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Associate Editor, Practical Law Labor & Employment

Associate Editor, Practical Law Labor & Employment

Practical Law is looking for an Associate Editor to work in conjunction with more experienced colleagues to interpret and explain legal, practice, and market developments to our customers through online content.

About the Role

As an Associate Editor, you will report into the Manager of Practical Law Labor & Employment and will be responsible for supporting the Labor & Employment team by:

• Monitoring and identifying relevant legal developments to cover in the Practical Law product offering.
• Producing weekly email updates for a customer audience covering legal developments and Practical Law product offerings.
• With support and supervision from colleagues, maintaining content to ensure that it is up-to-date and reflects current legal and market practice, and is of the quality and scope that meets business objectives and customer needs.
• With support and supervision from colleagues, drafting new content for online publication.
• Conducting research projects and presenting results with proper analysis and in a succinct manner.
• Training AI for use in products and validating model performance to identify necessary steps to improve performance, as needed.
• Providing additional support to the Practical Law editorial teams, as needed.

About You

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

• A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Up to 2 years' experience practicing as an attorney in a law firm and/or corporate law department, preferably with an employment law focus, or working in a Legal/Publishing environment, using technology to create and disseminate online content.
• Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to learn and to improve the efficiency of legal services.
• Skill and passion for writing and good editing skills, including close attention to detail; impressive command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English; strong technical drafting skills; and the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
• Comfort with technology, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, and able to adapt to new technology quickly.
• Ability to organize and present information in a clear and structured manner.
• Ability to work efficiently and within deadlines and communicate effectively across Practical Law practice areas and teams.
• Ability to work flexibly in an agile work environment.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams of people who bring different perspectives and lived experiences to the business.
• Ability to continuously collaborate with and support team members in a hybrid and/or remote environment and operate efficiently in a remote environment without on-site technical support.
• Candidates selected for a second interview will be required to undertake writing and editing samples.

What’s in it For You?

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance; company-wide Mental Health Days Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceed the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.