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LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Legal, government, and business intelligence platform

Legal Editor - AI Content Updating

Editing & ProofreadingPosted on Sep 2
Full-timeJohannesburg, South AfricaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or an equivalent legal qualification.
  • Experience in commissioning, legal publishing, and content development, with evidence of portfolio ownership and decision-making responsibility.
  • Clear communication skills and adaptability, with the resilience and influence needed to lead through change.
  • Ability to build strong and trusted relationships with expert authors.
  • Demonstrated openness to innovation and the application of new technologies within editorial and publishing environments.
  • Strong editorial judgment and attention to quality.
  • Effective project management and organisational skills.
  • Confidence working with AI-enabled tools and technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Commission and manage legal content portfolios across digital and print platforms, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with strategic and commercial priorities, while optimising portfolios through AI-enabled lifecycle management.
  • Recruit, onboard, and manage external authors and reviewers, setting clear expectations on scope, style, delivery, and update cadence, and driving author adoption of AI-supported drafting and review models.
  • Own the end-to-end commissioning lifecycle, including business case development, budgets, contracts, schedules, quality standards, and the realisation of agreed commercial and operational benefits.
  • Plan and prioritise content development and updates by tracking legislative, regulatory, and case-law developments using AI-enabled tools to support horizon scanning, prioritisation, and impact assessment.
  • Provide substantive editorial oversight of commissioned content, including editing and ongoing AI-supported updating, setting clear standards and review frameworks to ensure legal accuracy, clarity, consistency, and usability across platforms.
  • Use subject matter expertise to support the design and testing of generative and agentic AI tools for commissioning, research, updating, and maintenance of legal content at scale, applying expert judgment to evaluate and refine outputs.
  • Use large language models and AI-enabled tools daily as a standard part of the workflow, document and iterate prompts, and apply editorial judgment to verify and improve AI outputs before publication or stakeholder use.

About the Company

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Legal, government, and business intelligence platform

LexisNexis Legal & Professional provides legal, government, business, and high-tech information through subscription-based access to a vast repository of licensed news publications and corporate data. Its offerings, such as Nexis AI, enable advanced research, intelligence gathering, and automatic document summarization for professionals in law firms, corporations, government agencies, and academic institutions. The platform works by delivering curated information and insights from millions of companies and publications via a search and analysis interface, helping users find accurate information quickly. The company differentiates itself with a long history of service, a broad, licensed data library across multiple sectors, and AI-powered tools that streamline research and decision-making. Its goal is to help clients make informed decisions, achieve a competitive advantage, and boost efficiency by providing trusted information and tailored analytics.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$30M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1973

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