Legal Editor

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Legal Editor to join our team at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. As a key member of our editorial team, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and quality of our legal content.

Key Responsibilities:

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• Editing technical legal and tax content in XML, reviewing content for sense and conformity to house style, and making style corrections in a timely and communicative manner.
  
• Solving technical issues and collaborating with colleagues to ensure our products work seamlessly.
  
• Building outstanding working relationships with authors, communicating priorities, and providing feedback and training.
  
• Identifying issues, suggesting solutions, and ensuring authors adhere to best practices.
  
• Leading content update and enrichment projects, meeting challenging deadlines, and working with third-party suppliers when necessary.
  
• Understanding and taking ownership of editorial processes, leading Continuous Improvement initiatives, and ensuring offshore editors and partner teams are aware of correct process.
  
• Delivering training, masterclasses, and feedback sessions on processes and best practices to editors, authors, and other teams.
  
• Testing product and CMS functionality, delivering editorial projects to support new offerings, and building relationships with other teams.
  
• Reporting up to and deputizing for Operations Manager, and performing other editorial tasks as required.
  

Specialist Knowledge/ Skills Required:

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• Proven first-rate sub-editing ability and experience of applying and developing a house style.
  
• Experience of working in an area of complexity and using professional knowledge to deliver results.
  
• Ability to prioritize own workload to meet tight deadlines, and proven ability to coordinate projects.
  
• Outstanding communication skills, and ability to negotiate and influence to ensure the best possible outcomes for the business.
  
• Interest in and ability to upskill on AI and automation, submit internal AI ideas, and conduct business experiments using generative AI tools.
  
• Legal qualification and/or background an advantage.
  

Work in a Way that Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.