Job Title: Global Communications and PR Executive

Salary: £28,800 - £37,425

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid (minimum 2 days in the office)

Contract: Permanent

Global Communications and PR Executive, to support the efficient delivery of PR, thought leadership, research and impact communications activities to drive brand recognition and build commercial value for the English Product Group & wide Cambridge organisation.

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

The team's purpose is to increase awareness of Cambridge products, propositions and services for key decision makers, teachers and learners of English. We ensure that all relevant insights, academic research, impact and recognition outcomes are developed into compelling and accessible stories and messages that will engage audiences, to deliver maximum audience impact and influence on decision makers.

We exist to develop our public position as experts in language teaching, learning and assessment, which helps us to compete for new business outside our traditional sectors and markets, particularly in countries where we are currently not well known.

The role will be working closely with the Senior Global PR and Communications Manager, covering a wide range of activities thought leadership activities, news gathering, storytelling, conversion of academic research to accessible content, monitoring media coverage across markets. The role will also be tasked with the updating and monitoring of the PR tracker, editorial calendars, media mailings, etc.

The postholder will be creating content for public relations and will support converting academic research and impact studies findings into accessible content. The postholder also handles the research, drafting, and distribution of pitch documents and press releases. They will additionally build, maintain, and organise internal lists of social and media influencers that the Global PR team should take interest in and engage.  The role will ensure that KPIs and metrics are tracked and met, to provide a comprehensive evaluation on all PR activities.

About you

You'll have experience of working in a communications role and have previous copywriting experience. You'll be highly organised and detail-oriented, and able to juggle multiple deadlines. You'll be a self-starter and take the initiative and work independently, identifying what needs to be done.

You will have exceptionally good communication skills in both written and verbal form in order to clearly and concisely convey the business/product's messages and to depict the business in the highest standard possible.  Having a flexible approach to work is key to this role, and you will have excellent relationship management skills as you'll be collaborating with colleagues across the business, as well as journalists and media contacts.

You will also have previous experience in using digital communications channels and running successful digital and/or social media channels and campaigns.

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:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

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 12^th January 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place shortly after the campaign closes.

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

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

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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