Campaign Manager in Bristol

Be part of a community working together to make science better. A society publisher with the perfect blend of not-for-profit purpose and commercial perspective. Here, we help each other be the best we can be: a team big enough to impact and small enough to care. At IOP Publishing, our mission is to make science accessible, discoverable and impactful. As our new Campaign Manager, you will play a vital role in bringing research to life — helping authors, reviewers, readers and conference organisers discover and engage with our journals and products. This is a highly creative and data-informed marketing role where you will shape strategic campaigns, tell compelling stories, and deliver measurable results. If you enjoy blending insight with imagination, and collaborating with brilliant colleagues across publishing and marketing, this role is for you. This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

About the Role

• Working closely with the Marketing Manager and Head of Content & Engagement Marketing, you’ll develop and deliver the strategic vision for your portfolio of journals or product areas.
• You’ll be responsible for the planning, performance and delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns that support our core business goals.
• Develop annual marketing strategies and SMART objectives aligned with the publishing strategy for your portfolio.
• Plan, prioritise and deliver multi-channel campaigns across email, social media, paid search, advertising, events (virtual and in-person) and more.
• Use data insights and creative storytelling to design campaigns that drive content growth, usage, visibility and customer engagement.
• Manage marketing budgets, ensuring strong ROI and clear performance reporting.
• Work with design colleagues to create consistent, impactful visual identities and marketing collateral.
• Collaborate with publishing teams to understand product positioning and campaign needs.
• Partner with the communications team to amplify content through press releases, interviews, news stories and other channels.
• Represent Marketing in meetings, sharing insight and contributing to strategic discussions.
• Measure, track and report performance across all activities using tools such as Adestra, Google Adwords, Hootsuite, Business Objects, MasterVision and more.
• Conduct customer research and monitor competitor activity to inform future opportunities and improve customer engagement.
• Contribute to cross-departmental projects that further organisational goals.

This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact across a diverse portfolio while learning from a supportive, collaborative team.

About You

• Experience developing and delivering marketing strategies and tactical plans.
• A clear understanding of multi-channel marketing campaigns and how to use different platforms effectively.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with confidence working with colleagues at all levels.
• Experience managing budgets and evaluating performance against objectives.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• A proactive, curious mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
• Strong copywriting and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Knowledge of the STM publishing landscape or Open Access models (desirable, not essential).
• A professional marketing qualification or equivalent experience (desirable).

We pride ourselves on being a flexible and inclusive employer, if you have a preference to work flexibly, please do apply.

Who We Are

IOP Publishing is a society-owned scientific publisher, providing impact, recognition and value for the scientific community. As the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, 100% of our profit goes towards public and scientific good.

Why work with us at IOP Publishing

• Purpose: We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community - working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.
• Culture: We offer a truly international culture with offices in Europe, Asia and the US and our reach is global. Our culture is the perfect blend of dedicated and intelligent professionalism, informal, friendly collaboration and authenticity with a social conscience.
• Financial Benefits: a competitive salary starting from £30,000 (Band B), an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), a discretionary annual bonus scheme and a range of other useful and cost-saving benefits available through our benefits platform.
• Health and Wellbeing: 33+ days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an extra day’s leave to use for a moment that matters to you, a 35-hour working week, life assurance, cycle to work scheme, dental insurance, health care cash plan, and a great positive working environment in our brand new office in central Bristol - modern airy and designed with all of our colleagues in mind – for work and social time.
• Flexibility: a flexible hybrid working environment to suit everyone’s needs- we don’t need you in the office every day so we can consider applicants from further afield who can travel to Bristol on a weekly basis depending on when face to face time is needed.

And last but not least, did we mention that we are unique? IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society and we gift-aid all our profits to support science through the activities of the Institute.

To apply, please submit your CV through our careers site. IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds. We make recruitment and workplace adjustments wherever we can, so please let us know if there’s anything that we can do to support you. Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for candidates. If, however you already have the right to work in the UK or hold an eligible work permit or visa, we encourage you to apply for this position.