AM New Careers Scheme
Our New Careers Scheme campaign for 2023 is now closed. Please connect to us and you will be notified when our 2024 campaign goes live.
The New Careers Scheme is an alternative to our existing Editorial Pathway
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The AM New Careers Scheme aims to develop a dedicated career pathway to some of the most sought after skillsets within our organisation. We are already fortunate to attract outstanding Editorial candidates who grow successful careers here at AM through our regularly advertised Editorial roles. This new pathway will help us develop our talent in careers which are crucial to the success of AM; Business Analysis, Product Management , Sales, Marketing and Engagement.
Martha Fogg
Managing Director, AM
Looking for an alternative to Editorial roles?
At AM we have a long established successful career pathway within our Editorial teams. We are fortunate to attract outstanding candidates for both our entry and mid level Editorial roles. However, the digital publishing industry requires additional skills outside of, yet sympathetic to, the Editorial team. We often need to look outside of our current team to recruit talented professionals from the fields of Sales, Marketing & Engagement as well as Product and Business Analysis. The New Careers Scheme is designed to grow our own talent in those areas through the AM colleague experience.
New Careers Scheme Example pathway
Onboarding
At AM we build a full onboarding programme around your first weeks in the organisation. You will gain a full overview of AM and get to know your key contacts and stakeholders. The onboarding and induction experience will involve a range of activities from team lunches, buddy coffees and departmental introductions. By the end of your first weeks you will feel embedded in the organisation and ready to start your rotations through the business.
Rotations commence
Your journey through the organisation begins. You will bring your existing skills and knowledge to each rotation, learning about the business from end to end. Each step along the pathway will provide a vital and unique insight to build a complete picture of AM, how we work, and the lifecycle of our products.
Editorial rotation
The Editorial team collaborates with archives and libraries to commission resources, working closely with conservation and curatorial staff to manage the digitisation of collections. During your time with editorial you will contribute to developing a resource from researching academic trends and collections to visiting and assessing the source material on visits to archives and libraries. You will develop an understanding of licensing and intellectual property and work with digitisation suppliers to take archival material from physical to digital form. You will work on making collections accessible and navigable through cataloguing, describing and indexing archival material. You will also work across the process of commissioning and writing contextual content to accompany the published archive.
Platform rotation
The Platform Development team builds software tools and products that support the needs of libraries, students, researchers and AM staff. The department is made up of technical and non-technical teams and you will join the Product team where no technical expertise is required! You will use Business Analysis, User Experience and Product Management techniques to explore ideas for product improvements. There will also be opportunities to develop a range of skills that will enable you to communicate with a variety of audiences.
Customer Support rotation
Working from our comprehensive training guidance you will be introduced to our internal software systems in order to support our customers, both internal and external .You will develop workload prioritisation skills, teamwork and effective communication. You will learn to set up and track trials, processing orders and maintaining and updating contact details. You will also learn our invoicing process and send access information to our customers. This will lead to an insight and understanding of our usage reports and you will become skilled in responding to our customers technical and product based queries.
Sales rotation
Our Sales teams are responsible for selling our Discover and Learn propositions to academic institutions across the globe. We build partnerships with customers to better understand their collection development requirements and to identify opportunities where purchasing AM collections could support their university’s teaching and research. During your time with us you will have the opportunity to network with librarians and academics at conferences, present to customers in sales meetings as well as completing new business campaigns to universities across EMEA. By the end of your rotation will have built a strong understanding of pricing models, developed your consultative selling skills and improved your communication skills and ability to pitch to a variety of audiences.
Engagement rotation
Engagement work closely with the academic community to support the use of our publications in teaching and research. On your rotation you will experience several core areas of this work. You will research university programs and help align our published material to the interests of academics. You will collaborate on meetings and workshops that introduce our collections and get students and faculty using them. You will review data and feedback that helps us understand how the collections are being used and frames our future work. By the end of your rotation with Engagement you’ll have developed communication and presentation skills, and put critical thinking and problem solving abilities into action.
Marketing rotation
The AM marketing team works globally to promote our innovative and market-leading primary source collections and technology to the academic community. As part of our collaborative and driven team you’ll learn about marketing trends and gain experience in leveraging internal and external expertise to inform marketing strategies that drive growth. No two days are ever the same. So whether its writing copy for a new email campaign, or researching topics for an upcoming global webinar, you’ll be working closely with teams across the business, from sales and engagement to platform and customer support, to raise awareness of AM and Discover, Learn and Create propositions.
Optional final rotation
By the final part of your pathway you will have had the opportunity to work closely with key stakeholders across our key commercial departments. The relationships you will have forged and the natural strengths you will have developed will help us work with you to identify the best opportunity for your final rotation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We are looking for two new colleagues to join us as New Careers Scheme Associates in September 2023.
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This programme is designed for those looking for a publishing-adjacent career. You may be a graduate in a related field or you may have built up solid relatable experience within an organisation. The key attributes we are looking for are a passion for the industry, and the drive to build your career and learn from some of the best professionals in digital academic publishing.
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We are recruiting towards a start date of September 2023. Exact date to be confirmed, both recruited Associates will join at the same time.
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You might show a passion for business analysis, or a flare for Marketing our products and engaging with Academic Institutions. The options are varied. However, if you're hoping to build a career in an Editorial capacity then our traditional roles are where you should head. Check out our Careers pages for current opportunities.
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Or.... what does 'success' look like? The initial contract is Fixed Term to 18 months. However, AM is a dynamic and fast paced (and growing!) business. Our intention is that you will have developed skills so valuable to us that an opportunity will arise for you to join us on a permanent basis .
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No. Whilst we are extremely proud of our paid editorial internship programme, those are short term and aimed at those who would like a snapshot taste of working in the digital publishing industry. This new pathway is for those who have already made that decision and commitment, and who have the drive and dedication to seize a longer term opportunity to work with us and build their own career.
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You will need to be within a reasonable commute of our office in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Many of our colleagues commute from Bristol, Reading or Oxford.
Our existing and popular Flexible Working Framework allows for a combination of home working and office based collaborative working. We work hard to make our offices a social, inspiring and fulfilling place to be. To maximise the learning and relationship building required for this role we believe that the NCS Associates will want to be in the office for a minimum of three days per week, flexing up or down in line with their current rotation.
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Ready to Apply?
Sound interesting but you don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minorities are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification or skill. At AM we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every single aspect of the description, we want to encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles at AM
Application & Selection Process
April / May 2023
Application
Use the 'Apply Now' button to send us your CV and (most importantly!) your covering letter outlining why this opportunity is the right next step for you and the background to your interest in History and the publishing industry.
May/June 2023
Selection
Our hiring colleagues will be shortlisting your applications. Keep an eye on your inbox for the next steps...... we may require further input from you!
June 2023
Online Assessments
Our Assessments will take place online and will comprise a variety of sessions for you to showcase your skills and ability. Full information will be made available at invitation stage.
July 2023
Interview Day, Marlborough
The final selection stage will take place in person at our offices here in Marlborough. You will have face to face interviews with key stakeholders in our New Careers Scheme and will get a full tour of our offices and have an opportunity to look around our beautiful town.
Sept 2023
Start date & Onboarding
Both recruited New Careers Scheme Associates will start their employment with us in September 2023.