Publishing Editorial & Marketing Specialist

• Job Type: Cardiff, UK - Full-Time, Permanent | The Hague, Netherlands - Initial contract period of 12 months followed by an indefinite contract
• Location: Cardiff, UK | The Hague, Netherlands
• Hybrid working: 1 day in the office per week

About the IB

The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 6,000 schools across 160 countries. A career with the IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.

About the job

The Associate Manager, Publishing Editorial & Marketing supports the development, quality assurance, and delivery of IB-endorsed educational resources through strategic collaboration with publishing partners. The role sits within the Digital Partnerships team, maintaining and expanding partnerships while supporting publishing workflows, quality assurance, marketing alignment, and partner engagement.

• Maintain publishing resources, guidelines, and workflows to ensure content quality and accessibility.
• Coordinate reviewer contracts, timelines, feedback cycles, and quality assurance processes.
• Manage content and feedback flow between reviewers and publishing partners.
• Support publishing partner relationships, communications, meetings, and issue resolution.
• Develop and execute marketing plans for IB-developed and co-published resources.
• Review and approve partner marketing collateral for brand and messaging alignment.
• Coordinate product launches and promotional activities with publishing and distribution partners.
• Maintain and improve publishing processes, documentation, and scalable workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business, Publishing, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• Experience in educational publishing, content development, or editorial delivery.
• Experience managing manuscript review and publishing workflows.
• Knowledge of educational marketing and product promotion.
• Strong project and programme management capability.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working with cross-cultural and distributed teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new systems quickly.

Benefits

UK

• Flexible benefits allowance equivalent to 1.5% of Annual Salary to spend on benefits or as addition to salary
• 10% employer pension contribution with a 3% employee contribution
• Enhanced family friendly benefits
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, plus opportunity to purchase up to 5 days of leave each year
• Life assurance 4x annual salary
• Flexible working hours (core hours are 10am-12pm and 2pm-3pm), 37.5 hours per week
• Paid volunteering leave
• Excellent continuous professional development

Netherlands

• Relocation support and work permit sponsorship available
• Flexible benefits allowance equivalent to 1.5% of Annual Salary to spend on benefits or as addition to salary
• Flexible working (core hours are 10am-3.30pm), 40 hours per week
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays, plus opportunity to purchase up to 5 days of leave each year.
• Bicycle scheme
• IB Pension
• Life insurance 2x annual salary
• Travel and work from home allowance
• Health insurance allowance
• Disability insurance
• Excellent continuous professional development

Opportunity & Belonging

We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified applicants. As a global employer, we adhere to all relevant employment legislation in the countries in which we operate, and we’re happy to provide any reasonable support or adjustments as needed to ensure applicants can fully participate in our recruitment process.