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South Africa

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Senior Academic Editor/Proofreader | 14 years' experience in research publications

Profile Summary

BA Honours (English) and BIS Honours (Publishing) graduate (both from the University of Pretoria) and a current master's degree student (MA Publishing Studies) at the University of the Witwatersrand. I've been a copy-editor since 2011 at various corporates and went full-time as a freelancer in 2021. My research focus is on the regulation of South African language practitioners via the South African Language Practitioners' Council Act (SALPC Act) and the relevant international standards the SALPC wants to apply (e.g., Editors Canada, Ciep [UK] and IPEd [Australia/New Zealand]). As a senior academic editor/proofreader, I focus on academic journal articles, dissertations, theses and tertiary textbooks in various research fields.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Publishing
• ★ English Studies
• ★ Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Celebrity News
• ☆ Fashion & Style
• ☆ Home Decorating & Organizing
• ☆ Art Education
• ☆ Education Law

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Work Experience

Proofreader

Jonathan Ball Publishers

July 2025 - Present

MA Student

University of the Witwatersrand

2023 - Present

Editor & Proofreader

Newgen KnowledgeWorks

August 2022 - Present

Contractual Editor: Computer Science and Humanities

Cactus Communications

March 2021 - Present

Senior Academic Editor/Proofreader

Strikethrough

December 2014 - Present

Copyeditor & Proofreader

the content station

January 2022 - January 2024

Education

MA (Publishing Studies)

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2023 - Present

BIS (Hons) Publishing

University of Pretoria

January 2019 - December 2020

PGCE (Senior Phase, English Home Language, Arts and Culture)

University of Pretoria

January 2011 - December 2011

BA (Hons) English

University of Pretoria

January 2010 - December 2010

BA Specialising in Languages (English Studies)

University of Pretoria

January 2007 - December 2009

Certifications

• Writing in Plain Language

  LinkedIn Learning

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/b139841ce5d7df6577a64664469de057fa5835732399ecf26d4107b52b1b0925?trk=share_certificate

  July 2021 - Present

• Editing Mastery: How to Edit Writing to Perfection

  LinkedIn Learning

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/9c96d8f8e13201af1d94a3fae26ab53ac2587dbd36b6a9054c24c01ddb752e9d?trk=backfilled_certificate

  February 2021 - Present

• Writing Headlines

  LinkedIn Learning

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/7fc778e42c0758149548fe911e0bf20cb4b3a8899ca7f5c71076d32d1f00fda4?trk=backfilled_certificate

  September 2018 - Present

Publications

BOOK

Louise Jean Greyling (2026). Introduction to Education Law . Van Schaik Publishers.

Louise Jean Greyling (2026). Remuneration Management . Van Schaik Publishers.