Legal Editor, Practical Guidance — Publish with Impact

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Life Insurance

Modern Family Benefits

Long service award

Learning & development

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Legal Editor to process and publish content, ensuring integrity, currency and quality in the Practical Guidance portfolio. You will align with editorial benchmarks, SLA compliance and cross-functional collaboration to deliver marketplace-ready content.

Responsibilities include editorial research, content updates for legal changes, and end-to-end workflow ownership. Strong English, project management, and publishing tech skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Education Qualification required, degree in Law preferred.
• Legal research and analytical skills; knowledge of Malaysia and Singapore
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft suites, business software
• Keen interest in AI
• Minimum 2-year experience in legal industry, practice experience advantageous
• High interest in publishing and editorial process
• Demonstrable track record in managing projects and deliverables
• High level of written and spoken English skills
• Technical competency XML-based or related content management systems an advantage but not a mus
• Working to tight deadlines, adherence to internal standards and metrics
• Excellent communication skills
• Project management abilities and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Edit manuscript for content and organisation to ensure accuracy, currency, relevance, conformance, accessibility and timeliness.
• Perform original research as required.
• Ensure that developments in the law are monitored and flow through into content in a timely manner as agreed within departmental SLAs.
• Expert competency in technical aspects of online content publications, assumes the role of the default go-to experts for all editorial operation aspects associated with Practical Guidance platform.
• Work with team, colleagues and customers to develop and implement ongoing product development.
• Commission or develop updates to existing content in response to legal and regulatory changes
• Participate in product reviews and CDIs to gather market feedback on keeping the product value proposition relevant and fit-for-purpose
• Adhere to the publishing schedule and SLA; implement agreed plans for product enhancements.
• Obtain end-to-end view of workflow requirements to meet launch deliverables
• Key owner of all production roadmaps and trackers
• Regular reporting of project status, flagging necessary resourcing, costs or other risks and dependencies with the ability to pre-empt risks for early mitigation
• Work together with other cross-functional department as necessary to implement projects in agile manner
• Work with Global Technology Operations colleagues to ensure functional operation of editorial content management system, publishing back-end systems
• Support the sales and marketing teams with information relating to the product catalogue;
• Build effective relationships with colleagues, customers (internal and external) and management to ensure efficient execution of tasks and roadmaps;
• Work with team, colleagues and customers to develop and implement continuous process improvements to achieve best practice.
• Review and suggest improvements to workflow for improved efficiency/ turnaround metrics

Skills

Legal research

Analytical skills

English language

Project management

Communication

Deadline driven

Education

Law degree

Tools

XML CMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a Legal Editor to process and publish content, ensuring integrity, currency and quality in the Practical Guidance portfolio. You will align with editorial benchmarks, SLA compliance and cross-functional collaboration to deliver marketplace-ready content.

Responsibilities include editorial research, content updates for legal changes, and end-to-end workflow ownership. Strong English, project management, and publishing tech skills are essential.