Legal Editor, Practice Area Content

Reed Technology • Dayton, OH

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About The Position

We’re looking for a highly collaborative and detail‑oriented US Legal Editor to join the Global Analytical Editorial Operations team. In this role you will curate, enhance, and expand authoritative US legal analysis by partnering with expert authors and leveraging AI‑enabled editorial tools. You’ll combine sharp legal insight with strong project and relationship management skills to ensure that our products deliver comprehensive and timely guidance to our customers.

Requirements

• Education – J.D. required
• Experience – 1–5 years of legal practice or comparable legal publishing experience; familiarity with federal law is required, along with a desire to develop expertise in other practice areas
• Editorial Excellence – Demonstrated ability to scope requirements for new legal content; edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice
• Tech Fluency – Comfortable using LLMs for legal research; skilled at crafting prompts, evaluating outputs, and iterating for optimal results
• 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 thrives on collaborating with stakeholders and partners; delivers on commitments, pivots quickly as needed and views setbacks as learning opportunities

Responsibilities

• Author & Contributor Relationships Recruit, onboard, and support external authors; set clear expectations for scope, style, and delivery. Maintain productive long‑term relationships, intervening early to resolve performance issues or revise author mix as needed; manage contributor contracts within approved budgets.
• Domain Expertise and & Content Planning Track legislative, regulatory, and case‑law developments to keep content current, understand emerging trends, and identify white‑space opportunities for new content. Manage portfolio delivery plans, collaborating with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost.
• Editorial & Product Management Provide substantive and structural updates and/or edits, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and cross‑platform functionality. Partner with Product Managers/Content Strategy/Segment to ensure alignment with market needs; monitor customer feedback and analytics. Act as content expert for assigned practice areas, supplying requirements for customer‑facing features and workflow improvements.
• Market & Customer Engagement Support Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success with subject‑matter expertise to enhance marketing collateral.
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement Leverage generative and agentic AI, automation, and data to support streamlining of content development and editorial processes. Contribute to cross-functional initiatives such as new product pilots, tool evaluations, and standards development; highlight best practices to peers.

Benefits

• We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization.
• With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, and study assistance, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
• We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.
• We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree