Assistant Commissioning Editor

LexisNexis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis is seeking an Assistant Commissioning Editor to join the LexisPSL team, supporting the commissioning of high-quality legal content. You will work with leading practitioners and internal stakeholders to deliver practical guidance and insights for legal professionals.

Key tasks include researching authors, negotiating terms, managing timelines and budgets, and improving commissioning processes. Strong writing/editing skills and collaboration with legal experts are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to articulate benefits of writing for LexisNexis.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage workload effectively.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of translating customer needs into commercially viable content.
• Ability to plan and deliver content on time and achieve budgets and targets.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to edit short commentary pieces for house style.
• Ability to build credibility and positive working relationships with leading legal professionals.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, adaptable, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end to end commissioning process from request for content through to publication, using prescribed software and tools.
• Conduct comprehensive research to identify appropriate authors by practice area and topics.
• Commission leading authors as identified during research and recommended by LexisNexis teams.
• Work within specified timelines, deadlines and budgets.
• Negotiate contractual terms across all commissioning work.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with LexisNexis teams and external authors.
• Continually identify opportunities to improve commissioning processes and efficiency.
• Report on usage trends and progress using data analytics and reporting tools.

Skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Communication

Time management

Commercial awareness

Editing

Relationship building

Multitasking

Tools

Data analytics tools

Job description

Are you looking to build a career in legal publishing, project management, or the legal industry? Would you like to work with leading legal professionals and help deliver trusted legal content used by practitioners around the world?

About Our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX (http://www.relx.com), 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. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles (https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Commissioning Editor to join our LexisPSL team. In this role, you will support the commissioning of high-quality legal content by working with leading legal practitioners and internal stakeholders, helping to deliver practical guidance and insight to legal professionals. This is an excellent opportunity for someone interested in publishing, legal content, project management, or the wider legal industry.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end to end commissioning process from request for content through to publication, working in the prescribed processes with the designated software and tools.
• Conduct comprehensive research to find appropriate authors according to practice area and relevant topics.
• Commission leading authors as identified during the research phase and recommended by the relevant LexisNexis teams.
• Work within specified timelines, deadlines and budgets.
• Negotiate contractual terms across all commissioning work undertaken.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with LexisNexis teams and external authors.
• Continually identify opportunities to improve commissioning processes and increase efficiency.
• Report on usage trends and progress using data analytics and reporting tools.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate the benefits of writing for LexisNexis.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage workload effectively.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of translating customer needs into commercially viable content.
• Ability to plan and deliver content on time and achieve agreed financial budgets and targets.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to edit short commentary pieces for house style.
• Ability to build credibility and positive working relationships with leading legal professionals.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, adaptable, and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

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 Pattern

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.

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.

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