Senior Editor

• Salary:

Spain and Mexico: Competitive | UK: £35,200 - £45,700
- Location:

Cambridge, Madrid, Mexico City
- Country:

Mexico , Spain, UK
- Business Unit:

English
- Vacancy Type:

Fixed Term
- Closing Date:

24 November 2025

Ashley De Los Reyes

Salary range: Competitive (Spain and Mexico) | £35,200 - £45,700 (UK)

Location: Cambridge, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; or Madrid, Spain - Hybrid (min. two days per week in the office)

Contract: Fixed-term (12 months), Full time

Are you creative, customer-focused, and collaborative? Are you ready to help us deliver our growth strategy by developing innovative new forms of support for our products? Do you aspire to be part of a dynamic team that is dedicated to meeting customer needs and responding quickly to market-driven opportunities? If so, this could be your next role.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Editor to join our English Solutions team to help develop customised solutions for specific clients and markets. We are a tight-knit and forward-thinking team, who enjoy working collaboratively and sharing ideas. You will have the opportunity to hear feedback directly from customers, which can be extremely motivating.

As a unit, we are committed to continuous improvement and strive to promote a learning culture. We have colleagues in different locations around the world and strive to foster a strong connection as a team, despite the physical distance.

Your responsibilities will include developing allocated print and digital projects and components and seeing them through to delivery, on time and within budget.

Some key accountabilities will be, but not limited to:

• Support the Commissioning Editor and other cross-functional stakeholders to agree and plan project timelines, milestones and deliverables, using appropriate tools.
• Book, schedule and coordinate the work of freelance editors, suppliers and other support roles to ensure project work is adequately resourced.
• Collaborate with the Commissioning Editors, Product Owners and other teams to promote editorial best practice.

This role offers great flexibility for growth and development, as well as the opportunity to make a significant, positive contribution to the development of bespoke English learning material for our customers all over the world.

About you

• Knowledge of ELT pedagogy theory and practice, including a CELTA / TESOL qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience in an ELT publishing environment with experience of editorial project management.
• Experience of both print and digital development.
• Organised, flexible and an excellent communicator.
• A 'can-do' attitude with exceptional attention to detail.
• An analytical thinker: able to problem solve and adapt to changing circumstances and challenges.
• Ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 24 November 2025, although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing 8 December 2025.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.