Senior Reporter - Legal Publishing

                                                          Senior Reporter - Legal Publishing

£32,000 - £36,000

Hybrid (1 day in the office)

London

Leading legal publisher seeks a talented senior reporter to join their London based team.

Our client is the leading practice-area research and rankings, insights, and awards provider for global law firms.

Their focus on financial & corporate, litigation, intellectual property, and tax provides differentiation and intelligence for practitioners who depend on highly specialised, cross-border, collaboration between law firms and corporate counsel.

Role:
The primary function of the role is writing news, analysis, trends, Q&As and other pieces for their subscription-based website and weekly newsletters.

This role requires regular interaction with sources - the successful candidate is expected to be out in the field meeting contacts, attending industry events, chasing down leads and producing daily articles.

Key responsibilities:

• Pitch, report and write daily articles for our client’s audience of primarily law firms;
• Support on strategic projects and milestone awards ceremonies
• Stay abreast of the latest business of law and financial-legal news and understand the impact on law firms;
• Develop and maintain good relationships with key members of the industry, conducting regular calls and meetings;
• Help boost their subscription engagement with impactful coverage

Experience Required:

• Strong interest in developments at the intersection of finance and law
• 1-2 years of experience as a reporter ideally within the legal market
• Degree Educated - minimum of a 2:1 from a Russell Group university
• Willingness to learn about complex subjects quickly;
  Previous journalism experience;
  Strong communication and language skills and storytelling ability;
  • Excellent written and spoken English;
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Lipton Media is a specialist media recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in all forms of b2b media sales including conferences, exhibitions, awards, summits, publishing, digital, outdoor, TV, radio and business intelligence.

Our clients range from small start-up companies to FTSE 100 and 250 businesses. We work with people at every stage of their career from undergraduates looking for their first entry point into sales to senior managers and directors looking for their next challenge.