Job Title: Content Architect
Salary: £51,400 – £68,800
Location: Cambridge, UK (Hybrid – 40% of time in office minimum)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time – 35 hours over 5 days a week
About The Role
As Content Architect you will own content strategy and workflow design for a range of digital products. You will work cross‑functionally with Editorial, Production, Platform Technologies and external suppliers to ensure content files and metadata meet all internal and third‑party technical standards while continuously driving innovation, automation and quality throughout our publishing pipelines. This senior subject matter expert role bridges content, technology and publishing operations and you will be accountable for the technical integrity and efficiency of our digital content architecture from initial discovery to post‑publication maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain content strategy and technical specifications for digital publishing products (ePub, HTML, PDF, XML etc.) and ensure their adoption and consistency across teams and suppliers.
- Design the structure, architecture and user experience of digital outputs, covering navigation, accessibility, multimedia integration and device optimisation.
- Develop and optimise end‑to‑end content workflows from inception through post‑publication maintenance, delivering measurable improvements in efficiency and quality.
- Lead projects and temporary teams to implement new workflows, managing schedules, resources and risks.
- Liaise with internal teams and external suppliers to align on standards and resolve technical challenges.
- Champion automation and process innovation to maximise productivity across Content Services.
- Provide training, guidance and ongoing support to Content Services teams on technical standards and best practice.
- Represent Content Services in forecasting, discovery and proof‑of‑concept exercises, contributing expert insight to shape product and platform decisions.
About You
We seek someone with deep knowledge of XML standards and digital publishing formats – ePub, PDF and web publishing standards – and demonstrable experience of cross‑functional project delivery, software QA testing and communicating technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders. Familiarity with command‑line toolsets, content management systems and specialist content tools such as TeX and image processing software (Photoshop or ImageMagick) is strongly desired. Understanding of academic or educational publishing production processes is important to your success in this role.
- Experience with XSLT, CSS, Python or VBA.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments and with project management tools such as Trello or Asana.
- Knowledge of BITS/JATS XML, Onix standards or SCORM/eLearning formats.
- Experience designing and delivering staff training programmes.
- Familiarity with digital content creation software such as the Adobe Suite, Articulate Suite, H5P etc.
- Familiarity with AI toolsets such as Claude Code, N8N etc.
Rewards and Benefits
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 × annual salary
- Green travel schemes
We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer committed to equality and inclusion, ensuring a recruitment process that is accessible to all. The DC scheme’s Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, disclose a disability or long‑term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long‑term health condition.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
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