Content Writer

Department: Editorial & Content

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Samantha Neil

Description

Lexology PRO is looking for someone to join a team of content writers whose focus is helping in-house lawyers and compliance officers to ensure their organisations are operating legally, compliantly and ethically. A legal background is not essential, but an interest in writing about the law for a B2B legal audience is.

You'll be joining a team which has a global reach across 50+ legal work areas, so there are many opportunities to learn and develop both knowledge and writing skills. The type of content we produce ranges from news to interviews, and in-depth guides, but our focus is research and feature-style.

Why LBR?

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 winner 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 are happy to share that we have partnered with Business Disability Forum to help us on our journey to becoming a more inclusive employer and achieving Level 2 Disability Confident Accreditation.

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.’

Key Responsibilities

Write weekly feature and analysis content that is timely, accurate, balanced, appropriate for the in-house legal and compliance teams, which conforms to LBR’s editorial ethos
Source and produce interviews with in-house counsel and compliance professionals by developing your own portfolio of contacts
Support the Lexology PRO team in maintenance and production of legal guide-style content
Keep up-to-date with relevant global legislative and regulatory change and monitor the latest practice and market developments, for the team to develop new and maintain existing content
Conduct in-depth legal research on a daily basis
Establish and maintain a network of local and international external law firm and in-house counsel contributors by attending events and other avenues
Support routine processes eg regularly maintain the curation of Lexology PRO hubs
Be able to work to strict internal deadlines
Work collaboratively as part of a broader Lexology PRO team and with teams across the business to identify and resolve issues
Represent the brand at conferences and networking events for the purpose of building contacts, sourcing information and positively representing the title
Assisting with any other tasks that are deemed to fall within the content writer’s remit, at the
request of the deputy editor or managing editor.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Excellent verbal and written skills
Excellent research and analytical skills
Ability to write accurate, insightful content, to deadline
Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Proactive in trouble-shooting and solving problems

Benefits

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

Start of employment:

Eye Care
Employee Assistance Programme
A day off for your birthday

After 3 months employment:

Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
Cycle to Work scheme
Season ticket loan
£350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym membership & fitness classes

After 4 months and 1 year's service:

Life assurance after 4 months
Private healthcare after 1 years’ service

Additional Perks:

Company socials e.g., Christmas and Summer parties
Access to Employee Affinity Networks
Mentoring scheme
Volunteering Day
Mortgage Advice

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.

Key Responsibilities

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Benefits

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