AI-Driven Legal Editor & Content Lead

RELX; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of RELX, is seeking a Legal Editor, AI Content Updating, to lead commissioning and the ongoing evolution of authoritative legal content across print and digital platforms. You will collaborate with expert authors and AI-enabled tools to keep content current, accurate, commercially relevant, and trusted by customers, shaping editorial workflows at scale.

Join a team that embraces flexible hours and a dynamic, technologically advanced publishing environment

Qualifications

• Legal qualification or demonstrable law experience.
• Experience in commissioning and publishing with portfolio ownership.
• Strong communication, adaptability, and influence to lead change.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with expert authors.
• Openness to applying new technologies in editorial publishing.
• Excellent editorial judgment and attention to quality.
• Effective project management and organisational skills.
• Confidence using AI-enabled tools in editorial workflows.

Responsibilities

• Commission and manage legal content portfolios across digital and print, aligning with strategy and commercial priorities, using AI-enabled lifecycle management.
• Recruit, onboard, and manage external authors and reviewers, setting clear expectations on scope, style and delivery with AI-assisted drafting and review models.
• Own the end-to-end commissioning lifecycle, including business case development, budgets, contracts, schedules, quality standards, and benefits realization.
• Plan and prioritise content development and updates by tracking legislative, regulatory and case-law developments using AI tools for horizon scanning and impact assessment.
• Provide substantive editorial oversight of commissioned content, including AI-supported updating and setting review standards for accuracy and usability.
• Use subject matter expertise to support design and testing of generative and agentic AI tools for commissioning, updating and maintenance of content.
• Operate with AI as a standard workflow, documenting prompts and applying editorial judgment to verify outputs before publication.

Skills

Legal background

Content commissioning

Communication

Author relationships

Editorial judgment

Project management

AI tools proficiency

Innovation mindset

AI-enabled tools

Education

Law qualification

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, part of RELX, is seeking a Legal Editor, AI Content Updating, to lead commissioning and the ongoing evolution of authoritative legal content across print and digital platforms. You will collaborate with expert authors and AI-enabled tools to keep content current, accurate, commercially relevant, and trusted by customers, shaping editorial workflows at scale.

Join a team that embraces flexible hours and a dynamic, technologically advanced publishing environment