Legal Content Editor

2 days, 21 hours ago
Full-time
Senior
Technical Writing and Documentation

RR Digital Media

RR Digital Media specializes in helping high-value businesses enhance their client acquisition through a combination of SEO, paid media, and performance-driven strategies, operating on a partnership model that emphasizes shared risk and mutual success ...

Media
Founded 2023

Description

  • Review legal content for accuracy, clarity, and consistency with RR Digital’s style and client brand requirements.
  • Verify the interpretation of statutes, case law, regulatory language, statistics, citations, and legal or medical research.
  • Identify factual errors, legal misrepresentations, and unsupported conclusions, and flag them for revision.
  • Confirm that factual claims are supported by primary sources such as government agencies, peer-reviewed journals, regulatory bodies, and case law databases.
  • Edit internal and external writer submissions for tone, readability, and adherence to content briefs and branding guidelines.
  • Provide clear, constructive editorial feedback and request revisions as needed.
  • Optimize content for SEO and LLM discovery while preserving readability and legal clarity.
  • Evaluate web formatting, including headers, bullet points, paragraph structure, sentence length, and scannable organization.
  • Check internal and external links for accuracy and proper formatting.
  • Mentor writers, manage revision cycles, and coordinate with contributors to meet deadlines.

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) degree or equivalent legal background is strongly preferred.
  • Candidates without a JD must have 5+ years of professional legal research, analysis, or litigation support experience specific to personal injury law.
  • 3+ years of professional editing experience with demonstrated expertise in legal content.
  • Exceptional fact-checking ability with experience verifying complex legal claims against primary source materials.
  • Ability to read and interpret statutes, case law, court filings, and regulatory language accurately.
  • Strong understanding of legal principles, terminology, and procedures.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Google Workspace, including track changes.
  • Working knowledge of AP style and the ability to adapt to custom style guides.
  • Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, and editorial feedback skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently, manage multiple assignments, and collaborate in a fast-paced environment.
  • Familiarity with SEO principles and content optimization for search engines.
  • Preferred: experience editing law firm website or legal marketing content.
  • Preferred: familiarity with mesothelioma, asbestos-related litigation, or mass tort litigation.
  • Preferred: experience with primary source verification and medical or scientific literature review.
  • Preferred: familiarity with fact-checking tools and databases such as Nexis, case law databases, and medical journals.
  • Preferred: experience working with multiple content contributors or managing editorial workflows.
  • Preferred: knowledge of legal SEO best practices.
  • Preferred: familiarity with personal injury law practice and litigation processes.

Benefits

  • 401(k) with 100% employer match on employee contributions up to 4% of compensation.
  • Unlimited manager-approved paid time off.
  • Health insurance with Aetna PPO and EPO options, subsidized at $300 per month.
  • Dental and vision insurance through Guardian.
  • Company-provided MacBook.

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