Marketing Manager - 7573

Cambridge University Press; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical and Permanent Health"

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Marketing Manager to lead multi-channel campaigns for our schools portfolio from Cambridge. You will drive content, coordinate across global teams and deliver measurable marketing results in a fast-paced environment.

The role is hybrid, requiring 40-60% in-office time, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, project management and compelling copy across digital channels to engage teachers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering integrated marketing campaigns across channels.
• Strong copywriting and content development skills.
• Ability to collaborate with global teams and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver fully integrated multi-channel campaigns end-to-end.
• Create and adapt content across websites, videos and other channels.
• Lead content development for the teachers newsletter.
• Collaborate with Cambridge and global marketing colleagues to optimise campaigns.

Skills

Multi-channel marketing

Project management

Copywriting

Digital marketing

Collaboration

Job description

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Salary: £35,200 - £45,700

Location: Cambridge, UK - Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Fixed term until end of November 2027

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

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

We're looking for a Marketing Manager to join the schools marketing team and lead on an exciting portfolio of products and global multi-channel marketing campaigns. Set for ambitious plans within our English product group, our sector marketing teams are focused on creating marketing campaigns that are aligned to growth and deliver results.

About the role

As part of the global marketing team, you will play a key role in bringing our marketing strategies to life through creative marketing campaigns. You'll think of new and engaging ways to meet our objectives and excite our customers – all aligned to our schools marketing strategy. As part of this role, you will:

• be fundamental in delivering fully integrated marketing campaigns. You'll be involved in end to end multi-channel campaigns while also supporting other team members on a range of marketing projects.
• work across all marketing tactics. From content creation to websites, videos and more, it's a great role to utilise all of your marketing skills and show your passion for marketing.
• lead on the content development for our important newsletter for teachers that inspires thousands of teachers globally with monthly ideas, tips and inspiration.
• work collaboratively with marketing colleagues in Cambridge and around the world to deliver the best campaigns we can.

It's a great time to join the schools marketing team and play a key role in delivering our marketing plans.

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

As our Marketing Manager, you will have an excellent range of experience of delivering successful multi-channel marketing campaigns with a strong understanding of digital channels and how best to utilise them.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have proven project management experience and motivated approach to deadlines will ensure multiple projects are delivered on time. The role is fast paced and ever changing, so you need to be able to adapt and handle competing priorities
• Know how to tailor content to different audiences and different channels. Exceptional copy writing skills are essential to write engaging, clear and effective content that delivers result
• Be a self-starter. You're independent but also incredibly effective at building relationships and collaborating with cross-functional colleagues around the world
• Have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people. You'll quickly build collaborative working relationships and confidently coordinate activity to drive projects forward

Desirable criteria

• Be confident at using insights to inform their work. You will use this to understand our customers' needs and pain points and achieve exceptional results
• Have knowledge or experience of English language learning, assessment, or marketing to schools and educator
• Be a confident speaker and presenter, able to communicate ideas clearly

Does this sound like you? If so we would love to meet you. To learn more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy.

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 who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, 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

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 27 September 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from the week commencing 5 October 2026.

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

• In-person interview at our offices in Cambridge. You will be provided with a brief to complete a role related task which will need to be returned by email in advance of 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.

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.