Senior Editor

RELX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an editorial professional to join their dynamic team. This exciting role involves managing production schedules and ensuring the quality of legal content that is relied upon by practitioners and academics worldwide. You will collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders while driving operational efficiencies in the editorial process. The company promotes a healthy work/life balance and offers flexible working hours, making it an ideal environment for those looking to thrive in the legal publishing field. If you have a passion for law and editorial excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Wellbeing Initiatives

Flexible Working Hours

Shared Parental Leave

Study Assistance

Sabbaticals

Qualifications

• Experience in editorial operations or legal practice with knowledge of UK law.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage production schedules and ensure editorial quality of legal content.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and track project progress.

Skills

Editorial Operations

Legal Publishing

Legal Research

Project Management

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Degree in Law or Related Field

Tools

Digital Publishing Tools

XML Workflows

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting editorial role?
Would you enjoy working with legal content from diverse jurisdictions, including Scottish law?

About the 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 creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

Within our UK Analytical Editorial Operations group, you will be part of a team responsible for delivering authoritative legal content, including the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia (the cornerstone of the Scots lawyer’s library) and the Digest: Annotated British, Commonwealth, and European Cases. These publications are relied upon by practitioners and academics worldwide for their comprehensive coverage of evolving legal systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage Production Schedules: Planning and maintaining detailed content timelines for both print and digital formats, identifying potential bottlenecks, mitigating risks, and communicating deadlines to stakeholders.
• Ensure Editorial Quality: Reviewing, copyediting, and styling legal manuscripts to align with house style; conducting spot checks, coordinating quality assurance reviews, and monitoring legislative/case law updates for accuracy.
• Prepare and Maintain Content: Overseeing the creation of consolidated indexes, tables of cases, and statutory material; uploading and organizing content in relevant systems, and preparing annual or biannual supplements and cumulative volumes.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Liaising with authors, freelancers, offshore production teams, and other internal collaborators to address editorial queries and keep publications on schedule.
• Track Progress and Report: Compiling regular status reports for management, monitoring overall project progress, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Drive Operational Efficiencies: Identifying areas for workflow improvement, recommending solutions, and implementing best practices to enhance editorial processes and production systems.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in editorial operations, legal publishing or legal practice, along with a grasp of how law develops in the UK—covering both legislative processes and common law. Depending on the position, this would include a specific focus on English or Scottish legal frameworks.
• Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional or Commonwealth case law is advantageous, along with the ability to conduct legal research, and handle editorial responsibilities.
• Have strong organisational skills, with the ability to meet key deadlines while managing multiple priorities.
• Able to demonstrate solid project management skills and resolve issues proactively across cross-functional teams to ensure progress against objectives.
• Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards in all published material.
• Knowledge of digital publishing tools or XML workflows is a plus.

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 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.