Senior Content Writer - Law Business Research
New York, NY
About the Job
Description
The Senior Content Writer is responsible for creating insightful analysis content for Lexology PRO’s audience of in-house counsel, private practice lawyers, and compliance professionals.
Reporting to our US Editor, this role is a fantastic opportunity to join Lexology PRO’s expanding team in the US, which helps our audience stay on top of legal and regulatory change and understand the practical implications. You will write for a diverse audience that includes some of the biggest companies and leading law firms from around the world.
Lexology PRO is the premium range of features, content, and advanced tools from Lexology, the number one global legal intelligence platform.
This role can be based in one of our offices in Washington, DC or New York, NY or remotely in on one of those states.
Key Responsibilities
- Write insightful, high-value analysis content for an audience of in-house legal and compliance professionals and private practice lawyers.
- Conduct legal research to develop new content sets and publish long-form content.
- Keep up to date with relevant federal and state legislative and regulatory changes while monitoring the latest practice and market developments.
- Lead content projects, liaising with other members of the wider content team.
- Represent the brand at conferences and networking events, building the brand’s reputation through your interactions.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Required:
- Legal background, training, or knowledge/experience.
- 2+ years’ experience in a writing role.
- An interest in writing about legal and regulatory developments.
- Familiarity with US legal systems and knowledge of state and federal law.
- Exceptional verbal and written skills.
- Excellent legal research and analytical skills.
- Ability to write accurate, insightful content to deadline.
- Outstanding attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Proactive in troubleshooting and solving problems.
Preferred:
- Proficiency in using content management systems.
- Understanding of SEO principles.
- Publishing experience.
- Facility with data visualisations.
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.
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.
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:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A day off for your birthday
After 1 month employment:
- Medical insurance
- Dental and vision insurance
After 3 months employment:
- 401k (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
After 6 months employment:
- $500 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
Additional Perks:
- Company socials
- Access to Employee Affinity Networks
- Mentoring scheme
- Volunteering Day
- Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
- Generous parental leave
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.
Source : Law Business Research