Senior Reporter Legal Journalist

Senior Reporter - Legal Journalist

Location: London Bridge

Salary: £32,000 per annum

Are you motivated and passionate about delivering timely, authoritative, and outstanding legal journalism?

Our client is an independent legal media company based in the vibrant surrounds of London Bridge. They provide a digital-first platform covering legal and regulatory insight and analysis. Their clients are private practice lawyers, general counsel and senior executives in top-tier law firms, multinational corporations, and professional services firms with market reach in over 120 countries around the world.

They are a dynamic, fast-paced, and progressive company, which offers hybrid working, and has a growing editorial team across established legal journalism brands including Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR News) and African Law & Business. 

The company seeks an experienced journalist who is keen to report news from the international legal sector.

The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for breaking news and writing features from the international legal market, as well as attending and reporting on events.

The brands thatyou will collaborate on include:

• Commercial Dispute Resolution
• African Law & Business
• GLG Events, including symposia and roundtables
• GLG TV

Key responsibilities:

• Finding, researching, and writing news stories, including hires, court decisions, reports and surveys, and other news
• Writing topical features and profiles
• Uploading articles to content management system
• Sub-editing and fact-checking articles
• Building relationships with lawyers, PR contacts and other industry players
• Attending and reporting on events and conferences
• Conducting research for editorial projects
• Supporting GLG’s social media channels (primarily LinkedIn and Twitter)
• Working with other departments to capitalise on events and commercial opportunities.

Skills & Qualifications

• More than two years’ experience as a journalist/writer, particularly in the legal, business, or professional services sectors
• Able to build a network of industry sources
• Strong news sense and commitment to high editorial standards, including house style
• Outstanding attention to detail for editing, proofreading and fact-checking
• Strong SEO and social media skills and experience
• An ability to quickly understand new market trends and complex legal concepts and communicate them concisely and authoritatively to a high-level readership.
• The ability to work to tight deadlines
• A dedicated work ethic including the willingness to attend events and conferences, both locally and further afield
• A positive mindset and willingness to work in a team, supporting other reporters and editors

Benefits

• Supportive, encouraging and tight-knit team, providing a great work environment
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Corporate days out, discretionary bonus, pension scheme, and more
• Flexible working arrangements and hours, divided between office and home

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate in applying.

The company values diversity.  They are committed to supporting a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive workplace that sets its people up to succeed.  They welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.  They also support different ways of working by offering flexible working arrangements.