Digital Content Generalist I

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional in Durban is seeking a capable writer to produce timely legal news content. You will research, write, review, and publish high-quality articles to help legal professionals stay informed about important developments.

You will collaborate with internal and external contributors, ensure accuracy, and uphold LN house style while meeting tight deadlines. The role emphasizes legal research, clear writing, and effective communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of legal principles gained through professional experience or education.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a quality-focused approach.
• Strong legal research, analytical, and written communication skills.
• Understanding of legal issues and diverse legal content types.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Clear, confident communication with diverse audiences including senior stakeholders.
• Innovative, solutions-driven problem solver who collaborates well in a team.
• Familiarity with social media, digital tools, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support Lexis+ UK current awareness news and LexisAsk service.
• Draft and review legal news articles and Supreme Court coverage.
• Deliver high-standard, customer-ready news items on the day of publication.
• Source external authors and collaborate on commentary for enhanced news pieces.
• Apply taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately.

Skills

Legal research

Attention to detail

Written communication

Stakeholder communication

Creative problem solving

Digital tools familiarity

Social media awareness

Tools

LexisNexis platforms

Current awareness service

Taxonomy application

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering timely, high-quality legal content that helps legal professionals stay informed and make confident decisions? Do you enjoy researching complex legal developments, working with cutting-edge technology, and collaborating with experts to create trusted legal intelligence?

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

In this role, you will help provide practical legal guidance and market insight by contributing to the smooth running of current awareness services. You will research, write, review, and publish high-quality legal news content, helping legal professionals stay informed about important legal developments. Working collaboratively with internal and external contributors, you will support the delivery of accurate, timely, and customer-focused legal intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Lexis+ UK current awareness news and LexisAsk service for customers
• Drafting and reviewing legal news articles and Supreme Court enhanced coverage of cases for the current awareness service
• Delivering high standard and customer-ready news items that are delivered on the day, are factually correct, well written and adhere to LN house style
• Sourcing external authors and liaising with them to provide commentary for enhanced news pieces and to repurpose externally written articles for the current awareness service
• Applying taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately

Requirements

• Possess a strong understanding of legal principles gained through relevant professional experience, legal training or education
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail with a strong quality-focused approach
• Exhibit excellent legal research, analytical, and written communication skills
• Possess a solid understanding of legal issues, procedures, and a wide range of legal content types
• Show the ability to think creatively, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, work effectively under strict deadlines, and take a proactive approach to tasks and challenges
• Communicate clearly, confidently, and persuasively with a broad range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
• Be an innovative and solutions-driven problem solver, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a team to resolve issues
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and openness to using, social media, digital tools, and emerging technologies

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, 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. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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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 law around the world.

We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations 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.