NEW YEAR, new page!

LexisNexis is expanding, wanna join us?!

This position exists within the Hong Kong Publishing team to support the publication of the new product range.

Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• adapting local and overseas published content to the Hong Kong legal market and the new product model
• preparing new content for the Hong Kong legal market based on the model,
• refining the product’s scope of contents, and ensuring the ongoing development of the product is in line with current market practice and requirements,
• offering an authoritative opinion on the content and functionality of the product,
• liaising with external editors for QA and review,
• assisting editorial staff in the speedy and accurate processing of content for publication,
• assisting commissioning staff with external relationship management.
  

Requirements:

• University degree in JD/ LLB or equivalent discipline
• Knowledge of Hong Kong legal practice, supported by a postgraduate legal qualification (PCLL or comparable foreign equivalent) and local work experience
• Strong understanding of lawyers' workflow practises and research behaviours
• Minimum 2 years' post-qualification experience in a legal environment, preferrably a commerical law firm
• Demonstrated legal research skills
• Excellent reading comprehension skills
• Prior editing or writing experiences
• Knowledge of publishing workflow
• Experience in project management and ability to work to tight deadlines
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and Framemaker etc.
• Good communication and inter-personal skills

Competitive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidate.  We invite you to apply for the position by sending a comprehensive CV in word format with current & expected salary (quoting Employer’s ref.) to sk.tse@lexisnexis.com

For details of LexisNexis, please visit our website http://www.lexisnexis.com.hk

Personal data collected will be kept and handled confidentially by authorized personnel for recruitment purposes only. Applicants not hearing from us within 4 weeks from the date of advertisement may consider their applications filed for future reference. We reserve the right to review applications received for suitability for other posts within the company. The Company will retain the applications of candidates not selected for a maximum period of 12 months after the selection process is finalized.