About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Marketer to join our Health Sciences Journal Marketing team on a fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. You'll take ownership of a select subject portfolio spanning both proprietary and society-owned titles, building marketing strategies that grow key partner relationships and keep our partners renewing with confidence.
This role suits a marketer who can start contributing from week one. You'll step into an established portfolio, pick up live campaigns and partner conversations, and keep momentum going for the duration of the leave.
We're looking for a results-oriented marketer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is ready to grow their client-facing skills and creativity.
Reporting to the Associate Director, Journal Marketing, you'll work closely with Publishing colleagues and cross-functional stakeholders to grow article submissions, revenue, and readership.
Job Responsibilities
•Build effective product positioning, messaging, and market strategies
•Provide marketing support and creative solutions across a range of subject areas within the health sciences portfolio
•Own key partner relationships, including preparing marketing overviews that show the real impact of our work heading into contract renewals
•Communicate results and best practices clearly to external stakeholders, building trust along the way
•Maintain and grow both internal and external relationships that make our partnerships stronger
•Review market intelligence, research, and competitor activity to understand what our customers need and where we can grow article volume and market share
•Collaborate with colleagues across marketing to deliver on journal, subject, and society goals
•Take initiative to spot problems early, work through them independently, and bring solutions
Required Qualifications
•Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and core marketing tools such as Adobe, Canva, and social media schedulers (Sprout)
•The ability to read data and campaign metrics and turn them into decisions
•Strong organisational and project management skills
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, especially when managing relationships with external partners
•A detail-oriented, problem-solving mindset, and the confidence to work through challenges on your own
•Comfort working collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
Preferred Qualifications
•3+ years of marketing experience, ideally gained in academic publishing
•Experience in publishing, marketing, or another service industry, with a customer-centric approach
•An interest in, or basic understanding of, health sciences disciplines
•Understand what makes a great marketing campaign - from proposition and messaging to choice of channels, and will demonstrate this throughout their portfolio
Salary Range
31,400.00 GBP to 43,800.00 GBP (base pay range applies to roles in the United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, or Spain)
