US Legal Editor, AI Content Updating

Overview

This role involves curating, enhancing, and expanding authoritative US legal analysis by partnering with expert authors and leveraging AI-enabled editorial tools. You will ensure legal commentary and analysis remain accurate, current, and useful, combining legal judgment with project and relationship management to support content commissioning, research, drafting, review, and updating at scale.

Responsibilities

Author & Contributor Relationships

• Recruit, onboard, and support external authors; build strong relationships with trusted subject matter experts.
• Set clear expectations for scope, style, quality, and delivery timelines; provide ongoing guidance and feedback.
• Maintain long-term contributor relationships, intervening early to resolve performance issues or adjust author mix as needed.
• Manage contributor contracts within approved budgets.
• Encourage and support authors’ effective use of Lexis+ Protégé, including guidance on quality standards for AI-assisted content.

Domain Expertise & Content Planning

• Track legislative, regulatory, and case-law developments to keep content current.
• Identify emerging trends and whitespace opportunities for new content.
• Manage portfolio delivery plans in collaboration with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost.

AI-Enabled Editorial & Content Updating

• Use Agentic Content Platform as an integral part of everyday editorial workflows.
• Apply editorial judgment to evaluate, refine, and approve outputs before publication.
• Provide substantive and structural updates and edits to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and cross-platform functionality.
• Contribute subject-matter insight to the testing, evaluation, and continuous improvement of AI tools used for content development and updating.
• Support cross-functional initiatives, including new product pilots, author recruitment, and Lexis+ Protégé answer quality analysis.

Product & Market Alignment

• Partner with Product Managers, Content Strategy, and Segment teams to ensure alignment with market needs.
• Monitor customer feedback and analytics to drive improvements.
• Serve as subject matter expert for assigned practice areas, providing requirements for customer-facing features and workflow improvements.
• Support Marketing and Sales with subject-matter expertise to enhance marketing collateral and product positioning.

Requirements

• Education: J.D. required.
• Experience: 1–5 years of legal practice, legal publishing, or comparable legal content development experience, plus a desire to develop professional depth in other practice areas.
• Editorial Excellence: Demonstrated ability to edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice.
• AI & Tech Fluency: Confidence working with AI-enabled tools for legal research, document summarization, content drafting, and editorial review. Skilled at crafting prompts, evaluating outputs, iterating for optimal results, and contributing to improvement of AI-supported workflows.
• Commercial Mindset: Ability to interpret market signals, customer feedback, and data to inform content initiatives and drive sustainable growth.
• Communication & Adaptability: Clear, positive communicator who collaborates effectively with stakeholders and partners; delivers commitments, pivots quickly as needed, and treats setbacks as learning opportunities.

Preferred Qualifications

• None stated.

Compensation & Benefits

• Primary Location Base Pay Range (Home based – New York): $65,100 - $108,500
• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $59,200 - $98,600
• Geographic differentials may apply in some locations.
• Base Pay Range for CO: $59,200 - $98,600
• Base Pay Range for IL: $62,100 - $103,500
• Base Pay Range for Chicago, IL: $65,100 - $108,500
• Base Pay Range for MD: $62,100 - $103,500
• Base Pay Range for NY: $65,100 - $108,500
• Base Pay Range for New York City: $71,000 - $118,300
• Base Pay Range for Rochester, NY: $59,200 - $98,600
• Base Pay Range for OH: $56,200 - $93,700
• Base Pay Range for NJ: $69,916 - $111,684

Benefits include wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, and study assistance (country-specific benefits available based on location).

Location

• Home based – New York (Primary location)
• Application deadline: 10/31/2026

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.