Job Openings at LexisNexis South Africa

About the Role

• As a Legal Editor, AI Content Updating, you will lead the commissioning, development, and ongoing evolution of authoritative legal content across print and digital platforms. Working with expert legal authors and AI-enabled tools, you will help ensure legal content remains current, accurate, commercially relevant, and trusted by customers. This role combines editorial expertise, relationship management, commercial awareness, and technological fluency to shape how legal knowledge is created, maintained, and delivered at scale.

Responsibilities

• Commission and manage legal content portfolios across digital and print platforms, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with strategic and commercial priorities, while optimising portfolios through AI-enabled lifecycle management.
• Recruit, onboard, and manage external authors and reviewers, setting clear expectations on scope, style, delivery, update cadence, and driving author adoption of AI-supported drafting and review models.
• Own the end-to-end commissioning lifecycle, including business case development, budgets, contracts, schedules, quality standards, and the realisation of agreed commercial and operational benefits.
• Plan and prioritise content development and updates by tracking legislative, regulatory, and case-law developments using AI-enabled tools to support horizon scanning, prioritisation, and impact assessment.
• Provide substantive editorial oversight of commissioned content, including editing and ongoing, AI-supported updating, setting clear standards and review frameworks to ensure legal accuracy, clarity, consistency, and usability across platforms.
• Use subject matter expertise to support design and testing of generative and agentic AI tools to support commissioning, research, updating, and maintenance of legal content at scale, applying expert judgment to evaluate and refine outputs.
• Operate with AI as a standard part of the workflow, using LLMs and AI-enabled tools daily, documenting and iterating prompts, and applying editorial judgment to verify and improve AI outputs before publication or stakeholder use.

Requirements

• Legal or professional background, with a law qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience in commissioning, legal publishing, content development, with evidence of portfolio ownership and decision-making responsibility.
• Clear communication skills and adaptability, with the resilience and influence needed to lead through change.
• Ability to build strong and trusted relationships with expert authors.
• Demonstrated openness to innovation and the application of new technologies within editorial and publishing environments.
• Strong editorial judgment and attention to quality.
• Effective project management and organisational skills.
• Confidence working with AI-enabled tools and technologies.

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About the Role

• In this role, you will lead the maintenance and development of high-quality legal content within the U.S. Criminal Law practice area. You will use your legal expertise, research skills, and interest in emerging technologies to ensure content remains current, practical, and valuable for customers. This role combines editorial ownership, legal analysis, and collaboration across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, own, and execute the content upkeep process for the U.S. Criminal Law practice area, including developing and maintaining workflows to ensure content is reviewed, updated, and published in accordance with business priorities and success metrics
• Monitor current awareness sources, legal developments, legislation, regulations, agency guidance, court decisions, and other relevant changes in law affecting your practice area and assess the impact of those developments on existing Practical Guidance content
• Perform legal research and editorial tasks associated with updating existing Practical Guidance content, including analyzing legal developments, identifying affected resources, determining the appropriate scope of updates, and ensuring content remains accurate, practical, and useful for customers
• Draft, revise, and edit Practical Guidance content, ensuring that updates are clear, concise, legally accurate, and consistent with Practical Guidance editorial standards
• Maintain and update key customer-facing resources, including legal development trackers and other high-use tools, to ensure timely coverage of significant developments
• Oversee and execute Practical Guidance content remediation projects focused on improving the customer experience, including content quality, usability, navigation, organization, currency, and consistency across the area of law
• Incorporate AI and emerging technologies into editorial workflows, including evaluating AI-generated or suggested content updates, validating legal accuracy, and ensuring quality standards are met
• Partner with internal stakeholders, including LNNAUK, GPO, and GTO teams, to support content strategy, workflow improvements, product enhancements, and customer-focused initiatives

Requirements

• Legal qualification or equivalent legal expertise with experience in legal practice (Admitted Attorney)
• Excellent command of the English language
• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across geographically diverse teams
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadlines
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach and ability to take initiative
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs and priorities
• Interest in technology, including Generative AI tools, and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and Copilot

