Global Font Manager

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and organised individual with font licensing and systems knowledge to take the lead ensuring OUP’s font licenses, font systems and font policies are strictly managed and adhered to in line with our legal and compliancy requirements.

About the Role

Based at our Oxford head office, you will be working across OUP’s international locations, and will be collaborating with key leads and font users from many areas of our business.

The role sits within the Design and Media team reporting into the Global Creative Director, and is also supported by colleagues in the legal, publishing operations, content, technology and procurement teams.

You will be taking a key lead on rolling out systems and communications around font use to all internal users and to key external partners, and will be working with a group of key experts to manage OUP’s font use and licensing

You will lead on:

• Governance and reporting for font use internally and externally
• Developing and implementing change management for font use across OUP
• Outlining process with key users for font use across all areas of OUP activity
• Company-wide communications on all font related updates and policies
• Managing key relationships with internal and external font partners.
• Identifying opportunities and key industry trends to inform OUP’s font roadmap.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

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

About You

Essential:

• Excellent administrative and organisation skills with good spoken and written English and robust proofreading abilities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience of collaborating with, negotiating with and influencing senior internal and external stakeholders
• Able to prioritise a varied workload and to work on own initiative
• Able to work collaboratively and foster positive working relationships internally and externally
• A proactive team player, able to collaborate with a wide variety people from across the globe.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a flair for data and systems
• An In-depth knowledge of manipulating and reporting data using Microsoft Excel
• Flexibility to have occasional meetings with international colleagues in International time zones.

Desirable:

• Experience and understanding of font providers and how fonts are used in publishing Content, including digital and marketing use.
• Previous experience working with asset management or rights systems
• Comprehensive knowledge of current font licensing practice.
• Extensive knowledge of font software and licensing.

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. 

This role comes with the added benefit of private medical insurance and management bonus.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact tobi.ogunnaike@oup.com with any queries relating to this role. 

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.