Deputy Editor

An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.
Law Business Research has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees 

We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.

‘We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment,  sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.’

• Work closely with the editor of Lexology PRO to oversee and ensure successful delivery of the Lexology PRO editorial content strategy for news, features, long-form guides, and interviews. Ensure all content is interesting, unique and satisfying to in-house counsel and compliance professionals.
• Write complex and high-value content, demonstrating specialist knowledge for in-house legal and compliance teams.
• Edit stories written by reporters and content writers. Vet other reporters’ copy and polish it (spot the angle that’s been missed or otherwise add missing ‘x factor’). Ensure content is accurate prior to publication.

• Oversee and ensure successful delivery of specific projects – specifically long-form guides, interviews, and quarterly series.

• Assist in the organisation of meetings, conference travel etc under the direction of the editor.

• Collaborate with other editorial teams and with other teams across LBR e.g. production, product dev, events and marketing to ensure successful delivery of projects.

• Deputise for editor, responding to queries when s/he is away.

• Agree and hit all internal deadlines. Manage workflow and process e.g. daily news and features, quarterly series, and long-form content.

• Develop a personal profile of contacts within the in-house and compliance audience and client base. Be known internally and externally as a face of the brand and as a recognised and trusted ambassador.

• Identify and solve day-to-day problems that have a team-wide impact. Successfully resolve complaints and escalate larger complaints or problems, including all potential legal issues, to a senior level.

• Oversee senior reporters and content writers, with the view to one day line manage.

• Drive up the quality of content across Lexology PRO by providing feedback on stories to reporters and ensuring content is well reported, accurate, meet deadlines and conform to LBR’s house style.

• Work collaboratively as part of a broader editorial team and with teams across the business e.g. production.

• Attend and moderate key title events and webinars, digitally, locally and globally, representing the Lexology PRO brand.

• Educated to degree-level in journalism, law,  or other related discipline

• 3-5 years of experience in a journalism role or similar 
• An interest in writing about regulatory compliance and related topics, such as ESG, data protection, anti-corruption and bribery, competition and antitrust, and culture and ethics.

• Editing experience is desirable
• Excellent communication and language skills and storytelling ability

• High level of organisation, time management and attention to detail

• Ability to track and monitor rapidly changing legal and regulatory developments 

• Experience producing compelling and insightful analysis, including long-form content

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

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We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment,  sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability. We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.