Legal Content Commissioning Editor

Butterworths Limited Company; Farringdon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a proactive commissioning professional to manage content from request to publication. You will research and recruit leading authors, negotiate terms, and work to tight timelines and budgets, ensuring high-quality, legally sound content.

You will collaborate with internal teams, analyse usage data, and identify process improvements to boost efficiency and impact across global legal publishing.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage workload effectively.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of translating customer needs into content.
• Ability to plan and deliver content on time and achieve 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.

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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Research skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Organization

Commercial awareness

Time management

Attention to detail

Relationship building

Self-motivation

Collaboration

Adaptability

Multi-priority management

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a proactive commissioning professional to manage content from request to publication. You will research and recruit leading authors, negotiate terms, and work to tight timelines and budgets, ensuring high-quality, legally sound content.

You will collaborate with internal teams, analyse usage data, and identify process improvements to boost efficiency and impact across global legal publishing.