Senior Legal Editor

BLR | Leadership Platforms | CCMI•Brentwood, TN

16d

About The Position

At the heart of our company is our people. People from many different backgrounds with different vantage points, opinions, and experiences. We strive to continually lead with our IMPACT values and empower our employees to develop their full potential on a team that is passionate about acceptance, inclusivity, and achievement. Our employees are the driving force for the innovation, collaboration and creativity that enables our organization to deliver strategic success. Job Summary: The Senior Legal Editor is responsible for ensuring that high-quality content is produced in a variety of formats, across multiple products for an HR audience. This position requires a JD and a strong familiarity with HR concepts and employment law, preferably with experience related to employment benefits, including COBRA, healthcare insurance, and retirement, as well as HIPAA as it relates to employer obligations. The Senior Legal Editor serves as a resource to the content team, and creates, edits, and manages the content for multiple online and print products, webinars, and online learning. The role requires delving into multiple topic areas to break down complex ideas into simple terms. The Senior Legal Editor must understand how to bring value to the customer through instructional/guidance-oriented content. Qualified candidates should be comfortable researching and writing about complex HR issues, interacting with customers, and collaborating and coordinating with team members across multiple locations.

Requirements

JD degree
10 or more years’ experience in working with benefits-related issues
Background in employment law, preferably benefits (including health insurance and retirement), COBRA, HIPAA, Social Security and Unemployment Compensation
Strong familiarity with HR concepts
Demonstrated ability to discern customer needs and envision multiple solutions
Ability to drive multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet multiple deadlines
Self-motivated team mentor
Strong verbal, written, analytical, research, and communication skills
Demonstrated ability in time management, multitasking, and project management
Attention to detail, accuracy
Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
Ability to think logically, classify content, and apply taxonomy
Ability to write clearly for an HR audience
Proficient in Microsoft Office
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Write and edit clear, informative, and engaging content to be used in a variety of customer solutions, primarily in answering employment law questions from customers without providing legal advice
Upload relevant content to applicable digital properties through the content management system and ensure content displays and functions correctly
Determine content for assigned digital products, including the creation of a long-term editorial calendar and managing deadlines
Adhere to strict deadlines and product management requirements for all assigned print products
Collaborate with team members and across departments (including marketing, product, production and development) to maintain content standards, implement content strategies, and ensure customer needs and deadlines are met
Meet frequently with product, production, sales and marketing staff to discuss projects and resolve problems
Represent the products and services in customer and prospect engagements, including onsite at internal conferences and industry events
Propose new product ideas in your area(s) of expertise across all product lines, and oversee all content-related phases of the new products process, including conducting research, writing proposals, and presenting the finished concept
Maintain an awareness of and adherence to company guidelines for messaging, tone, style, and editorial process
Commit to continuous learning to gain proficiency and remain proficient in all assigned topic areas
Ensure customer engagement and satisfaction with content
Identify areas for new content development to increase value of current customer solutions
Other duties as assigned