Assistant Marketing Manager

Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK (Hybrid)

£30K/yr – £35K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social content and community engagement for the educator market, turning conversations and feedback into platform-native content and ongoing learning conversations.

  • Content ownership: plan and deliver teacher-focused social content including video across channels.
  • Editorial & production: coordinate freelancers and teams to publish high-quality content and support Talking ELT podcast workflows.
  • Community listening: monitor educator feedback and respond at speed to inform content and engagement strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Plan and deliver content creation, for teacher focused social media channels, developing engaging, and platform native social content, including video.
  • Collaborate with freelancers, influencers, and other teams across Central Marketing team to plan, produce and edit high-quality, engaging content tailored to the educator community.
  • Manage the editorial calendar for teacher-focused social media content
  • Provide operational support (basic video editing, exports and content preparation) for in house media production, particularly Talking ELT podcast for ELT professionals.
  • Work with Marketing Manager to build strong customer communities, fostering engagement and conversations.
  • Actively engage with the educator community by responding to comments, messages, and mentions across all platforms in a timely, empathetic and professional manner.
  • Identify and escalate sensitive or high-impact feedback to the relevant internal stakeholders, ensuring timely resolution.
  • Use social media listening tools to monitor teacher feedback, sentiment, and trends, applying insights to refine content and engagement strategies.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of social media platforms, including their algorithms, best practices, and audience behaviours.
  • Excellent communication and content creation skills, including writing, basic graphic design (e.g. Canva), and short-form video editing.
  • Collaborative and proactive approach, able to work cross-functionally and contribute to wider marketing and community goals.
  • Strong organisational skills, flexibility and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Empathy, curiosity and awareness of audience needs, with a genuine interest in supporting and engaging the ELT educator community.
  • Basic working knowledge of the Adobe suite. In particular, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder & Photoshop
  • Confidence in filming content and working with basic video production equipment

Preferred

  • Basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects (desirable)
  • Knowledge of ELT teaching methods and digital trends in the ELT education sector (desirable)
  • Experience supporting or working within a studio or media production environment (desirable)

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 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.
  • Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
22.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58.2%
Direct
31.4%
Referral
8.9%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~8.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,456 (30% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2024
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