About the Press

Cambridge University Press is the printing and publishing house of the University of Cambridge. It is an integral part of the University and is devoted constitutionally to printing and publishing for "the acquisition, advancement, conservation, and dissemination of knowledge in all subjects". As such, it is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation, free from tax worldwide. For centuries, the Press has extended the research and teaching activities of the University by making available through its printing and publishing a remarkable range of academic and educational books, journals and Bibles.

Today the Press is one of the largest academic and educational publishers in the world, publishing nearly 2,500 books and over 150 journals a year, which are sold in some 200 countries. For millions of people around the globe, the publications of the Press thus represent their only real link with the University of Cambridge.

The Press is now in a true sense a "world publisher". English is the dominant language of scholarship and science, and the Press seeks to attract the best authors and to publish the best work in the English language worldwide; it currently has over 24,000 authors in 108 countries, including well over 8,000 in the USA , over 1,300 in Australia, and over 100 each (and rising fast) in countries as diverse as Japan, Russia, South Africa, Spain and Israel. The Press publishes and distributes the whole of this varied output through its own network around the world: there are branches in North America, Australia, Africa, South America, Iberia and East Asia, all representing the whole list, supported by sales offices in every major centre; there are editorial offces in Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Cape Town, Madrid and Singapore, each contributing their own related publishing programmes; and the Press's websites are visited by over 2.5 million people worldwide.

Cambridge is also unusual in maintaining a Printing Division, which has been through an equally dramatic evolution in the last 150 years. In the 1850s, the University Press was predominantly a printing business and primarily a printer of Bibles and prayer books. Today, the Press has a large modern Printing House with leading-edge technology: it was the first UK printer to install an eight-unit colour printing machine; it handles every kind of work from traditional craft binding to electronic database management; it is the market leader in new typesetting systems to support both electronic and printed publications; and it produces a vast range of scholarly and educational books and journals, not only for the Press's Publishing Division but also for many other academic publishers and organisations throughout the world.

Since 1980 the Printing and Publishing Divisions have shared the same 30-acre (12-hectare) site on the southern side of Cambridge, a mile or so from the heart of the University. In the city centre are also the Pitt Building (1833) in Trumpington Street, and the Press Bookshop at 1 Trinity Street, situated just opposite the University Senate-House, on the oldest bookshop site in the UK, where the whole Press list of more than 20,000 titles is on display.

The future will see more growth and diversity as the Press publishes in new formats and media, establishes a presence in emerging educational markets, responds to intellectual developments in the subject areas where it is already active, and continuously invests in technological change to improve its production, distribution and information systems. But the whole of this great expansion remains essentially an organic development, directly related to the Press's statutory aims and realised through a unitary, international printing and publishing organisation, with its physical and constitutional centre in Cambridge.

Working at the Americas Branch of Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the printing and publishing house of The University of Cambridge. The Press is a non-profit institution designed to promote the advancement of learning through publication of academic and educational books and journals.

The Americas office of Cambridge University Press is an equal opportunity, at-will employer. Founded in April 1949, the NAB is an integral part of the Press and is not a separate publishing house. It serves the Americas (North and South). The office employs a staff of over 230, and generates about a third of the Press's worldwide income. The Americas office consists of two offices, each of which is responsible for a particular area of its activities.

The Americas office is the executive or main publishing office of Cambridge University Press in the Americas. It houses the editorial, production, marketing, sales, personnel, and information services departments for the Branch. It is located in the Tribeca area of Manhattan and is easily accessible by several subway and bus lines, as well as the New Jersey PATH system.

Editors initiate our publications. They deal with authors, assess new publishing proposals, and are responsible for the quality and content of what we publish. The production staff is responsible for the physical design and specification of our products, and for producing finished copies of the publications within agreed schedules and costs. The marketing staff is responsible for the promotion and publicity of the books, arranging reviews, mailings, advertisements and any events associated with publication. The sales department is responsible for selling our publications to bookstores and wholesalers through the Press¹s sales representatives and agents. The personnel and office services department is responsible for employment and benefits as well as mail and other administrative services. The IS dept is responsible for managing the computer systems and networks and for supporting staff with their use.

The West Nyack office is the distribution center for the Americas Branch. The Press's books and journals are stored in and distributed from the West Nyack warehouse, and it and the associated departments (order entry, customer service, inventory control) are located here.

Supporting these activities is the work of several other departments: the accounting and credit and collection departments, which pay our bills, collect the money from our customers and provide management information; the computer department, which manages our computer and information systems; and personnel and offices services, which deals with payroll and the many administrative tasks which enable the office to run.

From time to time employment opportunities are available in both the New York and West Nyack Offices from entry-level to senior management. Our advertisements describe the qualifications required, as well as the relevant skills, and experience we seek.

Positions in these offices cover a wide range of areas, including: Editorial, Marketing, Information Services, Production, Journals, ESL and Education, Office Services, Personnel, Accounting, Distribution, Customer Services, Maintenance, and summer internships.

The Press provides a stable and stimulating environment in which to learn and grow in academic publishing. Press employees are expected to perform at a high level and work together to help achieve the Press's educational goals. Outstanding benefits are provided, including free medical insurance, life insurance, retirement, and TransitChek. And to encourage continuing skills development, we offer a tuition assistance program, which subsidizes job-related educational courses to help staff succeed in the competitive global marketplace.

We invite you to apply for a position with the Americas office of Cambridge University Press. Open positions are posted at http://us.cambridge.org/information/jobs.htm . Please include a resume and cover letter with your application, and apply for an open position – we regret that we cannot respond to speculative letters or resumes.

Because we cannot sponsor you for immigration, you must have the relevant working permits/visas in order to be considered for a job in the Americas office.