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Legal Editor

Wolters Kluwer

Alphen aan den Rijn
Full-time
2-5 years experience
Hybrid

Work Arrangement

Office Days per Week: 2 days

Key Skills

Legal research
Content strategy
IP Law
Competition Law
Generative AI
Prompt engineering
Metadata management
Taxonomy development
Data normalization
Project management
CMS platforms
Editorial policy
Communication skills
Analytical skills
Attention to detail
Problem solving

Job Description

#BETHEDIFFERENCE

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.


Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You’ll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference.​ We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.


About the role

As a Legal Editor, you'll be a pivotal force behind the digital content strategy for our IP Law and Competition Law portfolio. Leveraging your expertise, you'll manage content projects, optimize user engagement through analytics, act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for AI propositions and ensure seamless collaboration among team members. Your work will directly impact our brand's online presence and user experience.

Responsibilities:

Content Enrichment

  • Drive the functionality of our tools and services through the enrichment of content.
  • Analyze content, including case law, to extract relevant metadata.
  • Develop rules for content enrichment.
  • Build and maintain dictionaries, including taxonomies, with controlled values.
  • Instruct vendors and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on implementing enrichment rules and coordinate their work to meet agreed quality standards.
  • Normalize data to ensure consistency and accuracy.

Content Creation

  • Stay informed about legal developments in IP Law and Competition Law and update colleagues on major trends.
  • Update content within this area according to editorial policy.
  • Draft and edit content for social media and other news services.

Generative AI (GenAI)

  • Lead GenAI activities from a content perspective.
  • Participate in the validation of GenAI Q&As, quality checks, and prompt engineering.

Collaboration

  • Work closely with other departments, especially on product development and content processing/enrichment.
  • Advise other departments on practice area-specific workflows and practices to improve and develop new products and functionalities that meet customer demands.
  • Manage projects and partners that are supporting with content enrichment and creation

Administration and Reporting

  • Ensure all administrative systems are accurately maintained.
  • Provide monthly reports to the manager/leadership.

Requirements:

Education & Experience

  • Law Degree or University Degree in IP Law or Competition Law.
  • Practical experience in IP Law and Competition Law.
  • Advanced knowledge of working with computers and working knowledge of AI.
  • Fluent in English; knowledge of additional foreign languages is preferred.
  • Familiarity with CMS platforms is beneficial for managing and updating legal content efficiently.
  • Prior experience in legal publishing or a similar industry.

Skills

  • High accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Ability to conduct thorough and accurate legal research for initiatives at hand.
  • Process-driven mindset.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Persuasive and assertive.
  • Team-oriented.
  • Results-driven and delivery-focused.
  • Proactive problem solver.
  • Technologically savvy and interested.
  • Customer-focused.
  • Independent and self-motivated.

Hybrid: In office for 2 days in a week to work with the team

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Core Responsibilities

The Legal Editor will manage content strategy for IP and Competition Law portfolios, including content enrichment, metadata extraction, and rule development. They will also lead Generative AI initiatives, perform quality checks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve product functionality.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Law degree or a University degree in IP or Competition Law with practical experience in these fields. Proficiency in computer systems, familiarity with AI, and strong legal research and communication skills are required.

About Wolters Kluwer

Industry: Software Development

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services. Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,100 people worldwide. Equal Opportunity Employer To ensure we continue to drive innovation that enables us to develop products and services to best serve our customers, we cultivate a workplace culture rooted in mutual respect, bringing forward insights from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are also committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases. Beware of Recruitment Fraud! 🔒 Scammers may pose as Wolters Kluwer, offering fake job opportunities and requesting personal info or payments. Protect yourself: - Apply only via our secure Workday hub on our Careers page. - Our recruiters never ask for banking info or payments. - We don't use public email accounts (e.g., Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail). Report suspected fraud: [email protected]. If you've made a payment, contact local authorities. Read more here - https://careers.wolterskluwer.com/en/recruitment-fraud-alert

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