Digital Publishing and Marketing position

Digital publishing and marketing opportunity for a third year or Masters student, or a recent graduate wanting to learn more about online businesses, digital publishing and/or academia.

Position: Digital publishing and marketing assistant

Hours: Part time, 22+ hours per week

Pay rate: £10.50 per hour

Location: Central Oxford

Reporting to: CEO

We are an Oxford based company running an international jobs board for academics, researchers and university professionals. Higher Education is expanding worldwide and we have built an international reputation for high quality recruitment advertising and our academic career resources.

This busy, creative role is key to reaching our clients and candidates regularly with engaging emails, social posts and other media. You will contribute to a small, expert team and enjoy a high level of responsibility with plenty of space for individual initiative and personal projects. We publish an industry leading blog on academic careers here and run a full complement of social media accounts.

The work will be determined by online traffic data. As well as learning about the analysis of and engagement with online audiences you will be responsible for direct mail campaigns and commissioning, writing and editing online content. The role can also include database management, html production, visual design, video and customer service and you will learn about many other aspects of an international digital business. If you already have experience in any of these areas please do tell us in your application. We regularly provide these development opportunities, so we can put you in touch with several Brookes alumni to give you lots of background on working with our team.

This is a part-time paid role starting at 3 days a week. These days can be spread out if needed and we will accommodate your university schedule. We are an Oxford living wage employer and we will offer £10.50 an hour to the right candidate. If you are still studying, we understand that you will need to adjust your hours during exam periods.

You can see examples of our academic career bulletins here and visit our blog site here and our main website here to find out more about what we do. You may also find our work at www.theglobalacademy.ac interesting.

Important skills and experience

• Strong written English, copy editing and proof-reading skills
• Experience with digital graphics tools such as Adobe or GIMP
• Research skills to help source and publish relevant material for our specialised academic audience
• Digital publishing experience using online platforms

Other skills and experience of interest for this position might include:

• Languages in addition to English are an advantage. (We are particularly looking for colleagues who speak and write Arabic right now, but please apply with other language skills)
• Data analysis for marketing (Google analytics and similar tools)
• Video production;
• Social media tools such as Hootsuite and Canva.

Salary and benefits

• £10.50 per hour
• Stunning riverside central Oxford location. Good public transport links. No parking nearby so our waistlines and carbon footprints all stay small
• Supportive environment with space for professional growth and scope for personal projects
• Amazing variety of tea, coffee, biscuits and cake in our small, friendly office. We try to keep the fruit bowl full too, to balance out all the cake.

If you enjoy working with us, and business conditions permit, there may be an opportunity to offer you more hours later in the year.

If the position interests you please contact us ASAP - once we have received sufficient qualified applications, we will close this round of recruitment.