Senior Marketing Executive – Subject Marketing (Social Science Journals)

Are you an experienced marketer who enjoys delivering high‑impact campaigns and working closely with academics and editorial teams?

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world‑leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Academic Marketing team as a Senior Marketing Executive, supporting a portfolio of social science journals. This role offers the opportunity to deliver meaningful marketing activity that supports research and learning worldwide, while developing your skills and experience in a collaborative, forward‑thinking academic publishing environment.

About the role

As a Senior Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating marketing activity for a defined journals portfolio. You will work closely with Editorial teams and key stakeholders to ensure campaigns support agreed publishing, usage and engagement objectives.

You will be accountable for delivering marketing campaigns on time, within budget, and for providing clear reporting on performance and outcomes.

Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Planning and delivering integrated marketing campaigns across email, digital and social channels
• Evaluating campaign performance using analytics, usage and engagement data
• Managing priorities and workloads to meet agreed deadlines and objectives
• Working collaboratively with Editorial teams and other internal stakeholders
• Supporting the growth and maintenance of marketing contact lists for priority audiences
• Representing Cambridge University Press & Assessment at relevant meetings or events, as required

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.   

About You

You are a confident and well‑organised marketer with experience delivering campaigns across digital channels and working collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.

Essential criteria:

• Proven experience planning, delivering and evaluating marketing campaigns across multiple channels, including email and digital
• Ability to use analytics and performance data to evaluate campaign effectiveness and report on outcomes
• Experience working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and time‑management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

• Experience or understanding of academic or scholarly publishing
• Experience marketing journals or academic content
• Experience delivering webinars, online or virtual events
• A professional marketing qualification or equivalent experience

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site. 

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition. 

Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.  

Rewards and benefits 

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    

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 13^th April. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place weeks commencing 20^th and 27^th April.  

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect: 

First stage virtual interview. Taking place week commencing 20 April. This will include two short tasks completed during the session.

Second stage virtual interview. Taking place week commencing 27 April. This will be an informal discussion, including any role‑ or CV‑related questions from the editorial perspective.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. 

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. 

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.   

Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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 identity), 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.

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