Data Projects Reporter - Law.com

Data Projects Reporter -

Department: ALM

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Description

Join us for a bright future Discover where your talent fits best at ALM!

Our network of more than 450+ employees globally is united by a shared understanding that the work we do makes a direct impact on the success of our customers and audiences. Our collaborative environment provides a vast amount of opportunities for career development. Our goal is to hire industry's top talent, offer growth opportunities and provide a fulfilling working environment.

Here at ALM, we are a customer-focused and market-driven company dedicated to the success of the customers we serve with our information products and marketing services and events. Across ALM, our teams deliver premium content to professionals in the legal, finance, real estate and insurance industries.

We promote and value innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. We believe that integrity must be at the heart of everything we do. We foster an environment of trust and teamwork and believe that employee empowerment drives our progress and success as a business. We insist on quality and continuous improvement in all that we do. We have a winning attitude and seek to celebrate all of our successes big and small.

is a fast-growing and highly successful publication featuring news and analysis of the global legal industry. Our reporting combines investigative rigor with commercial awareness to help our audience make better strategic decisions.

The Role

We are seeking an ambitious and analytically minded Data Projects Reporter to lead high-impact, data-driven journalism across the corporate legal sector.

This role sits at the intersection of reporting, research, and analytics. You will originate, build, and execute data-led editorial projects that uncover trends in law firm performance, legal markets, client demand, talent mobility, profitability, pricing, innovation and more.

You will transform complex datasets into authoritative stories, visualisations, rankings, and special reports that shape industry conversation.

The Team

International has a network of reporters, correspondents and editors across 14 countries, all of whom are energetic, dynamic, upbeat individuals who work hard on producing excellent off-diary journalism.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead major data-driven editorial projects from conception to publication
• Analyse and report on proprietary and third-party datasets covering law firms, corporate legal departments, and legal markets
• Help expand and maintain sector-relevant datasets
• Identifying data trends and reporting on current trends in the market through a data lens
• Build relationships with key stakeholders within law firms
• Break news and produce analytical features grounded in quantitative reporting
• Conduct interviews and generate qualitative analysis
• Collaborate with editors, reporters, designers, and commercial teams on flagship reports and special editions
• Help build and maintain sector-relevant datasets (financials, headcount, deal activity, disputes, etc.)
• Present findings clearly through compelling storytelling, charts, and visualisation

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong experience of using AI platforms such as Claude, ChatGPT and data tools such as SQL
• Ability to interrogate financial statements and corporate disclosures
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills
• Experience translating complex quantitative analysis into accessible editorial content
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Flourish, Power BI)