LexisNexis
LexisNexis
LexisNexis
About the job
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About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About the role
As an Editorial Manager within LexisNexis’ Global Legislation and Regulatory Content, you will lead a team of South Africa-based content editors responsible for the accurate, timely, and high-quality editorial processing of United States statutory content. This role is pivotal in supporting LexisNexis’s mission to produce exceptional legal content that underpins our global legal research platforms and advances the rule of law.
Working closely with global stakeholders across North America, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA, you will drive alignment with strategic priorities, champion process improvements, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous growth.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of content editors through coaching, feedback, and career development.
Oversee the editorial process for U.S. statutory content, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Manage daily workflows and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and service level agreements.
Implement quality checks and continuous improvement initiatives.
Drive process optimization and support integration of automation and AI tools.
Act as the local liaison for global editorial teams and participate in cross-functional projects.
Contribute to editorial projects such as content migrations, system upgrades, and new product launches.
Requirements:
Experience in editorial operations, content management, or legal publishing.
Knowledge of U.S. legislative and regulatory content.
Proven leadership skills, including managing remote or distributed teams and the ability to lead, coach, and develop others
Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Familiarity with editorial tools and content management systems.
Comfortable working in a performance-driven environment.
A law degree, practical or applied experience in a legal, legislative, or regulatory setting
Comfortable working an overlap to support U.S. working hours.
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, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working for you
We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
– Medical Aid
– Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
– Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
– Study Leave
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.
Manager I, Editorial/Publishing
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, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. We collaborate with universities to educate students, and we support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. We partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide, is part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.