Academic Writing Experts (Freelance)

Academic Writing Experts (Freelance)

15 Apr 2025 1

Job summary

Salary
Competitive hourly/fixed
Location
Remote, Worldwide

About the role  

Writexperts partners with researchers, universities, NGOs, and EdTech teams to deliver rigorous, ethically produced academic content. Writexperts partners with researchers, universities, NGOs, and EdTech teams to deliver rigorous, ethically produced academic content. We’re expanding our global bench with academic writers and editors who can turn detailed rubrics and research briefs into clear, well-structured outputs. Every project at Writexperts goes through an editor-led quality check before final delivery, followed by a plagiarism screening to ensure originality and academic integrity.

 

Specialties we’re hiring for  

Academic editing (essays, theses/dissertations, research papers); academic grant writing; academic presentation creation; case study analysis; citation and bibliography management/formatting; data analysis and interpretation; literature review writing; research proposal writing; study guide development; survey design and analysis; thesis/dissertation consulting.

 

What you’ll do

  • Translate briefs, rubrics, and research aims into well-argued, publishable content.

  • Structure papers logically; craft abstracts, introductions, methods, results, and discussions.

  • Apply citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE) with precision.

  • Conduct and synthesize literature; evaluate sources and gaps critically.

  • Analyze data (quant/qual) and present findings with clear tables/figures.

  • Collaborate with editors and PMs; revise efficiently to acceptance criteria.

  • Uphold confidentiality, IP, and ethical academic standards at all times.

 

What you’ll need

  • Advanced degree or equivalent research experience in a relevant field.

  • Portfolio of polished academic work (published articles, reports, theses, or client samples).

  • 3+ years’ experience writing or editing for academic or research audiences.

  • Mastery of style, grammar, argumentation, and evidence-based reasoning.

  • Proficiency with citation managers (Zotero/EndNote/Mendeley).

  • Nice to have: statistics or methods skills (SPSS, R, Stata, NVivo, Excel); bilingual English/French.

 

Assessment & quality assurance  

Shortlisted candidates may complete MCQs to validate style and methods fundamentals and writing tests to assess structure, tone control, and citation accuracy. On live projects, we run a two-step QA: (1) editorial quality review for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and formatting; (2) plagiarism check prior to final delivery.

 

What we offer

  • Clear briefs, rubrics, and editorial support.

  • Fair, transparent pay per milestone; prompt approval and payment.

  • Flexible, remote work with steady engagements and long-term matches.

  • Growth routes into Lead Editor/Methodologist or Subject-Matter Specialist.

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