Digital Content Generalist I

RELX INC; Durban; On-site; ZAR 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

RELX INC is seeking a motivated legal content professional to support current awareness services in Durban. You will research, write, review, and publish timely legal news content, collaborating with contributors to ensure accuracy and relevance for legal professionals.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality, customer-focused legal intelligence, with close attention to detail, deadlines, and clear communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of legal principles gained through relevant professional experience or education.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a quality-focused approach.
• Excellent legal research, analytical and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and explain a wide range of legal content types.

Responsibilities

• Support Lexis+ UK current awareness news and LexisAsk service for customers.
• Draft and review legal news articles and Supreme Court coverage.
• Deliver high-standard, customer-ready news items that are timely and accurate.
• Source external authors and liaise to provide commentary for enhanced pieces.
• Apply taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately.

Skills

Legal research

Attention to detail

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Durban_SA

Johannesburg

Full time

R117379

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.

We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.