Assistant Commissioning Editor

RELX Group; London Borough of Islington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Assistant Commissioning Editor to support the commissioning of high-quality legal content. You will work with leading practitioners and internal teams to deliver practical guidance for legal professionals, managing timelines, budgets, and house-style editing.

The role emphasises publishing, legal content, project management, and collaboration across multiple stakeholders within LexisNexis.

Qualifications

• Experience commissioning legal or professional content is preferred.
• Ability to research and identify appropriate authors by topic area.
• Strong negotiation and contracting skills with external contributors.
• Excellent project management to meet timelines and budgets.
• Attention to detail and ability to edit for house style.
• Strong written and verbal communication with internal stakeholders.
• Comfort with data analytics to report progress and usage trends.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end content commissioning from request to publication.
• Research and identify potential authors by practice area.
• Commission leading authors as identified and recommended by teams.
• Work within deadlines and budgets; negotiate terms.
• Build relationships with LexisNexis teams and external authors.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Report progress and usage using analytics tools.

Skills

Content commissioning

Research

Negotiation

Project management

Editing (house style)

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Job description

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.,

• 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.
  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.
  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)., 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.
  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.