Music Publishers Association

We have been a leading figure in publishing for more than 500 years. We have always been a forward-looking organization, maximizing the technology for the day, but the digital revolution is bringing enormous change, fast. That same spirit of adventure and entrepreneurialism is critical to our future success. In a fast-changing publishing landscape, OUP welcomes the inquisitive, the inventive, and the ambitious; people who challenge the conventional, and pioneer the possible.

OUP’s Music Department is one of the world’s leading music publishers, with a strong educational catalogue incorporating major instrumental and classroom titles. It has a world-renowned choral list and a legacy catalogue of classical twentieth- and twenty-first century British and American music.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Responsible for the administrative tasks associated with enabling sheet music titles to be published digitally, you’ll be playing an important part in continuing to expand the Music department’s digital offering. Key responsibilities include:

• Sourcing digital files for print titles
• Working systematically through a list of titles to prepare them for digital distribution, creating and maintaining records in the publishing management system
• Liaising with colleagues to check rights and organize distribution
• Preparing marketing copy according to an agreed template and creating title records in marketing software Star Client
• Preparing PDF files for digital publication
• Support the Publishing team with administrative tasks to assist the publication of new titles and support the smooth running of the publishing programme.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A 12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSION.

We are currently thinking through how we use our offices in the future and are open to discussing flexibility within this such as a blend of office and home working. We expect this role to require 1 day a week working from the office currently.

ABOUT YOU

This is a great entry level role for someone with an interest in music, looking to gain some work experience within a music publishing department. The ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

• Excellent organization skills
• Good musical literacy, with an understanding of scoring, instrumentation, and notation
• The ability to work as part as a team but also independently
• The ability to adapt and work under pressure
• Willingness and ability to learn
• High level of digital literacy
• High level of English, with the ability to write clearly.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with Biblio software
• Good knowledge of the sheet music market, particularly choral.

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 of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, 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.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

QUERIES

Please contact [email protected] with any queries relating to this role.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

More details and full job specification available here