Junior Copy Editor

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 shortlisted for the 'Best Mental Wellbeing Initiative' in the 2022 Great British Workplace Wellbeing Series. We take mental wellbeing very seriously and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees.

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.

We are looking for a Junior Copy-Editor with excellent attention to detail and knowledge of grammar, and who demonstrates a passion for good English. Working as part of a friendly copy-editing team, the successful candidate will copy-edit multi-author legal texts written by contributors from around the world. The successful candidate will also be responsible for handling authors' corrections and proofreading a variety of publications. An ability to read technical text carefully and to revise it without harming the meaning is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Edit and proofread copy submitted by native and non-native English speakers for our legal handbooks and journals.
Copy-edit content and maintain author information using our content management system.
Apply house style for our different brands.
Reword text sensitively without altering the meaning and raise queries for authors where necessary.
Collaborate with the content coordination and production teams, and other departments, to ensure copy is edited, approved and sent to press on time.
Organise and manage workload to meet tight deadlines.

Skills Knowledge And Expertise

Excellent attention to detail
Excellent grammar
Good comprehension and editing skills
An ability to rewrite complicated text
Good communication skills
Good time-management skills

The following would also be advantageous but not essential:

Experience in publishing or information services
Knowledge of the law
Knowledge of Adobe InDesign and Acrobat
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word
Experience using a CMS
Experience using work-management tools

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