Director of Communications

LexisNexis; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive bonus

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional seeks a Director of Communications to shape global AI, technology, and professional leadership narratives. You will counsel executives, manage high-profile programs, and lead external and internal communications with a data-driven, AI-enabled approach.

In this senior role, you will build trusted relationships across a large global organization, drive strategic storytelling, oversee media engagement, and partner with Product, Technology, Marketing, and executive

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive corporate communications and public relations experience in technology or global business.
• Significant experience guiding corporate, technology and product communications programs.
• Proven ability to lead complex PR initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Strong ability to translate AI and emerging tech into clear customer-focused messages.
• Extensive experience advising C-suite and senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead corporate communications strategies for AI and technology leadership.
• Shape external narrative around AI, technology, and product leadership with focus on customers.
• Lead media strategy for major announcements, product launches, partnerships, and events.
• Manage a disciplined communications calendar aligned with leadership priorities.
• Oversee internal communications connecting employees to business strategy.
• Plan and execute global employee town halls with CEO remarks and scripts.
• Use AI as an integral part of daily communications work.
• Independently lead complex initiatives with limited supervision.
• Build relationships across a large matrixed organization.
• Prioritize competing requests by business importance and reputational impact.
• Manage multiple initiatives against aggressive deadlines.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic communications

Media relations

AI communications

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, English, or related field

Tools

AI tools in comms

Job description

Are you excited about shaping the conversation around AI, innovation, and the future of the legal profession?

Do you thrive on transforming complex technology stories into compelling narratives that influence customers, media, and industry perception?

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 prioritizes 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

As Director of Communications at LexisNexis Legal & Professional, you will help shape and drive our global corporate, AI, and technology leadership narrative.

In this senior, highly visible role, you will combine excellent judgment with exceptional execution. You will move comfortably between providing strategic counsel, leading high-profile communications, and managing the detailed operational work needed to deliver consistently. Drawing on your extensive global corporate communications experience, you will develop communications strategies, advise senior executives, identify reputational opportunities and risks, work with reporters, draft press releases and corporate messaging, and personally handle employee communications under tight deadlines.

You will strengthen LexisNexis’s position as a global leader in legal AI and technology by developing compelling narratives, identifying news and thought leadership opportunities, and maintaining a consistent flow of high-quality communications. You will be proactive, highly independent, precise, and relentlessly focused on results. You will also build strong relationships across the business, connect ideas, identify stories early, and turn them into meaningful communications opportunities.

As an AI-native communications professional, you will use AI to improve the quality, speed, and scale of your work. This includes research, content development and review, information synthesis, and the creation of agents, skills, and other AI-enabled processes.

You will report to the VP, Communications and Global PR for LexisNexis Legal & Professional and work closely with the CEO of LexisNexis Legal and senior leaders across Product, Technology, Marketing, and Communications globally.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute corporate communications strategies that strengthen LexisNexis’s reputation and advance business priorities.
• Shape and drive the company’s external narrative around AI, technology, innovation and product leadership, with a focus on customer outcomes.
• Lead media strategy for major company announcements, product launches, partnerships, acquisitions, research, executive thought leadership and industry events.
• Create and manage a disciplined communications and content calendar focused on sustaining the company’s leadership position in AI, technology and legal innovation.
• Lead internal communications for LexisNexis Legal, connecting employees to business strategy, priorities and company direction.
• Lead the strategy, planning and execution of global employee town halls, including agenda development, CEO remarks and scripts, speaker coordination and presentation content.
• Use AI as an integral part of daily communications work, including research, drafting, editing, content review, analysis and planning.
• Operate as a senior communications leader who can independently lead complex initiatives with limited supervision.
• Build strong relationships throughout a large, matrixed global organization and develop the internal network necessary to understand the business deeply.
• Prioritize competing requests based on business importance, reputational impact, audience value, and communications opportunity.
• Manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously against aggressive deadlines without losing attention to detail.

What Success Looks Like

The successful Director will:

• Create a sustained external drumbeat that reinforces LexisNexis leadership in AI and technology.
• Proactively uncover communications opportunities and turn complex developments into clear, differentiated stories.
• Independently lead major communications initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Produce high-quality communications quickly, accurately, and consistently.
• Earn the trust of senior executives as a strategic advisor.
• Build deep relationships across the organization to identify opportunities, risks, and emerging issues early.
• Use AI in sophisticated, practical ways to improve communications quality, speed, scale, and impact.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive corporate communications and public relations experience, preferably in technology, AI, information services, professional services, or another complex global business.
• Significant experience leading corporate, technology, and product communications programs.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex PR initiatives from strategy and messaging through content development, media execution, and measurement.
• Strong experience communicating AI, emerging technology, and other complex subject matter in clear, compelling, customer-focused ways.
• Advanced practical experience using generative AI in professional communications work; experience with AI agents, skills, automations, or AI-enabled processes strongly preferred.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and message-development skills, with the ability to produce high-quality work quickly and accurately.
• Extensive experience advising C-suite and senior executives.
• Strong media relationships and a deep understanding of what makes a compelling story.
• Demonstrated judgment managing sensitive corporate and reputational issues.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a large, highly matrixed global organization.
• Experience leading teams, agencies, and complex cross-functional projects.
• Ability to prioritize independently, make sound decisions under pressure, and deliver against aggressive deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, English, or a related field.

Work in a Way That Works for You

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. 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.

Candidate Evidence

Candidates should be prepared to provide specific work examples demonstrating experience, results, and AI proficiency.

References

Final candidates will be expected to provide professional references who can speak directly to their performance.

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.