Assistant Managing Editor (contract)

ith a strong background in editorial decision making and daily news reporting, you will source, assign to reporters, write, and publish fast turnaround news articles geared to a legal audience. Candidate must be a self-starter comfortable with a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

Key responsibilities

The Assistant Managing Editor will participate in all aspects of producing daily news content, including:

• Researching, assigning, writing, and publishing news stories about the Canadian legal industry, including court decisions, court filings, legislative announcements and other industry news, in specifically targeted areas of practice.

• Manage a team of legal wire reporters primarily focused on daily coverage of corporate-commercial litigation and business law.

• Report to the managing editor, and provide coverage for managing editor as needed, including running editorial meetings, assigning stories, and final review and publishing of news content.

Requirements

• Degree in journalism

• Excellent reporting and writing skills

• Experience writing about the Canadian legal industry

• Proven sound editorial judgment

• Excellent communication skills, highly organized and self-motivated

• Able to handle multiple priorities in a tight, deadline-oriented environment

• Previous newsroom experience, and experience managing a newsroom team of 5 or more

• Experience in using content management systems is an asset

• Proven ability to work independently, on tight deadlines, with a high attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with team to ensure quality daily production of news content

• Ability to use variety of news research tools efficiently, including web scrapping technology to source news story ideas (including court decisions, announcements)

• Ability to lead process improvement initiatives within team and leverage technology to continuously improve quality and efficiency of news idea sourcing

• Legal or business background is an asset

• Sound knowledge of Canadian Press style

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization, with various flexible and remote working options available to employees

Working with Us

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Together, we are building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Working for you

We believe in a healthy work/life balance. We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

About our Team

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