Marketing Executive, Comms

We are the world’s largest university press. That means we serve the academic community as no other publisher can. We work in partnership with institutions and learned societies to bring a world of knowledge to the fingertips of students and researchers worldwide. The goal is impact. Together with our academic communities, we curate and seamlessly connect together the ideas that push their fields forward, so they can learn from them, add to them, and continue a virtuous cycle of scholarship. And because we are a part of the academic community and guided in everything we do by our mission, we re-invest in our people, our publishing, and the world-leading research institution of which we are part.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Marketing Executive to support the acquisition, transition, and launch of scholarly journals. Working closely with the Marketing Manager, you’ll help deliver day-to-day marketing activity that supports new journal titles, ensures consistent high-quality communications, and strengthens how our journals marketing service is understood both internally and externally. In this role, you’ll contribute to a wide range of hands-on marketing activity. This includes supporting journal transitions through website builds, asset management, and system updates; contributing to bid proposals and launch plans; and helping deliver content marketing, social media, digital advertising, and events for new journal partners. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams and shared services to deliver work to deadline, maintain templates and case studies, and help produce presentations, training materials, FAQs, and other communication assets.

To succeed, you’ll be curious, collaborative, and detail‑focused. You’ll develop a strong understanding of academic journals, open access, and the scholarly publishing landscape, while providing research, reporting, and improvement ideas that help the team work more effectively. Success will be measured through the timely, high‑quality delivery of marketing materials and clear contributions to bids, launches, and transitions - aligned with team goals and shared across the wider marketing function. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

• Ability to execute marketing plans, demonstrate proficiency in digital marketing, and understand how to improve based on analytics.
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders in diverse locations and functions.
• Marketing experience in a scholarly publishing environment is desirable.
• Manage time effectively, using structured decision-making to prioritize activity in accordance with team goals and plans.
• Ability to think strategically about marketing channels and messages is desirable.

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 a discretionary annual payment.