Content Lead - Legal training

Law Business Research are an award-winning global provider of legal content and business intelligence for the legal and intellectual property markets. We create essential and unique information for our subscribers, who are drawn from over 100 countries around the world, via our global brands. With a strong platform for international growth, and a reputation for creating outstanding content, we can offer individuals an intellectually stimulating work environment that puts global legal and intellectual property issues at the heart of our business.

We support a diverse and inclusive workforce, and welcome applications from different backgrounds.

We are looking for an experienced and creative Content Lead to join our growing team as we expand our well-established events portfolio to include a focus on learning and development. We are a collaborative and hardworking group of in-house experts in the legal information events space, and we deliver a packed annual calendar of high-quality content-led in-person, virtual, hybrid events and award ceremonies, along with branded webinars.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual to work closely with the Head of Events to design, project-manage, and roll out our new Training Academy product. You will be responsible for producing research-driven and commercially viable B2B training courses, working with our faculty to compile a series of learning videos and bespoke workshops for course participants. As we expand and embed this product, this role has the potential to grow into a team management responsibility.

What you would be doing:

Market research

• Use market and desk research to identify further potential courses across a range of legal sectors.
• Conduct regular calls with key players in the industry via telephone, email, and face-to-face communication to identify and understand market trends and developments.
• Work closely and collaborate with in-house editorial teams to keep abreast of the latest news in the relevant sectors.

Content

• Work with key players in the industry to define the modules and course content.
• Produce course materials, both written and video, and see them through to delivery on the LMS.
• Work closely with the in-house Editorial teams, Sales Lead and Head of Events, devise and execute a commercially viable product with a repeatable structure.
• Co-ordinate workshops for course participants and acquire relevant trainers for each.
• Supervise workshops and encourage discussion.

Training portal

• Review LMS data and identify any changes required to the course content to ensure course participants are actively engaged with the product throughout their journey.
• Communicate with course participants to ensure they are correctly using the product and optimising their journey.
• Manage and maintain our online training portal.
• Design the method of evaluation for the training academy through the LMS.

What we are looking for:

• At least 4 years’ experience producing content in a B2B environment, legal sector-related and/or training course background would be desirable
• Experience using an LMS system desirable
• Degree educated
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Collaborative team player
• Excellent attention to detail
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Strong networking and relationship building skills
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team
• Innovative and agile outlook

In return we can offer you a rewarding career with personal and professional development in addition to a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• 25 days holiday
• Private healthcare
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Physical wellbeing allowance of £350 per year
• Life Assurance
• Pension contribution at 4% by LBR
• Employee assistance programme