Job Description

Job Title: Content Manager, Journals

Salary: $63,100 - $82,075 per annum

Location: New York with hybrid working

Contract: Permanent/Full time

A chance to develop a career within a leader in the educational sector, actively making a difference to our learners around the world.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a Content Manager to join a passionate, fast-paced environment providing world class support to our millions of customers around the world.   

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role 

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Academic Content Operations department as a Content Manager within Journals Content Management. In this role, you will manage a portfolio of established journals from manuscript acceptance through to final publication, both online and in print. You'll work across a wide range of subject areas and collaborate with academic editors, authors, and internal teams to ensure timely, high-quality publication.

This is a dynamic and fast-paced role ideal for someone who is both innovative and organised. You'll be involved in workflow improvement initiatives, support open research practices, and contribute to the continuous development of our publishing processes. Relationship management is key, as you'll be working with high-profile societies and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the end-to-end production of journal content across various publication models.
• Liaising with internal teams and external partners to ensure quality and timeliness.
• Maintaining data integrity and managing budgets and supplier relationships.
• Supporting innovation and continuous improvement in workflows and systems.
• Providing excellent customer service to authors, editors, and society partners.

About you 

You will be decisive, collaborative, and responsive, with excellent organisational and communication skills. You'll have experience in project management and a flexible approach to managing priorities and deadlines. A passion for publishing and a keen interest in open access are essential.

You should be confident working independently and as part of a team, with the ability to build strong relationships across global time zones. Experience in publishing or content management is desirable, along with familiarity with systems such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Online Peer Review Systems.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

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:

• Group personal volunteer retirement scheme (403b)
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical, dental, vision insurance for individuals and families, plus supplemental insurances
• Green travel schemes
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. 

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Tuesday 15th July 2025 and interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after the closing date. 

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

 Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's 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's 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.

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