About the Role
Reporting on the intersection of law and technology, with a focus on UK and European developments. Coverage includes AI, e-discovery, data privacy, cybersecurity, automation, blockchain, and IoT within the legal industry. You will cover generative AI, technology used by lawyers, the business of law, legal tech companies, the startup scene, e-discovery markets, evolving UK/EU regulations, and major litigation impacting technology. Your work will be published on Legaltech News, Law.com, and other Centellic publications.
Responsibilities
- Publish at least one piece of content per day, whether an article, enterprise, or multimedia project
- Build a reliable network of sources from across the legal ecosystem, including law firms, legal technology companies, and corporate legal departments
- Follow the legal technology beat; get scoops on major business, product, innovation, and industry news
- Come up with ideas for both daily and enterprise coverage
- Write clean copy under tight daily deadlines
- Help to create and analyze datasets for editorial projects spearheaded by the legal technology team
- Collaborate with other editorial teams across Centellic to develop a more holistic understanding of the legal market
- Travel to and report on legal technology conferences and events
- Maintain an active LinkedIn account to build your reporter brand
Requirements
- Degree in journalism or communications, or equivalent relevant experience
- At least 2 years prior professional reporting experience preferred, but we’re open to recent graduates
- Background reporting on technology or the legal market is a plus, but not required as long as you’re willing to learn
- Must be able to work well in a small team, open to brainstorming and sharing new ideas
- Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks under strict daily deadlines; strong organizational and time management skills are a must
- Social media proficiency and experience with content management systems preferred; must be able to master new systems quickly
- Multimedia skills (podcasting, audio and video editing) are a bonus, but not required
Skills
- Journalism
- Communications
- Reporting
- Technology
- Legal Market
- Teamwork
- Brainstorming
- Time Management
- Organization
- Social Media Proficiency
- Content Management Systems
- Multimedia Skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 2 years prior professional reporting experience preferred
Education Level
- Degree in journalism or communications, or equivalent relevant experience
Benefits
- Eye care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A day off for your birthday
- Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes
- Puregym access
- Perks at work platform access
- Private healthcare
- Company socials
- Access to Employee Affinity Networks
- Mentoring scheme
- Volunteering Day
- Mortgage Advice
- Work from anywhere (2 weeks)
- Generous parental leave
About the Company
- Centellic stands at the center of the markets it serves, empowering organizations with indispensable data and insight to make critical decisions on growth, risk and opportunity.
- Through proprietary data, deep market expertise and AI-enabled technology, our platforms are embedded in client workflows.
- That capability is underpinned by our events, which bring the market together to share perspective and deepen understanding of the issues shaping each sector.
- Together, they give organizations earlier visibility of emerging trends, and the clarity and confidence to act when decisions matter.
- At Centellic, we’re a global intelligence and information services business, setting the standard for how critical business decisions are made.
- At Centellic, we help our clients make better decisions, and our people are at the heart of that work.
- Every individual plays an important role in this, bringing curiosity and high standards to everything they do.
- Those who thrive here take ownership, care deeply about their work and are committed to excellence.
- Standards are high because our people set them that way.
- And while we have decades of expertise, we are still growing, pushing and building something extraordinary.
- Centellic’s advantage is our people and the culture we’ve created together.
- It’s an environment where individuality is encouraged, relationships are genuine, and there’s a strong sense of purpose in what we’re building together.
- Collaborative, respectful and driven, we take our work seriously without taking ourselves too seriously.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do.
- We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process.
- If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.
- ‘We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.’
