Legal Editor, Practice Area Content

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Last Updated: 3/30/2026 9:31:32 PM

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Current Days Open
34
Reqs Seen
2
Current Min Salary
$59,200.00 (Yearly)
Current Max Salary
$98,600.00 (Yearly)
Historical Time to Fill
34.5
First Seen
2/24/2026
Lowest Min Salary Seen
$59,200.00 (Yearly)
3/30/2026
Highest Max Salary Seen
$98,600.00 (Yearly)
3/30/2026

Full Job Description

Would you like to shape the future of legal analysis by combining expert insight with cutting-edge AI tools? Interested in applying your legal expertise, editorial precision, and collaborative skills to enhance and expand legal content? 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 todays top model creators for each individual legal use case. About the Role Were looking for a highly collaborative and detailoriented US 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 AIenabled editorial tools. Youll 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 Author & Contributor Relationships Recruit, onboard, and support external authors; set clear expectations for scope, style, and delivery. Maintain productive longterm relationships, intervening early to resolve performance issues or revise author mix as needed; manage contributor contracts within approved budgets. Domain Expertise and & Content Planning Track legislative, regulatory, and caselaw developments to keep content current, understand emerging trends, and identify whitespace opportunities for new content. Manage portfolio delivery plans, collaborating with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost. Editorial & Product Management Provide substantive and structural updates and/or edits, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and crossplatform functionality. Partner with Product Managers/Content Strategy/Segment to ensure alignment with market needs; monitor customer feedback and analytics. Act as content expert for assigned practice areas, supplying requirements for customerfacing features and workflow improvements. Market & Customer Engagement Support Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success with subjectmatter expertise to enhance marketing collateral. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Leverage generative and agentic AI, automation, and data to support streamlining of content development and editorial processes. Contribute to cross-functional initiatives such as new product pilots, tool evaluations, and standards development; highlight best practices to peers. Requirements Education J.D. required Experience 15 years of legal practice or comparable legal publishing experience; familiarity with federal law is required, along with a desire to develop expertise in other practice areas Editorial Excellence Demonstrated ability to scope requirements for new legal content; edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice Tech Fluency Comfortable using LLMs for legal research; skilled at crafting prompts, evaluating outputs, and iterating for optimal results Commercial Mindset Ability to interpret market signals, customer feedback, and data to inform content initiatives and drive sustainable growth Communication & Adaptability Clear, positive communicator who thrives on collaborating with stakeholders and partners; delivers on commitments, pivots quickly as needed and views setbacks as learning opportunities Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, and study assistance, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. 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. U.S. National Base Pay Range: $59,200 - $98,600. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. Base Pay Range for CO is $59,200 - $98,600. Base Pay Range for IL is $62,100 - $103,500. Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL is $65,100 - $108,500. Base Pay Range for MD is $62,100 - $103,500. Base Pay Range for NY is $65,100 - $108,500. Base Pay Range for New York City is $71,000 - $118,300. Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY is $59,200 - $98,600. Base Pay Range for OH is $56,200 - $93,700. Base Pay Range for NJ is $69,916- $111,684. Application deadline is 03/31/2026. 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. 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. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams here. Please read our Candidate Privacy Policy. We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: EEO Know Your Rights. 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 whats possible for the way our customers work and to advance whats possible in the world by strengthening the rule of law.

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