Content & Licensing Specialist (12 Month Contract)

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Toronto; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Content & Licensing Specialist to enhance its licensing agreements and stakeholder relations. This full-time, home-based role emphasizes collaboration, negotiation, and exceptional customer service. You will engage with internal and external stakeholders to create strategic licensing roadmaps, manage discussions, and ensure the effective delivery of legal content. Join a forward-thinking organization that values work-life balance and offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to the legal market through advanced technologies and analytics. If you are passionate about building relationships and have a knack for negotiation, this role is for you!

Qualifications

• 3+ years in client relationship, licensing, or publishing.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate licensing agreements with legal information providers.
• Manage relationships and ensure timely delivery of content.

Skills

Customer Service

Negotiation

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Relationship Building

Project Management

Bilingual (French and English)

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Content & Licensing Specialist
Primarily home-based – Full time position – Contractual 12 months

About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

LexisNexis Canada is seeking to hire a Content & Licensing Specialist that will report to the Senior Director, Strategy & Marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Consult and assist internal stakeholders to create a roadmap of licensing agreement priority;
• Negotiate licensing agreements with legal information providers;
• Manage and lead discussions with external stakeholders to achieve licensing goals;
• Provide demos to external stakeholders to show examples of how the content will be used;
• Collaborate and follow up with external and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of content to be processed and published;
• Maintain and nurture existing relationships with content partners and establish new ones;
• Build and maintain good public relations with the legal community, including practitioners, members of the judiciary, librarians, market research contacts, and other external legal professionals;
• Work with Marketing and Sales departments to build “go-to-market” strategies;

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience working in client relationship, licensing, or publishing industry.
• Ability to provide high-quality customer service to internal and external customers and to establish and maintain excellent working relationships.
• Strong time management and organizational skills, with the ability to meet goals and adapt to changing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work independently and as a collaborative member of a team.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and negotiation skills;
• Ability to manage multiple projects;
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of cross-departmental project teams;
• Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Bilingual in French and English would be an asset.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

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.