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Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Cambridgeshire

  • New
Salary:
£33,300 - £43,400
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 September 2024

Job overview

Marketing Manager, Primary (Schools)                 

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

We're looking for a Marketing Manager to join the Schools sector marketing team and to lead on the implementation of marketing, in particular writing and creating engaging content, across an exciting portfolio of products in the Primary sector.  

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

We're looking for a Marketing Manager to join the global Schools sector marketing team and to play an integral role in bringing our marketing strategies to life in the Primary sector. 

You'll lead on the delivery of creative, integrated campaigns across our exciting Primary portfolio, thinking of new ways to meet our objectives and creating content that our target audiences can't ignore! You'll work across all marketing channels, utilising your range of skills and ideas. From promo videos, to websites, to social media and lots more, you'll have ample opportunity to show your enthusiasm, copywriting skills and attention to detail.  

Our Primary learning and assessment portfolio is full of fun and personality, and you'll find plenty of humour in there too. You'll work collaboratively with marketing colleagues in Cambridge and around the world to deliver the best campaigns possible, to support the growth of this portfolio. 

You'll make sure budgets are spent in the best way to deliver ROI, measure the success of your campaigns against KPIs and present your analysis to stakeholders, taking forward learnings to your next projects. 

We have lots to do and ambitious goals to reach, so it's an exciting time to join the Schools marketing team and to bring your experience to the table. A genuine passion for education and creating positive experiences for teachers and learners will make this role more enjoyable and fulfilling. 

About you

You will have a range of experience in planning and delivering successful, multi-channel marketing campaigns, with a strong understanding of how best to utilise digital channels. You'll know how to tailor content to different audiences and write engaging, clear and effective copy across all platforms. Your proven project management experience and diligent approach to deadlines will ensure multiple projects are delivered on time, and your eye for detail will ensure quality is consistently high. 

You'll be a self-starter and independent, but also a strong team player who builds positive relationships with colleagues across teams and countries. You'll use your understanding of customer needs and challenges to inform your campaigns, and your creativity to deliver results. 

Your essential skills, knowledge and qualifications:  

  • Exceptional copywriting, editing and proofreading skills 
  • Attention to detail and eye for design
  • Experience briefing and delivering projects with external agencies  
  • Proven experience leading and delivering multi-channel marketing campaigns
  • Experience measuring and reporting on campaign success
  • Strong understanding of digital marketing 
  • Insights-driven and results-oriented 
  • Excellent communicator and confident presenter 
  • A proactive team player who seeks solutions to challenges 
  • Highly organised and motivated to manage competing deadlines, and experience of using project management tools  


If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

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


We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

The key to our work is our colleagues, whose shared commitment enables us to have an ever-greater impact. We are a united, vibrant, and respectful global community of people, and we ensure that every individual is recognised, listened to, and cared for. Because our impact is amplified when our people are empowered, we give everyone the opportunity to develop in their own way. Whether you want a career that's linear, or want to follow your own path, we'll support you, and help give you the resources and training you'll need to be bold and take ownership of what you do.  

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 17 September 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing 23rd September 2024

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

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


About Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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The Cambridge University Press & Assessment Group is a department of the University of Cambridge. We have three exam boards – University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), and OCR.  We are a not-for-profit organisation.

We're proud of our 150 years heritage and the expertise that it has given us. Cambridge University Press &  Assessment operates and manages the University's three exam boards.

The world's largest provider of English language curriculums and qualifications for young learners and adults.

The world's largest provider of international programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year old learners.

OCR is one of the UK's biggest exam boards offering academic and vocational curriculums and qualifications.  Whether you are building new IT systems, supporting our customers or developing one of our new qualifications, every person at Cambridge University Press & Assessment is making a difference. Being part of the education of eight million candidates, in over 170 countries every year, means we are opening doors to a better future every day.

We aim for these values to be at the heart of everything we do

And we believe actions speak louder than words when it comes to demonstrating this. We think we’re great people to work with, but then maybe we’re biased! What we are certain about though is that if you join Cambridge University Press & Assessment you’ll be surrounded by talented people with diverse backgrounds and skills, working together in a friendly and supportive way.

Real development opportunities

We have ambitious plans to become the leading world authority on assessment. It matters to us that people rise to bigger challenges and reach their potential. As your ambitions and interests grow there will be opportunities to move around the business and gain new skills. 


We’ll expect you to take responsibility for fulfilling your own potential, and we will provide you with the training and development opportunities to manage this.

LOCATIONS

Did you know that we are not only based in Cambridge?

We also have a site in Coventry, as well as a number of other smaller offices around the UK and Overseas

BENEFITS

  • Staff discounts at many retailers both online and in-store.
  • Cambridge University Card - providing access to a number of university facilities such as the University Library and discounts at the Cambridge University Press bookshop.
  • Season Ticket Loan - for travelling by rail or bus.
  • Discounted access to the University of Cambridge Sport Centre, along with various other local gyms.
  • Family friendly enhanced benefits when you might need them such as maternity and paternity and childcare vouchers.
  • Limited access to nursery and play scheme places (waiting list in operation).

In addition to…

  • Generous pension scheme.
  • Performance related pay.
  • Subsidised staff restaurants.
  • At least 36 days holiday (including bank holidays).

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