Job Description

About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented individual to join the Journals Editorial team within our Academic Division. You will support the management and development of a portfolio of high-value society journal contracts. You will work closely with Publishers to deliver exceptional service to society partners and editors, ensuring timely responses to queries and maintaining strong relationships. Your role will involve overseeing journal-specific projects, supporting new title transitions, and ensuring contractual obligations are met, all while contributing to the strategic growth and editorial excellence of the portfolio.
You'll provide insightful data analysis--including bibliometric and competitor reviews--to inform evidence-based decisions and identify emerging trends. Collaborating across departments such as production, marketing, digital, finance, and operations, you'll help deliver a seamless publishing experience. You'll also play a key role in implementing OUP journal policies and supporting scalable initiatives across the journals programme.
We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have/be:

• Some publishing or transferable professional experience
• An understanding of academic publishing, including editorial processes, production processes, marketing, industry trends, systems, competitors, and technology.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify trends

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 a discretionary annual payment.
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
Queries
Please contact 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.

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