Editor

Oxford, Oxfordshire
Oxford University Press
We are the world’s largest university press, committed to excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. With a presence in more than 50 countries and with millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have a global impact.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Editor to join the UK Primary Literacy team. You’ll be working on children’s reading books and resources from major brands such as Read Write Inc., Oxford Reading Tree and Project X – content that will help improve children’s life chances. You’ll assist with the content creation of new products and the maintenance of backlist titles to ensure that products are of a high standard and publish on time and to budget.

Working closely with your editorial team and colleagues in production, design, digital, sales and marketing, you will also be liaising with external authors, freelance editors, reviewers, advisors, teachers and pupils.

OUP is currently transitioning into a hybrid working organization. We anticipate that this role will require 2-3 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

If you have some editorial experience; a passion for literacy, primary education and publishing; and are looking for a new challenge in a supportive, creative and innovative team, then this opportunity will interest you.

Essential:

• High levels of literacy and numeracy, including excellent written English skills
• IT literate with experience of Microsoft Office particularly Word and Excel
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• A passion for children’s literacy

Desirable:

• Experience of publishing
• Experience of working in a primary school setting

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 of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, 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.

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Queries

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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.