Legal Editor: Secondary

Are you looking for an exciting editorial role?

Do you have great research and editing skills?

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About the Role

As a Legal Editor with a focus on U.S. online and print tax products, you will build author relationships through our print publications. You will edit manuscript, plan publication releases, secure release highlights, and implementing process improvements.

You will work with U.S. based authors to ensure the accuracy, of the products, while complying with production schedules, best practices, and publishing standards. You will also work on U.S. online tax products, including reviewing and updating both federal and state products.

**Responsibilities**:

- Building and maintaining author relationships for existing publications, ensuring timely receipt of manuscript in proper format.
- Developing, updating, and adhering to production release schedules in compliance with customer and business needs
- Assuring receipt of complete manuscript, supporting documentation, and release highlights for all publications.
- Copyediting and reviewing manuscript for substantive accuracy with consideration for functionality in all media. Observing the conventions of the product itself and LexisNexis.
- Implementing operational efficiencies to support best practices and adherence to publishing milestones.
- Supporting marketing and sales activities by collaborating with colleagues. create content for sales campaigns and training, value statements and other formation as requested.
- Contributing to initiatives as needed, including competitor analysis, content expansion, new product development, Practical Guidance, CLE, sales training, tool testing. Contributing to any other new initiatives that may arise.

**Requirements**:

- Experience in publishing or solid legal practice experience
- Able to demonstrate solid organizational and project management skills when dealing with multiple priorities to meet rigid and frequent deadlines.
- Be self-motivated and demonstrate initiative and good problem-solving skills
- Prioritize time management skills to meet rigid and frequent deadlines
- Have experience with content management systems and MS Office
- Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate collaboration across multiple time zones.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

- Medical Aid
- Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
- Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX Group, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form:
, or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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