Assistant Product Manager, Performing & Visual Arts - 6-9 month fixed term contract

The Vacancy

Join [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s dynamic and friendly Product Innovation team and contribute to the ongoing development of our globally respected academic digital resources. This fixed-term role offers a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Digital Resources, supporting the delivery and improvement of our Performing & Visual Arts digital products.

You’ll play a crucial part in ensuring our platforms continue to meet the needs of academic users worldwide—coordinating content releases, supporting platform enhancements, and working cross‑functionally to deliver high‑quality digital experiences. This role is perfect for someone with strong attention to detail, excellent organisation skills, and an eagerness to grow within digital product management.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Support the management of a suite of Performing & Visual Arts digital platforms and collections.
• Coordinate content updates, testing, and product improvements.
• Work closely with a collaborative Editorial, UX, Discovery, Sales and Marketing team.
• Deliver meaningful products and resources to academic markets around the world.

The Role

Coordinate delivery: Manage and track schedules for content releases, enhancements, and platform updates. Work with internal colleagues and external suppliers to ensure smooth workflows and timely delivery.

Support platform development: Help champion specific products and platforms across the business, responding to queries, tracking bugs, and supporting copy, design, and navigation updates.

Deliver quality digital content: Upload, test, and maintain high-quality content across our platforms. Oversee metadata collection, indexing, and refinement, ensuring accuracy and consistency.

Contribute to innovation: Support discussions around new features, content types, taxonomies, and accessibility improvements. Work with UX and Discovery colleagues to ensure our platforms meet user expectations and industry standards.

Improve processes: Identify inefficiencies, suggest refinements, and explore AI‑driven workflow enhancements to support continuous improvement across the team.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience of leading projects and working independently.
• Comfortable working with digital systems and content (XML, CMS; knowledge of HTML a plus, but not essential).
• Quick to learn new processes and tools.
• Excellent communication and time‑management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a problem‑solving mindset.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external suppliers.
• Proactive approach, with enthusiasm for developing within product management.
• Experience of analysing producing usage reports and analysing usage data is desirable, but not essential.

Additional Information

The role is a full-time position, fixed term contract for 6-9 months, to start as soon as possible.

Salary: £32,000 to £34,000 per annum, depending on experience

The role can be based either at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP or at our Oxford office, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PH on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Wednesday and Thursday.

This position is eligible for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme.

Please apply by answering the questions on our application form and uploading your CV (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button by 23:59, 24th March 2026.

Bloomsbury Benefits

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] offers competitive benefits including hybrid working, 25 days holiday, 3.5 days Christmas company holiday, two paid Personal Wellness Days, Flexible Fridays, Work Anywhere Fortnight, Season Ticket Loan, Learning & Development, Share Save Scheme, AXA Healthcare Plan, and more.

The Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Plc is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.