Marketing & Events Coordinator - 7737

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus bank/public

Private medical and Permanent Health"

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance 4x salary

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Marketing & Events Coordinator to shape how the team plans and delivers its work, running events from webinars to exhibitions in Cambridge. This hybrid, permanent role reports to the Marketing & Communications Director and offers a structured calendar 8–12 weeks ahead.

You will manage end-to-end events for learners, alumni and organisations, measure impact, and help grow corporate partnerships.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience coordinating marketing events and campaigns.
• Experience running webinars and in-person events end-to-end.
• Able to manage multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Designing how the team plans and prioritises its work, with a calendar that looks 8 - 12 weeks ahead
• Becoming the go-to person for how marketing work gets done, across the team and the wider business
• Developing our events programme, from webinars and exhibitions to round tables in Cambridge
• Delivering events for learners, alumni and organisations, including ones that help us win new corporate clients
• Measuring what works, and being accountable for on-time delivery and events people rate highly

Skills

Event coordination

Marketing support

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Title: Marketing & Events Coordinator

Salary: £30,800 - £40,000 per year

Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Bring structure to a growing team and bring people together, from live webinars to events in Cambridge.

University of Cambridge Advance Online provides career-focused online learning on behalf of the University of Cambridge. We are a joint venture between the University and Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a commercial arm of the University. Our award-winning courses have reached learners in more than 100 countries and over 800 organisations.

Our marketing team has been newly shaped for the next phase of growth, and we are bringing in expertise across key disciplines. As our Marketing & Events Coordinator, you will shape how the team plans and delivers its work, and run the events, online and in person, that bring learners and organisations closer to us.

About The Role

This is a role where you will see your impact every day. Reporting to our Marketing & Communications Director, you will design how the team plans and delivers its work and own an events programme from webinars to round tables in Cambridge. Many of those events put us in front of the organisations we want to work with, which is central to significantly growing our corporate client base.

Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Designing how the team plans and prioritises its work, with a calendar that looks 8 - 12 weeks ahead
• Becoming the go-to person for how marketing work gets done, across the team and the wider business
• Developing our events programme, from webinars and exhibitions to round tables in Cambridge
• Delivering events for learners, alumni and organisations, including ones that help us win new corporate clients
• Measuring what works, and being accountable for on-time delivery and events people rate highly

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 have substantial experience as a coordinator in a marketing team, keeping plans, deadlines and people on track. You bring structure to complex activity and improve how things get done.

You have managed webinars and in-person events end to end, including some for business or corporate audiences. You stay calm across competing priorities and communicate clearly at every level.

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, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

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 running events for senior or executive audiences
• Experience creating event formats or playbooks others can reuse
• Experience managing exhibitions or industry events
• Experience setting KPIs and reporting on event performance
• Experience marketing executive and professional education

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 aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 29 November 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on 14 January 2027.

• Interview in person at our offices in Cambridge. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task to present during your interview.

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.