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About the Role

• As an Account Manager II, you’ll build relationships with key customers, understand their needs and demonstrate the value of LexisNexis products. You’ll use customer and commercial insights to protect and grow revenue while supporting team members to achieve shared goals.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop team members to achieve shared goals.
• Complete planning, documentation, reporting and data recording in line with agreed methods and targets.
• Achieve or exceed revenue targets by identifying cross-sell and upsell opportunities.
• Identify key account needs and demonstrate the business value of LexisNexis products.
• Deliver the agreed quality and frequency of customer contact.
• Build strong relationships with key decision-makers and influencers to protect and grow revenue.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of print and online products, the relevant market and customer domain, with the ability to adopt new products.
• Ability to be a positive role model within the team and wider business.
• A consistent record of meeting or exceeding expectations.
• Strong communication, time-management and planning skills.
• Ability to identify commercial opportunities, supported by customer service and sales experience.
• Experience retaining and growing customers in a B2B sales environment.
   

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About the Role

• As a Chief Financial Officer, you will serve as a strategic and commercial partner to the South Africa leadership team, providing insight, challenge, and guidance to support business growth and performance. The role combines financial stewardship, business partnership, and leadership responsibilities, helping to drive decision-making, identify opportunities, and deliver sustainable business outcomes across the South Africa business.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted strategic and commercial partner to the Managing Director and South Africa leadership team.
• Contribute actively to the development and execution of the South Africa business strategy and long-term priorities.
• Lead the financial planning, forecasting and performance-management processes for the South Africa business.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear insights and actions for the Managing Director and leadership team.
• Identify the underlying drivers of revenue, margin, cost and cash performance and work with business leaders to address risks and opportunities.
• Lead, develop and coach the South Africa finance team, building strong commercial, analytical and business-partnering capability.
• Ensure appropriate financial controls, governance and risk-management processes are maintained in accordance with LexisNexis and RELX requirements.
• Champion the use of data, technology and AI to improve Finance effectiveness, business insight and decision-making.

Requirements

• Strong financial judgement with the ability to influence business strategy and performance.
• Experience acting as a strategic and commercial business partner to senior leadership teams.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting and performance management capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear business insights and actions.
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with experience evaluating growth, profitability, investment and resource-allocation opportunities.
• Strong leadership, coaching and team development skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage finance and non-finance stakeholders effectively.
• Experience working within a controlled governance environment with accountability for financial integrity, risk management and compliance.

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About the Role

• As an Account Manager III, you’ll manage a territory and build consultative relationships with law schools and law firms. You’ll develop strategic account plans, increase active use of LexisNexis solutions and collaborate with internal teams to deliver value for customers.

Responsibilities

• Advocating for law school and law firm customers to increase active users
• Working effectively with students, faculty, associates, partners and other stakeholders
• Developing strategic account plans, identifying sales opportunities, targeting sales activities and analysing competitor threats
• Delivering customer presentations that communicate our value proposition and competitive differentiation
• Conducting research, analysing findings and sharing insights with product, segment and marketing teams
• Executing marketing strategies that position LexisNexis as an expert source for law firms

Requirements

• Ability to travel locally to meet clients
• Ability to work independently and manage a territory
• Ability to collaborate with a team to achieve shared goals
• Strong networking capabilities, sound judgement and technical knowledge
• Experience developing account plans and coordinating stakeholders and resources to deliver positive client outcomes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Deep product, content or practice-area knowledge, with the ability to support sales and marketing teams
   

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About the Role

• As an E-Commerce Planner, you’ll shape online sales strategy by aligning business goals with marketing activity. You’ll use data and creative execution to manage campaigns across digital channels, improve inventory availability, and deliver a consistent customer experience from the first advertisement through to checkout.

Responsibilities

• Develop demand forecasts using historical sales, market trends, and product lifecycle analysis to support product availability.
• Manage inventory flow, minimise excess stock, and reduce stock-outs.
• Use integrated e-commerce tools and platforms, including Shopify, to manage product listings and ensure accurate front-end inventory levels.
• Use advanced Excel capabilities, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs, and BI tools such as Power BI to analyse variances, predict trends, and produce reports.
• Align demand plans and campaign activity across purchasing, marketing, logistics, and other cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Relevant experience in demand planning, inventory management, or supply chain within an e-commerce or retail environment.
• Practical knowledge of business, marketing, supply chain, or a related field.
• Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP IBP, or Anaplan.
• Experience using e-commerce platforms, specifically Magneto.
• Familiarity with retail metrics such as Open-to-Buy, turnover, and sales per square foot.
• Experience managing and executing marketing campaigns and coordinating cross-functional projects.

