Legal Content Commissioning Editor — Flexible Hours

LexisNexis Legal & Professional; Farringdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Study assistance

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Assistant Commissioning Editor to join the LexisPSL team. You will support commissioning high-quality legal content by collaborating with leading practitioners and internal stakeholders, delivering practical guidance to legal professionals.

This role suits those interested in publishing, legal content, project management or the broader legal industry, with a focus on producing timely, well-structured commentary and insights.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 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 agreed 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 processes 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 undertaken.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with LexisNexis teams and external authors.
• Continually improve commissioning processes to increase efficiency.
• Report on usage trends and progress using data analytics and reporting tools.

Skills

Research

Editing

Content commissioning

Stakeholder management

Time management

Tools

CMS

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an Assistant Commissioning Editor to join the LexisPSL team. You will support commissioning high-quality legal content by collaborating with leading practitioners and internal stakeholders, delivering practical guidance to legal professionals.

This role suits those interested in publishing, legal content, project management or the broader legal industry, with a focus on producing timely, well-structured commentary and insights.