US Legal Editor, AI Content Updating

Remitly • New York, NY

3d • $56,200 - $118,300 • Remote

About The Position

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking a US Legal Editor, AI Content Updating to join the Global Analytical Editorial Operations team. This role involves curating, enhancing, and expanding authoritative US legal analysis by collaborating with expert authors and utilizing AI-enabled editorial tools. The goal is to ensure legal commentary and analysis remains accurate, current, and useful. The position requires a blend of legal insight, project management, and relationship management skills. A key aspect of the role is the daily use of AI tools to support content commissioning, research, drafting, review, and updating at scale. The editor will apply editorial judgment to refine AI-generated outputs, contribute subject-matter expertise to the testing and improvement of AI tools, and guide authors in adopting AI-supported workflows. Core responsibilities include managing author relationships, content management, and AI-enabled content updating, with an emphasis on keeping content current with legislative, case law, and regulatory developments.

Requirements

• J.D. required.
• 1–5 years of legal practice, legal publishing, or comparable legal content development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to edit complex legal analysis for clarity, consistency, and voice.
• 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 the improvement of AI-supported workflows.
• Ability to interpret market signals, customer feedback, and data to inform content initiatives and drive sustainable growth.
• Clear, positive communicator who thrives on collaborating with stakeholders and partners.
• Executes on commitments, pivots quickly as needed, and views setbacks as learning opportunities.
• Desire to develop professional depth of understanding in other practice areas.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard, and support top external authors, fostering strong relationships and positioning LexisNexis as a preferred publishing partner.
• Set clear expectations for scope, style, quality, and delivery timelines, and provide ongoing guidance and feedback to authors.
• Maintain productive long-term relationships with authors, resolving performance issues and managing contributor contracts within approved budgets.
• Encourage and support authors' effective use of Lexis+ Protégé and provide guidance on quality standards for AI-assisted content.
• Track legislative, regulatory, and case-law developments to keep content current, understand emerging trends, and identify new content opportunities.
• Manage portfolio delivery plans, collaborating with Content Operations to balance quality, speed, and cost.
• Use the Agentic Content Platform as an integral part of everyday editorial workflows, applying editorial judgment to evaluate, refine, and approve outputs before publication.
• Provide substantive and structural updates and edits, ensuring 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.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives such as new product pilots, author recruitment, and Lexis+ Protégé answer quality analysis.
• Partner with Product Managers, Content Strategy, and Segment teams to ensure alignment with market needs; monitor customer feedback and analytics to make improvements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for assigned practice areas, supplying requirements for customer-facing features and workflow improvements.
• Support Marketing and Sales with subject-matter expertise to enhance marketing collateral and product positioning.

Benefits

• Appealing working prospect for our people.
• Numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Shared parental leave.
• Study assistance.

What This Job Offers

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