Technical Editor - Global Editorial Operations Cases
Full-time
Hybrid (London Farringdon office)
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 prioritises using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced case law editor to join our Global Editorial Operations Cases organisation. This individual contributor role combines traditional legal editorial expertise with emerging GenAI quality review responsibilities. The role holder will primarily focus on writing and reviewing UK Law Reports headnotes whilst contributing to GenAI summary evaluation and broader editorial projects. The ideal candidate will possess a meticulous eye for legal accuracy and style, demonstrate sound editorial judgment and show an active interest in AI-assisted content workflows.
Responsibilities:
Write high-quality headnotes for publication across the UK Law Reports portfolio, ensuring legal accuracy, completeness, adherence to house style, and delivery within agreed timelines.
Revise and quality-assure head notes prepared by others, ensuring consistency with editorial and style standards; provide constructive feedback to enhance quality outcomes
Monitor and flag issues relating to anonymisation, reporting restrictions or other factors that may impact reportability or publication risk
Contribute to case selection, ensuring cases chosen for publication align with editorial criteria
Edit and style material in the relevant format, using templates where relevant
Work collaboratively with the UK Law Reports team to meet scheduling needs whilst continuing to meet editorial, stylistic and functional standards
Review and rate GenAI case summaries to agreed timelines
Support project initiatives, including testing, training, mentoring and contributing to the continuous improvement of editorial processes and AI-assisted workflows
Apply subject-matter expertise to improve the quality of legal content, serving as an editorial authority and legal SME within the team
Requirements:
Experience in legal publishing, case summarisation, or editorial roles, with a strong understanding of UK case law
Exceptional written English and editorial precision, with the ability to understand, navigate and present complex legal materials clearly and accurately
Proven ability to work collaboratively across teams, including product, technology and operations colleagues
Familiarity or awareness of LLM providers (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) and prompt engineering desirable
Highly detail-oriented and organised, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
A law degree or equivalent qualification required
Work in a way that works for you:
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees.
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
Wellbeing programs
Life assurance
Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
Save As You Earn share option scheme
Travel Season ticket loan
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Optional Dental Insurance
Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
Access to extensive learning and development resources
Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work
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.
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