
Duties will include:
Lead Editorial Operations through strong change management skills and embed a culture of innovation, data-informed decision-making, and service in support of HE editorial.
Apply vision for editorial workflows, systems, and internal interfaces to identify areas for potential standardization and simplification.
Work with the continuous improvement manager to ensure improvement projects lead to simplification and standardization.
Maintain excellent communications with the HE constituents to whom we serve, providing frequent updates and communications around the status of individual tasks.
Supervise a staff of team members in OUP Noida.
Support onboarding, mentorship, organizational socialization, and a culture of learning and teamwork. Provide meaningful opportunities for career growth and development. Coordinate the use of freelance/third-party supplier resources as required.
Liaise with the CAD, UL, and Product Management teams, providing expertise and feedback on editorial procedures and requirements across formats, and continuously refresh and develop that expertise.
Communicate OUP's priority around data accuracy and manage its performance in this regard. Prioritize data accuracy and ensure good data hygiene is built into change and improvement projects.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
About You
Essential:
Knowledge of higher education academic publishing and markets with experience in editorial infrastructure for digital and print outcomes.
Proven track record of business management, successful innovation, content development, and delivery of goals.
Experience with line management and team-building, through appropriate organizational structures, mentoring, recruitment, professional development, and effective performance management.
Excellent written communication as well as strong interpersonal and verbal skills.
Desirable:
Familiarity with the wide variety of editorial and administrative tasks assigned to the team.
Coaching and mentoring training and experience.
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.
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.
