Salary: Circa £51,000 | Circa €71,000 - Negotiable, depending on experience
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
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.
Skills Required
- 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
What We Do
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. Our four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, we currently work with over 5400 schools in 158 countries to develop and offer four challenging programmes to over a million students aged 3 to 19. Office Locations: Geneva | Washington, DC | The Hague | Singapore | Cardiff IB Foundation Office Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1 1202 Genève Switzerland IB Global Centre, Washington DC 3950 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 USA IB Africa/Europe/Middle East Global Centre Churchillplein 6 Den Haag, South Holland 2517 JW Netherlands IB Asia-Pacific Global Centre 600 North Bridge Road #21-01 Parkview Square Singapore, 188778 Singapore IB Global Centre Cardiff Peterson House Malthouse Avenue Cardiff, Wales CF23 8GL United Kingdom
