Key skills
GoAICommunicationNegotiationSales
About this role
Role Overview
- Manage a portfolio of designated publications, available both online and in print
- Collaborate and follow-up with authors to ensure timely delivery of manuscript according to our publishing schedule
- Review manuscripts to make sure they adhere to our author guidelines and provide feedback to authors
- Identify and develop new English-language legal content assets required for various product lines, including LexisNexis Canada’s print, eBooks, and our online research service, Lexis Advance Quicklaw™
- Recruit new authors and proceed to author replacement for publications within your portfolio
- Assess financial viability of new content proposals to determine whether they should be pursued
- Draft and negotiate publishing contracts
- Identify, organize and develop content improvements
- Build and maintain good public relations with the legal community, including practitioners, academics, members of the judiciary, librarians, market research contacts, and other external customers
- Work with Marketing and Sales departments to build “go-to-market” strategies
- Act as a resource person for authors and our different departments for publications within your portfolio
Requirements
- A Canadian law degree, or a law degree from another jurisdiction with a Certificate of Qualification from Canada’s National Committee on Accreditation
- At least 1 year’s practice/articling or legal publishing experience
- Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines for print, online and newsletter releases
- Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of cross-departmental project teams
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and negotiation skills
- Experience operating with AI as a standard part of workflows, including demonstrated hands-on experience using LLMs and AI-enabled tools daily to support content and analysis; iterating prompts to improve output quality and consistency
- Knowledge of Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office suite
Benefits
- Health plan benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement Benefits
- Various Leave Programs
- Educational Assistance
- Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice