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Legal Editor

Legal Editor

LexisNexis • Australia
2 days ago
Job description

Every day, LexisNexis produces and provides industry-leading legal content to more than five million professionals across 100 countries in the legal, corporate, government, accounting, academic and law enforcement markets. Today, with our cutting-edge, high-speed and easily accessible information solutions, you can be the difference that will uphold the law across borders as the world and technology evolves.

About The Role

The Legal Editor is responsible for maintaining and improving the quality and currency of legal research content across a number of publications within an assigned portfolio.

This role will require you to become our subject matter expert on the publications within your portfolio by developing close working relationships with our authors, customers and internal stakeholders, including Sales and Marketing teams. You will have responsibility for the development and commercial success of your portfolio.

Your commercial acumen, legal qualifications, relationship management skills and ability to drive projects forward will see you stand out from the rest. Practical legal experience and an understanding of our customers’ research needs will be highly regarded.

This is a permanent full-time role open to applicants from South Australia, with primarily home-based arrangements available for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

  • Edit manuscript to ensure accuracy, currency, relevance and consistency with house style
  • Coordinate with external editorial support teams to ensure smooth and timely processing of updated content
  • Utilise project management skills to meet publishing schedule and implement agreed plans for enhancements within commercial parameters
  • Develop awareness of practice area developments, legislative reforms, case law and trends impacting your portfolio and collaborate with authors to translate these developments into enhancements for our customers
  • Build knowledge of key customer segments including personas, behaviours, usage and expectations in order to develop and maintain content in line with customer needs

Requirements

  • Law degree or demonstrated legal practice area knowledge is highly preferred (LLB, law clerk, legal researcher, paralegal etc)
  • Computer skills in Microsoft Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
  • Prior editing or publishing experience would be advantageous
  • Superior reading and legal comprehension skills
  • Sound legal, language and grammatical ability
  • Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships
  • Ability to work within deadline driven environment with high attention to detail
  • Every day at LexisNexis, you will work with highly creative minds to explore impossibilities, inspire innovation and lead the way 21st century legal content is produced, disseminated and utilised. You have the power to empower those in need and truly make a difference to the lives of people all around the world.

    Benefits

    We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous Wellbeing initiatives, Paid Parental Leave, Volunteering Leave, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

  • An excellent opportunity to work with one of the major providers in legal research and technology solutions
  • Share in our global mission and contribute every day to the advance of the rule of law around the world
  • Exciting and engaging long-term career path as an alternative to legal practice that remains engaged with the legal industry
  • Optical Assistance
  • Life assurance and income protection
  • Option to buy additional Annual Leave days
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Referral Bonus
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Benefits for you and your family
  • Access to learning and development resources
  • Retail discounts and cashback offers
  • Global discounts and free wellbeing & learning classes
  • Electric Vehicle Novated Leasing
  • 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.

    Learn More About Opportunities

    To learn more about opportunities with LexisNexis or RELX Global, join us here : https : / / www.lexisnexis.com.au / en

    https : / / www.relx.com / careers / join-us

    Application Notes

    We are looking to fill this role as soon as possible – apply now to be considered.

    Please note : Our office will be closed for the Christmas shutdown from 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026. Applications are still welcome during this time, and we’ll resume reviewing them once we’re back in January 2026.

    Thank you for your interest.

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