UK Legislation Editorial Quality Lead

Butterworths Limited Company; Farringdon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a UK Legislation Editorial Quality Lead to oversee quality standards for statutory and regulatory content across the UK and Ireland. You will work closely with Editorial, Product, and Technology teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and online-first publishing alignment.

You will help implement AI-enabled workflows, support quality improvement initiatives, and maintain effective editorial processes that deliver value to customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in legal editorial roles with content quality experience.
• Experience applying quality standards and participating in audits or reviews.
• Knowledge of digital publishing workflows and AI technologies.
• Familiarity with content management systems and XML.
• Understanding of regulatory or legislative content.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to implementing quality initiatives across UK and Ireland.
• Develop and update quality controls, checklists, and guidance materials.
• Conduct routine content reviews to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Monitor quality metrics and audit findings, and act on trends.
• Identify improvement areas and support corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Product and Technology to apply AI-assisted quality tools.
• Share best practices with local and global teams.
• Assist with training, documentation, and reporting on quality standards.

Skills

Legal editorial

Publishing

Compliance

Quality metrics

Audit processes

AI technologies in publishing

XML

CMS

Education

Law degree

Tools

CMS

XML

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality legal and regulatory content that customers can trust? Would you like to help shape the future of editorial quality by supporting AI-enabled publishing workflows and continuous improvement initiatives?

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 prioritises 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 The UK Legislation Editorial Quality Lead supports the delivery of quality standards for statutory and regulatory content across the UK and Ireland. Working closely with Editorial, Product, and Technology teams, you will help ensure content is accurate, consistent, and aligned with an online-first publishing approach. This role contributes to quality improvement initiatives, supports the adoption of AI-enabled workflows, and helps maintain effective editorial processes that deliver value to customers.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the implementation of quality initiatives across the UK and Ireland, helping to align regional practices with global standards and business objectives.
• Assist in developing and updating quality controls, checklists, and guidance materials.
• Conduct routine reviews and quality checks to support content accuracy and consistency.
• Monitor quality metrics and review audit findings, customer feedback, and error trends.
• Help identify areas for improvement and support corrective actions where needed.
• Work with Product and Technology teams to help implement AI-supported quality tools and maintain quality checkpoints within digital publishing workflows.
• Partner with local and global teams to share best practices, improve processes, and support editorial quality objectives.
• Assist with training activities, documentation, and reporting related to quality standards, audit processes, editorial tools, and improvement activities.

Requirements

• Law degree or equivalent highly desirable
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in legal editorial roles with a strong Experience in legal editorial, publishing, content quality, or compliance-related roles.
• Experience applying quality standards and participating in audit or review processes.
• General understanding of digital publishing workflows and emerging AI technologies.
• Familiarity with content management systems, XML, or similar publishing technologies.
• Experience working with quality metrics and analysing data to identify trends.
• Understanding of legislative or regulatory content.

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. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of lawaround the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assistcorporations in better understanding their markets and preventing bribery and corruption within their supply chains.We partner with leading global associations and customers to help collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. We endeavour to advance the rule of law across the world.Our teams are combining unparalleled legal and business information with analytics and technology to advance what’s possible for the way our customers work and to advance what’s possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.