At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead editorial teams to deliver high-quality legal content and drive innovation.
- Company: Join LexisNexis, a global leader in legal information and analytics.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working hours, wellbeing initiatives, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic environment with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the legal field while embracing AI and advanced technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in editorial leadership and a strong understanding of legal principles required.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
Are you an experienced editorial leader who is passionate about delivering high-quality legal content and driving operational excellence? Do you enjoy leading teams through innovation and transformation, including the adoption of AI-enabled workflows that enhance productivity, quality, and customer value?
About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide. 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.
About the Role
Reporting to the Director, Case Law Content Performance and Operations, the UK Managing Editor, Cases is responsible for leading UK-based editorial teams delivering case law content across the UK portfolio. The role has overall accountability for business-as-usual production across online case law and Law Reports, ensuring content meets established standards for quality, timeliness, and completeness while supporting operational excellence and continuous improvement. This position also plays a key role in the adoption of AI-enabled workflows and editorial innovation.
Responsibilities
- Oversee workflows for UK case law content across digital and print formats, ensuring quality, accuracy, timeliness, and cost effectiveness.
- Collaborate with commercial and product stakeholders to align editorial output with market requirements and opportunities.
- Develop, monitor, and report on editorial metrics and performance indicators aligned to operational objectives.
- Drive adoption, growth, and integration of systems, tools, automation, and AI-enabled solutions within editorial processes.
- Lead UK-based editorial teams delivering case law content across the UK portfolio.
- Ensure online case law and Law Reports outputs meet established standards for quality, timeliness, and completeness.
- Support operational efficiency and performance management within a structured, high-performance environment.
- Contribute to innovation, consistency, productivity, and quality across editorial operations.
Requirements
- Experience leading editorial teams and content production operations (legal content).
- Law degree or relevant work experience, with a strong understanding of legal principles.
- Ability to manage complex workflows across digital and print publishing environments.
- Strong focus on quality, accuracy, timeliness, and operational excellence.
- Experience using performance metrics and reporting to drive outcomes.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with commercial and product stakeholders.
- Experience supporting process improvement, automation, or AI-enabled workflows.
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in a structured, high-performance environment while driving innovation.
Work in a Way That Works for You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 Pattern
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.
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.
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.
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.
We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
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