Editorial Manager, US Analytical

RELX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 850 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global information provider is seeking an Editorial Team Leader to manage high-quality legal content development for the U.S. market. This role involves overseeing a collaborative team, implementing innovative AI-enabled workflows, and driving continuous improvement through data insights. Candidates should possess a law degree and leadership experience in editorial or content development, alongside strong organizational skills. Benefits include medical aid, retirement plans, and study leave.

Benefits

Medical Aid

Retirement Plan with Risk Benefits

Family benefits including adoption

Study Leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership experience with a focus on coaching and team development.
• Strong organizational and process-management abilities.
• Experience in publishing, media, or legal fields.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality content that meets business goals and customer needs.
• Oversee budgets and enforce best practices for quality and efficiency.
• Foster an inclusive and growth-oriented team environment.
• Promote AI-assisted content creation and standardize workflows.
• Monitor performance metrics and apply insights to enhance processes.
• Collaborate with teams to improve customer experience.

Skills

Leadership experience

Content management systems

Data-driven decision making

Collaborative mindset

Proficiency in Excel

Education

Law degree (LLB/JD or equivalent)

Tools

AI tools in editorial workflows

Job description

About our Team:

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, 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.

About the role:

Lead a collaborative editorial team to create and deliver high-quality legal content for the U.S. market. You’ll manage content development, implement modern workflows, and champion innovative practices, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve speed, quality, and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver quality content: Ensure timely, accurate, and relevant content that meets business goals and customer needs.
• Manage resources: Oversee budgets and enforce best practices for quality and efficiency.
• Lead and develop the team: Recruit, coach, and support team members; foster an inclusive and growth-oriented environment.
• Drive innovation: Promote AI-assisted content creation and standardize workflows for future-ready products.
• Use data for improvement: Monitor performance metrics and apply insights to enhance processes.
• Collaborate across teams: Work with editors, operations, product, and technology teams to unlock new opportunities and improve customer experience.
• Model the culture: Encourage learning, clear decision-making, and accountability.

Experience

• Law degree (LLB/JD or equivalent).
• Editorial or content development experience in publishing, media, or legal fields.
• Leadership experience (3+ years preferred) with a focus on coaching and team development.
• Strong organizational and process-management abilities.
• Comfortable using data to inform decisions; proficiency in Excel.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to influence in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with content management systems, XML, vendor management, and AI tools in editorial workflows (preferred).

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, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Medical Aid
• Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
• Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
• Study Leave

About the business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, 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.

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