Social Media Manager - 7738

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus bank holiday

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 Social Media Manager for University of Cambridge Advance Online. Hybrid role in Cambridge, UK, reporting to Brand & Content Marketing Manager, with responsibility to extend beyond LinkedIn and engage global professionals and organisations.

You will work with videographers and designers, growing enrolments and corporate client reach while shaping content strategy and brand voice across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience briefing and working with content creators and industry voices
• Experience using social listening to monitor reputation and spot opportunities
• Experience growing channels such as Instagram, TikTok or emerging platforms
• Experience running global or multi-market social campaigns
• Experience marketing executive and professional education

Responsibilities

• Choosing which platforms we grow beyond LinkedIn, and what each one is for
• Making video, posts and stories people stop to watch, in front of the camera and behind it
• Building communities of learners and alumni that people want to be part of, including on WhatsApp
• Growing our presence with business audiences, so organisations think of Cambridge first when developing their people
• Working with creators and industry voices, and being accountable for growth in reach, engagement and enrolments

Job description

Job Title: Social Media Manager

Salary: £36,100 - £45,000 per year

Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week

Make University of Cambridge Advance Online the name people stop scrolling for, on every platform where professionals and the businesses they work for spend their time.

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 Social Media Manager, you will be the voice and face of a global Cambridge brand, building audiences with professionals and organisations around the world.

About The Role

This is a hands‑on, creative role with real freedom. Reporting to our Brand & Content Marketing Manager, you will take us beyond LinkedIn and make content people choose to watch, with videographers and designers to help. You will also help significantly grow our corporate client base, showing businesses why Cambridge is the place to develop their people.

Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Choosing which platforms we grow beyond LinkedIn, and what each one is for
• Making video, posts and stories people stop to watch, in front of the camera and behind it
• Building communities of learners and alumni that people want to be part of, including on WhatsApp
• Growing our presence with business audiences, so organisations think of Cambridge first when developing their people
• Working with creators and industry voices, and being accountable for growth in reach, engagement and enrolments

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 made social content for a recognisable brand, and you can show what performed and why. You are a natural on camera and a sharp writer, equally at home with a video, a caption or a feed post.

You have grown an online community and owned a brand's social channels and plan. You have some experience of B2B or corporate social, and you know why a post worked.

• Experience briefing and working with content creators and industry voices
• Experience using social listening to monitor reputation and spot opportunities
• Experience growing channels such as Instagram, TikTok or emerging platforms
• Experience running global or multi-market social campaigns
• Experience marketing executive and professional education

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.

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.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

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 5 January 2027.

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

• 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.

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.