Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. They are seeking a US Legal Editor who will curate and enhance US legal analysis using AI-enabled editorial tools, ensuring that content remains accurate and current while managing relationships with expert authors.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, onboard, and support top external authors in the field, fostering strong relationships with trusted subject matter experts and positioning LexisNexis as a preferred publishing partner. Set clear expectations for scope, style, quality, and delivery timelines, and provide ongoing guidance and feedback to drive consistent, high-value content aligned to portfolio and customer needs
- Maintain productive long-term relationships, intervening early to resolve performance issues or revise author mix as needed; manage contributor contracts within approved budgets
- Encourage and support authors’ effective use of Lexis+ Protégé and provide guidance on quality standards for AI-assisted content
- Track legislative, regulatory, and case-law developments to keep content current, understand emerging trends, and identify white-space opportunities for new content
- Manage portfolio delivery plans, collaborating with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost
- Use Agentic Content Platform as an integral part of everyday editorial workflows, applying editorial judgment to evaluate, refine, and approve outputs before publication
- Provide substantive and structural updates and edits, ensuring accuracy, clarity, consistency, and cross-platform functionality
- Contribute subject-matter insight to the testing, evaluation, and continuous improvement of AI tools used for content development and updating
- Contribute to cross-functional initiatives such as new product pilots, author recruitment, Lexis+ Protégé answer quality analysis
- Partner with Product Managers, Content Strategy, and Segment teams to ensure alignment with market needs; monitor customer feedback and analytics to make improvements
- Act as subject matter expert for assigned practice areas, supplying requirements for customer-facing features and workflow improvements
- Support Marketing and Sales with subject-matter expertise to enhance marketing collateral and product positioning
Skills
- J.D. required
- 1–5 years of legal practice, legal publishing, or comparable legal content development experience, along with a desire to develop professional depth of understanding in other practice areas
- Demonstrated ability to edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice
- Confidence working with AI-enabled tools for legal research, document summarization, content drafting, and editorial review. Skilled at crafting prompts, evaluating outputs, iterating for optimal results, and contributing to the improvement of AI-supported workflows
- Ability to interpret market signals, customer feedback, and data to inform content initiatives and drive sustainable growth
- Clear, positive communicator who thrives on collaborating with stakeholders and partners; executes on commitments, pivots quickly as needed, and views setbacks as learning opportunities
Benefits
- Numerous wellbeing initiatives
- Shared parental leave
- Study assistance
Company Overview
- RELX is a provider of information-based analytics for professional and business customs. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.relx.com.