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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

F/T - Content and Prod Mgr Bus - Lexis Nexis (NY)

Content & Prod Mgr Business (LEX0072Z) 

This newly created and exciting role requires the experience of a 5 year practicing attorney and their desire to serve as a Lexis Practice Advisor practice area expert by developing product recommendations and a strategy that supports learning for those involved in the Intellectual Property area of law. Recent and intimate knowledge of IP law (including trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and patents) legal process and associate workflow is sought to enable and inform strategic direction and content development for a LexisNexis' new product offering Lexis Practice Advisor.

This exciting role combines the experience of a former practicing attorney with product development and marketing.

The Content and Product Initiatives Manager will help develop online legal products for IP lawyers.

Main Objectives of the Role:
• To help deliver a compelling and all-purpose practical guidance legal product offering across targeted markets as a member of a multi-disciplined team of content developers, product planners, IT specialists, external consultants, and marketing and sales reps.
• To identify, develop, edit and/or write practical guidance type content necessary to the product offering
• To support expert authors contributing content to the product offering
• To assist in the design of the product offering's customer interface application, customer facing messaging/marketing, sales and customer training.

Detailed Role Description:
• Develop content and work material that supports product concepts and product strategy.
• Review, edit and write content materials. Provide analytic review of content by editing and writing practice area focused information.
• Identify new commercial opportunities and ways of packaging content and products together

LexisNexis Legal & Professional (company website) is a leading global provider of content and technology solutions that enable professionals in legal, corporate, tax, government, academic and non-profit organizations to make informed decisions and achieve better business outcomes. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis and Nexis services. Today, LexisNexis Legal & Professional harnesses leading-edge technology and world-class content, to help professionals work in faster, easier and more effective ways. Through close collaboration with its customers, the company ensures organizations can leverage its solutions to reduce risk, improve productivity, increase profitability and grow their business. Part of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 100 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide.

Qualifications:

Skills & Experience:

  • Attorney with 5 years of experience in Intellectual Property areas, and deep knowledge of trends and workflow in transactional practice and markets. Trademark, trade secrets, copyright and understanding of patent process experience a plus.
  • Strong, practical writer with law journal experience and experience in drafting client alerts, practical guidance and CLE presentations.
  • Strong network of external people and programs that could inform direction of product. Top-notch communication and presentation skills including the ability to meet and present to internal or external senior executives, be credible and inspire confidence.
  • Proven ability to partner in developing, enhancing and communicating product/solutions strategies.
  • Ability to complete assigned research and writing projects by prescribed deadlines.
  • Must be organized, self-motivated and able to work in a detail-oriented environment.
  • An ideal candidate will have led associate or new attorney training programs.
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