Commissioning Editor

We are seeking a Commissioning Editor to join the Practical Law commissioning team in the UK .

Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.

About the Role

As a Commissioning Editor in Practical Law, you will commission legal know-how articles on a range of topics and from a range of jurisdictions for publication on the Practical Law website, promoting the knowledge and expertise of the contributing lawyers.

Working in a supportive commissioning team of highly experienced colleagues, you will:

Liaise with the editorial teams to identify necessary legal know-how content to be commissioned.

Communicate with external law firms and lawyers and their representatives, to ensure the commissioning of legal know-how articles, including attempting to ensure that copy is delivered in the time frame agreed.

Manage the terms and conditions for articles commissioned.

Where necessary and where other duties do not conflict, assist with the technical legal editing, copy editing, sub-editing, and the proof-reading and review of international content pieces.

Where necessary, assisting with commissioning for other projects and practice areas.

Help promote Practical Law content to Practical Law’s subscribers and other users.

Conduct focused research into specific areas of law, legal developments, law firms and in-house lawyers across different jurisdictions to build a working knowledge of current themes and issues in relevant practice areas.

About You

You're a fit for the role of Commissioning Editor if your background includes:

A degree, ideally no less than 2.1 (law degree, or non-law degree if the GDL or equivalent has been completed).

Completed the LPC or equivalent.

Experience in publishing and/or editorial.