Editor

Oxford University Press

EditorialFull TimeFrom £28k
Location
Oxford, UK (Hybrid)
Posted
July 15, 2026

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Job Description

Role overview

The Primary International Education team publishes highly successful print and digital resources for teachers and learners around the world, supporting diverse subject areas including Maths, Science, Literacy, Computing, History, and Geography. We are seeking a talented Editor to join the successful International Primary Editorial team. This is an exciting opportunity within our Education division to take print and digital projects through the production process within a supportive team environment.

You will work with colleagues, authors, and freelancers to publish resources targeted at teacher and learner needs. This role will focus on our market-leading international primary resources but may work on other projects at times, to support the delivery of our varied publishing programme.

Responsibilities

  • Applying editorial skills, judgment, and best practice to ensure that products are accurate, appropriate, accessible, and published to specifications.
  • Progressing resources through the production process, from manuscript to finished product (both print and digital resources).
  • Building and fostering good working relationships with colleagues, freelancers, authors, and suppliers.
  • Adapting quickly to evolving editorial processes and workflows, including XML-based publishing and collaboration with external suppliers.
  • Management of project schedules and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective publication.

Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills with a strong team spirit.
  • Excellent organization and time management skills.
  • High levels of literacy and numeracy.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in producing digital content with a good understanding of the user experience considerations necessary for digital formats.
  • Experience in managing complex multi-component print and digital projects to budget and schedule.
  • Ability to liaise with and manage a range of authors, suppliers, and freelancers.
  • A willingness to learn new skills and processes.

Desirable

  • Experience of XML workflows.
  • Experience of teaching in the school types for which we produce resources.
  • Experience of educational publishing, particularly at Primary level.

Logistics

  • We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

Compensation and Benefits

  • We care about work/life balance here at OUP.
  • 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days).
  • A 35-hour working week.
  • We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role.
  • A great variety of active employee networks and societies.
  • Pension contributions up to 12%.
  • Loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance.
  • Travel to work schemes.
  • Access to a wide range of local discounts.
  • A discretionary annual payment.