Primary Literacy Editor

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading educational publisher as part of the Editorial and Delivery team, focusing on creating high-quality resources for primary school students. This role involves managing projects from manuscript to publication, ensuring accuracy and accessibility while collaborating with various stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in primary literacy and publishing, with excellent communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension contribution up to 12%

Loans and savings schemes

Travel to work schemes

Local discounts

Qualifications

• Expert in Primary Literacy with publishing experience.
• Proficient in phonics and reading.

Responsibilities

• Manage print and digital projects through production.
• Ensure products are accurate and published on time.
• Build relationships with authors and freelancers.

Skills

Editorial

Communication

Organization

Problem Solving

Attention to Detail

Education

Publishing Experience

Primary Literacy Expertise

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Editorial and Delivery team in the Education UK Division, creating high-quality, market-leading resources for primary school students.

In this role you will be responsible for taking print and digital projects for Literacy, and other subjects as required, through the production process, working with authors, freelancers and other in-house editors, and design and digital teams, to ensure that high-quality, market-appropriate products publish on time and within budget.

Responsibilities include:

• Applying editorial skills, judgement, and best practice to ensure that products are accurate, appropriate, accessible and published to specifications.
• Progressing resources through the production process, from manuscript to finished product (both print and digital resources).
• Proactive problem-solving to ensure that resources come out to schedule and within budget.
• Building and fostering good working relationships with colleagues, freelancers, authors and suppliers.
• Monitoring spend against defined budgets.
• Developing skills in print and digital resource production for the school market.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

Our ideal candidate will be an expert in Primary Literacy with publishing experience in a similar role. Knowledge of phonics and early reading will also make you a standout.

• Proficient in / an understanding of phonics and reading
• Editorial experience, including experience of managing projects in a publishing environment
• A background in publishing
• IT literate with experience of Microsoft Office
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to work with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• A creative and innovative mindset
• Experience of teaching in the school types for which we produce resources
• Experience of primary educational publishing.

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

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