Development Editor

About Us

We are the world’s largest university press. We have both a worldwide reach and a personal understanding of local needs, partnering on the ground to adapt publications and resources to meet the individual needs of communities, societies, and countries. We partner with researchers, educators, and technology partners to stay ahead of the changing ways people around the world are accessing and sharing knowledge. With a presence in more than 50 countries and millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have global impact.

About the Role

The Education Division publishes teaching, learning and assessment resources across Primary, Secondary, Trade and Children's markets, both for the UK and for customers around the world. We are passionately committed to our mission to educate and inspire.

This role provides you with the opportunity to project manage and gain hands-on experience with our print and digital primary resources for our international markets. This role sits within a growing, supportive team who work on a broad range of subjects. Key responsibilities include:

• Shape print and digital manuscripts and briefs so that they are right for their intended users to include animations and audio
• Develop good core curriculum, teacher/learner, and competitor knowledge through market research
• Develop and maintain effective author and advisor relationships
• Project manage; create and monitor schedules, organise meetings and contribute to process improvements
• Ensure digital and print lists are kept up to date
• Work closely with freelance suppliers
• Assist in creating first costs and monitor spend
• Liaise effectively with other departments and customers to ensure projects are worked on efficiently.

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

About You

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated, organized individual with the desire to develop existing editorial skills further. The successful candidate will have:

Essential:

• The ability to project manage effectively with experience of managing schedules and budgets
• Previous editorial experience
• Understanding and/or experience of digital products
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a range of stakeholders.

Desirable:

• International schools market experience/interest in
• Experience with audio, animation, interactive content.

Benefits

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.

Queries

Please contact cynthia.yue@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.

Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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.