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Legal Editor Practice Area Con

LexisNexis South AfricaZA

21 days ago

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Job title : Legal Editor Practice Area Con

Job Location : South Africa,

Deadline : October 08, 2025

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About the Role

We’re looking for a highly collaborative and detail‑oriented SA Legal Editor to join the Global Analytical Editorial Operations team. In this role you will curate, enhance, and expand authoritative US legal analysis by partnering with expert authors and leveraging AI‑enabled editorial tools. You’ll combine sharp legal insight with strong project‑ and relationship- management skills to ensure that our products deliver comprehensive and timely guidance to our customers.

Responsibilities

Recruiting, onboarding, and supporting external authors; setting clear expectations for scope, style, and delivery.

Maintaining productive long‑term relationships, intervening early to resolve performance issues or revise author mix as needed; managing contributor contracts within approved budgets.

Tracking legislative, regulatory, and case‑law developments to keep content current, understanding emerging trends, and identifying white‑space opportunities for new content.

Managing portfolio delivery plans, collaborating with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost.

Providing substantive and structural updates and / or edits, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and cross‑platform functionality.

Acting as content expert for assigned practice areas, supplying requirements for customer‑facing features and workflow improvements.

Supporting Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success with subject‑matter expertise to enhance marketing collateral.

Leveraging generative and agentic AI, automation, and data to support streamlining of content development and editorial processes.

Requirements

Have a degree in law (LLB, JD, or equivalent); Advanced degree in taxation a plus

Have at least 1 year of professional tax experience in practice, corporate, or advisory settings.

Demonstrated ability to scope requirements for new legal content; edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice.

Be comfortable using LLMs for legal research; skilled at crafting prompts, evaluating outputs, and iterating for optimal results.

Able to interpret market signals, customer feedback, and data to inform content initiatives and drive sustainable growth.

Be a clear and positive communicator who thrives on collaborating with stakeholders and partners; delivers on commitments, pivots quickly as needed and views setbacks as learning opportunities.

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