Editor, Central Editorial (UK) – Thomson Reuters (London)
The Editor, Central Editorial (UK) will perform maintenance reviews of content for online publication across UK practice areas and support Practical Law growth projects. The candidate will use a variety of editorial tools and develop or expand skill sets including writing and editing, statutory and caselaw research, and diverse subject-matter exposure. The role will report to the Manager, Central Editorial (UK).
About the role
In this opportunity as Editor, Central Editorial (UK) you will be responsible for maintaining and updating existing content. Working with other teams within Practical Law, you will:
• Review, update, and maintain content for various teams. Create efficiencies around “cold towel”
maintenance review.
• Work with editors from various teams with teams on the creation, development, publication,
delivery, and presentation of content for PL editorial.
• Analyze, succinctly summarize, and reduce existing Practical Law resource information in various
formats.
• Support internal AI development by grading prompt effectiveness, document retrieval, and
prompt results.
• Support team operations and perform analyses using editorial tools such as ACT.
• Have a good understanding of the needs and priorities of lawyers working in law firms , in-house
counsel, and the legal market in general.
• Improve Practical Law resources by approaching them using a customer/user experience lens.
• Bring enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Editor, Central Editorial (UK) if your background includes:
• Degree level (law degree, or non-law degree if the GDL or equivalent has been completed)
• Completion of the LPC, BPTC or equivalent legal professional qualification.
• Good general legal knowledge and excellent written English.
• Excellent IT skills using Microsoft Office and other applications.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent project management skills.
What’s in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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