Marketing Manager

The role of Marketing Manager, Music focuses on the development and delivery of global marketing activity for a sheet music publishing programme. The remit includes creating and implementing marketing plans that reflect departmental priorities and growth objectives, with activity delivered across a range of channels. Marketing activity is intended to support product demand and increase awareness of a wide range of repertoire and composers, with an emphasis on consistency, clarity, and effectiveness. Responsibility includes oversight of marketing delivery and performance, with analysis and reporting used to assess results against agreed targets and inform future planning. You will work in collaboration with colleagues across Music, Marketing, Sales, and Publishing to support coordinated campaign activity, effective messaging, and continual improvement in processes. Campaigns cover key products, composers, and strategic initiatives, with consideration given to the most appropriate mix of marketing approaches, including direct marketing, advertising, events, and social media. You will also have responsibility for the coordination and development of a small team, ensuring objectives, responsibilities, and capacity are clearly defined and supported. Budget planning, monitoring, and reporting are integral to the position. As part of the music leadership group, you will contribute to shared planning and decision-making to support overall departmental effectiveness. Success is reflected through timely delivery of activity, measurable contribution to departmental performance, and clarity among stakeholders regarding the purpose and impact of marketing work. This is a 6-month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

You will have:

• Ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Ability to think strategically about products and markets and demonstrate proficiency in digital marketing.
• Ability to develop, implement, and improve marketing strategies, using all available analytics to make informed decisions and to improve outcomes.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills, expectation management, and ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders in diverse locations and functions.
• Knowledge of the classical music industry, ideally with publishing experience.
• Manage multiple campaigns and deadlines, prioritizing based on business goals and data, and remaining resilient under pressure and changing environments.
  
  OUP is the world's largest university press. We began publishing printed sheet music in 1923 and are now one of the longest-established and most respected music publishers in the world. Eminent composers published in those early days included William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Constant Lambert.
Today, OUP is proud to publish many world-renowned composers including Bob Chilcott, Cecilia McDowall, John Rutter, Sarah Quartel, Gabriel Jackson, Howard Skempton and Mack Wilberg, among many others. Our award-winning educational books for young instrumentalists, including Piano Time and Fiddle Time, are loved by music teachers and students around the world.

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 the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.