Content Operations Executive

Role overview

What you’ll do

• Research and help curate thematic historical collections.
• Create, edit, and upload content using content management systems.
• Review and improve metadata for accuracy and discoverability; perform quality checks against academic and editorial standards.
• Write and edit blog posts, landing pages, and supporting content; monitor and report content performance trends.
• Maintain workflows and operational documentation; collaborate with product, licensing, and marketing colleagues.
• Support editorial partnerships, internships, and academic engagement activities; help deliver projects from concept through publication.

What we’re looking for

• Strong interest in history, heritage, humanities, or academic research; experience in copywriting, copyediting, or content production.
• Experience with academic or editorial content workflows and confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Dublin Core, MARC, controlled vocabularies, taxonomy work, and digital archive cataloguing.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines and experience working with academics or researchers, licensing partners, and marketing or product teams.
• Fluent in English and eligible to work in the UK.

Additional experience welcomed

• A postgraduate qualification in History, Humanities, or a related field.
• Experience with digital humanities resources, content management systems, coordinating multiple contributors, metadata standards, digital archives, or academic publishing workflows.
• Familiarity with digital content performance analysis and reporting.

Workplace

• Hybrid and flexible working opportunities, with one day per week onsite.

Benefits

• Ongoing learning and development support, including access to the Grow internal learning and career development platform.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment and the opportunity to work on content with academic impact.

Application timing

• Applications close 12 November 2026 at 4 p.m.