About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading provider of legal data and information services. We specialise in delivering accurate, comprehensive, and timely legal content to professionals across various industries, including law firms, corporations, and government agencies. As a Legal Editor, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity and quality of our legal data products.
About the Role
The Legal Editor will lead the editorial development and maintenance of Malaysian legislative content for LexisNexis platforms. This role ensures accuracy, currency, and usability of statutory material, while embedding AI-first workflows to deliver innovative, scalable solutions. The position combines deep legal expertise with editorial excellence to meet customer needs and advance the rule of law.
Responsibilities
Content Development and Quality
- Curate, edit, and maintain Malaysian legislation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with editorial standards.
- Analyse legislative changes and implement timely updates across digital platforms.
- Apply structured editorial processes to optimise content for AI-enabled workflows and advanced search functionality.
AI-First Integration
- Champion adoption of AI tools for summarisation, classification, and enrichment of legislative content.
- Collaborate with technology teams to embed automation and agentic content platforms into editorial workflows.
- Contribute to structured data models and metadata to enhance discoverability and usability.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with global editorial operations, product managers, and technology partners to align content strategy with business objectives.
- Act as subject matter expert on Malaysian legislation for product development and customer solutions.
Research and Analysis
- Monitor legislative developments, conduct legal research, and interpret statutory changes for accurate editorial application.
- Troubleshoot complex content issues and deliver solutions that improve customer experience.
Qualifications:
- Law degree (LLB or equivalent)
- Admission to practice in Malaysia (desirable)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in legal research, legislative drafting, or editorial roles.
- Strong understanding of Malaysian legislative processes and statutory interpretation.
- Experience in legal publishing or digital content management.
- Familiarity with AI technologies, large language models, and prompt engineering.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and collaborative product development.
- Exceptional attention to detail and editorial accuracy.
- Advanced legal research and analytical skills.
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, structured content.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and XML; comfort with emerging technologies.
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people.
- Hybrid work arrangements
- Career progression
Working for you
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Life Assurance Policies: Providing financial security for your loved ones.
- Long Service Award: Recognition for your dedication and loyalty.
- Hybrid work arrangements: Balance work and personal life effectively.
- Access to Learning and Development Resources: Empowering your professional growth.
About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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Skills Required
- Law degree (LLB or equivalent)
- Admission to practice in Malaysia
- Minimum 3 years experience in legal research, legislative drafting, or editorial roles
- Strong understanding of Malaysian legislative processes and statutory interpretation
- Experience in legal publishing or digital content management
- Familiarity with AI technologies, large language models, and prompt engineering
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and collaborative product development
- Exceptional attention to detail and editorial accuracy
- Advanced legal research and analytical skills
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, structured content
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and XML
LexisNexis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about LexisNexis and has not been reviewed or approved by LexisNexis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are often described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life and disability protection. Wellbeing programming such as wellness initiatives and fitness support is also positioned as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are repeatedly framed as a meaningful component of total rewards through 401(k) matching and access to stock purchase opportunities. Performance bonuses and charitable matching are also included as financial-support features within the broader rewards mix.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as broad, including PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, and paid volunteer time. Flexible work arrangements, including remote options and flexible hours, further strengthen the overall rewards experience.
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What We Do
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. We help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. We assist corporations in better understanding their markets, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. We collaborate with universities to educate students, and we support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. We partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 130 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide, is part of RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
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