Marketing Executive

Job Title:Marketing Executive

Salary: £27,900 - £36,300

Location: Cambridge; Hybrid (2 days per week working from the office are expected)

Contract: Fixed Term until 30^th April 2025; 35 hours per week

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Marketing Executive to join us on a fixed term contract as a key part of our academic marketing department.

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

About the role

As our Marketing Executive you will be a key part of our academic marketing department, working closely with our sales teams to market books, academic journals, and other online products to university libraries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.

The role has a measurable impact on driving access to our world-renowned publishing and provides multiple opportunities for creative marketing and market engagement. Tasks include all aspects of marketing, including email, social, POS, print, advertising, video, conferences, and more.

The role will have a partial focus on supporting sales efforts in a specific regional market and will combine that with the marketing of a curated product list to a fully international audience. The work is extremely collaborative across multiple functions at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, and the successful candidate will be part of a friendly, supportive, and enthusiastic marketing team.

Please view the full job description at the bottom of this advert for more information.

About you

You will have at least 1 year of marketing experience or evidence of transferable skills with a high standard of written English plus copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading skills.

You will have excellent networking ability, both internally and externally, and with a highly collaborative approach as well as:

• Experience of working closely with sales teams (or prior experience in a sales role) desirable but not essential
• Experience of planning, budgeting, implementing, and reporting on marketing campaigns or evidence of related skills
• Good time management skills and an ability to show individual initiative within a busy team environment
• Excellent computing skills and confidence acquiring new skills
• A flexible approach to work with an enthusiastic and positive attitude to trying new things and taking on challenges

You will be happy to work on a hybrid basis, with 2 days a week spent at the University Printing House office in Cambridge

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:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 24^th March 2024. Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis, so don't delay in submitting your application. We reserve the right to close the advertisement of this role earlier than the advertised closing date

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

“Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill and/or salary requirements.”

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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

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.