Legal Editor

wk; Alphen aan den Rijn; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer seeks a Legal Editor to drive the digital content strategy for IP Law and Competition Law. You will manage content projects, perform metadata extraction, and act as SME for AI propositions, collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality legal content.

Fluent English required; CMS experience and prior legal publishing exposure are preferred. The role is hybrid, with two in-office days weekly to collaborate with the team.

Qualifications

• Law degree with IP or Competition Law focus.
• Practical experience in IP/Competition Law.
• Advanced computer proficiency and AI familiarity.
• Fluent in English; other languages preferred.
• Familiarity with CMS platforms for legal content updates.
• Experience in legal publishing or similar industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive content enrichment and metadata extraction for IP/Competition Law.
• Create and update content, drafting for social media and news services.
• Lead GenAI activities from a content perspective and quality checks.
• Collaborate with product and content teams; advise on workflows.
• Manage projects and vendors supporting content enrichment.

Skills

Accuracy

Legal research

Process-driven

Communication

Persuasive

Teamwork

Results-driven

Problem solving

Tech savvy

Customer focus

Independence

Education

Law Degree or IP/Competition Law focus

Tools

CMS platforms

Job description

#BETHEDIFFERENCE

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer , and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We're innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world's leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You'll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference. We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.

About the role

As a Legal Editor , you'll be a pivotal force behind the digital content strategy for our IP Law and Competition Law portfolio. Leveraging your expertise, you'll manage content projects, optimize user engagement through analytics, act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for AI propositions and ensure seamless collaboration among team members. Your work will directly impact our brand's online presence and user experience.

Responsibilities

Content Enrichment

• Drive the functionality of our tools and services through the enrichment of content.
• Analyze content, including case law, to extract relevant metadata.
• Develop rules for content enrichment.
• Build and maintain dictionaries, including taxonomies, with controlled values.
• Instruct vendors and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on implementing enrichment rules and coordinate their work to meet agreed quality standards.
• Normalize data to ensure consistency and accuracy.

Content Creation

• Stay informed about legal developments in IP Law and Competition Law and update colleagues on major trends.
• Update content within this area according to editorial policy.
• Draft and edit content for social media and other news services.

Generative AI (GenAI)

• Lead GenAI activities from a content perspective.
• Participate in the validation of GenAI Q&As, quality checks, and prompt engineering.

Collaboration

• Work closely with other departments, especially on product development and content processing/enrichment.
• Advise other departments on practice area-specific workflows and practices to improve and develop new products and functionalities that meet customer demands.
• Manage projects and partners that are supporting with content enrichment and creation

Administration and Reporting

• Ensure all administrative systems are accurately maintained.
• Provide monthly reports to the manager/leadership.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Law Degree or University Degree in IP Law or Competition Law.
• Practical experience in IP Law and Competition Law.
• Advanced knowledge of working with computers and working knowledge of AI.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of additional foreign languages is preferred.
• Familiarity with CMS platforms is beneficial for managing and updating legal content efficiently.
• Prior experience in legal publishing or a similar industry.

Skills

• High accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to conduct thorough and accurate legal research for initiatives at hand.
• Process-driven mindset.
• Strong communication skills.
• Persuasive and assertive.
• Team-oriented.
• Results-driven and delivery-focused.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Technologically savvy and interested.
• Customer-focused.
• Independent and self-motivated.

Hybrid: In office for 2 days in a week to work with the team

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.