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About the Role

• As a Product Marketer, you’ll connect product development, sales, marketing, and regional strategy teams to drive market adoption and commercial success. You’ll shape compelling product positioning, create engaging messaging, and deliver go-to-market strategies focused on localization, digital adoption, and B2B growth across key African regions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the launch of new products and features, coordinating cross-functional teams to support effective market entry.
• Manage the end-to-end delivery of go-to-market plans and ensure effective integration across departments.
• Develop core messaging, value propositions, and differentiated product and brand narratives for diverse audiences.
• Analyse customer needs, market trends, competitor activity, and changing market dynamics to inform strategy.
• Create marketing collateral, presentations, case studies, battlecards, and other sales-enablement tools.
• Partner with sales, product, and regional teams to align product marketing and commercial strategies.
• Develop integrated campaigns across social media, content marketing, SEO, and traditional channels to build awareness, demand, and engagement.
• Track lead generation, retention, satisfaction, and loyalty, using CRM and analytics data to improve performance.

Requirements

• Experience adapting global product marketing messages for diverse African audiences, particularly across SADC and West Africa.
• Ability to tailor strategies and content to local customer needs, cultures, and market conditions.
• Experience using digital and traditional channels to build brand visibility, adoption, engagement, and growth.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS and B2B technology markets.
• Proficiency in using CRM platforms and analytics dashboards to inform product positioning and marketing strategy.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with sales, product, marketing, and regional strategy teams.
• Strong storytelling, content creation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated product marketing, brand management, business development, and project management capability, including delivering multi-channel campaigns and product launches.

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About the Role

• In this role, you will help provide practical legal guidance and market insight by contributing to the smooth running of current awareness services. You will research, write, review, and publish high-quality legal news content, helping legal professionals stay informed about important legal developments. Working collaboratively with internal and external contributors, you will support the delivery of accurate, timely, and customer-focused legal intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Lexis+ UK current awareness news and LexisAsk service for customers
• Drafting and reviewing legal news articles and Supreme Court enhanced coverage of cases for the current awareness service
• Delivering high standard and customer-ready news items that are delivered on the day, are factually correct, well written and adhere to LN house style
• Sourcing external authors and liaising with them to provide commentary for enhanced news pieces and to repurpose externally written articles for the current awareness service
• Applying taxonomy to news items consistently and accurately

Requirements

• Possess a strong understanding of legal principles gained through relevant professional experience, legal training or education
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail with a strong quality-focused approach
• Exhibit excellent legal research, analytical, and written communication skills
• Possess a solid understanding of legal issues, procedures, and a wide range of legal content types
• Show the ability to think creatively, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, work effectively under strict deadlines, and take a proactive approach to tasks and challenges
• Communicate clearly, confidently, and persuasively with a broad range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
• Be an innovative and solutions-driven problem solver, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a team to resolve issues
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and openness to using, social media, digital tools, and emerging technologies

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About the Role

• In this role, you will be helping to provide legal practical guidance and market insight. You will be reviewing documents, undertaking legal research, drafting content and maintaining trackers. This is a 12-month fixed term role.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing new and existing content for quality and legal accuracy, and making recommendations for process improvements
• Monitoring of developments and inputting information to maintain trackers of consultations, cases and dates
• Drafting practical guidance content (eg FAQs, practice notes, precedents, trackers, checklists, etc)
• Conducting legal research and liaising with subject matter experts within the Practical Guidance practice area teams
• Supporting the development and implementation of initiatives to grow and improve the Lexis+ offering

Requirements

• Have a degree in Law, or equivalent experience
• Experience and/or interest in Finance law (including Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Insurance and Financial Services) preferable
• Comfortable working shift hours Monday–Friday, 10 AM–6 PM (June–Oct) and 11 AM–7 PM (Nov–March), SAST
• Demonstrate an eye for detail and a quality oriented focus
• Be able to demonstrate excellent research and writing skills
• Have a good understanding of legal issues, procedures and content types
• Be able to think creatively, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work to strict deadlines
• Be able to communicate influentially and effectively to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders
• Be a natural, innovative problem solver, able to collaborate with your team to resolve issues
• Have an understanding of, and willingness to use, social media and new technology