Technical Writer, Electronic Arts
Frostbite, 12 Months, Temporary Full-Time
CA$63.4-98.8k
Video game company
Job no longer available
Video game company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$63.4-98.8k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire the world to play, by creating games and experiences for the global player community that are a reflection of our diverse world.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software or online technical writing experience within a technology organization
- 2+ years of project management experience, with the ability to organize tasks
- Experience working in a collaborative, Agile development environment
- Experience using a content management system (CMS) or similar knowledge management systems to organize and create documentation
- Experience creating and organizing technical documentation that is concise and accurate
- Experience translating technical concepts into written and visual formats
What the job involves
- As a Technical Writer, you will report to the Managing Editor of the Frostbite Documentation Team
- You will be part of a distributed team that's responsible for empowering game creators to bring their ideas to life and unleash the power of the Frostbite game engine
- You will do this by organizing, writing, and editing learning resources and documentation
- Your user-centric approach will help new and experienced game creators learn how to use the Frostbite engine
- You will work side-by-side with game engine engineers and experts to help them share their knowledge
- Work with distributed teams (product management, engineering, content, and experience design) to organize and sustain the Frostbite engine conceptual and how to documentation, UI text, and tutorials
- Work with experts to learn about engine features, write documentation, and consult on best practices for conveying technical information
- Employ creative approaches and accountability when managing projects that address game creator concerns
- Provide guidance and participate in creating and maintaining documentation standards, such as consistency, reuse, voice and tone
- Provide feedback on documentation tooling and process improvement across multiple, concurrent projects and systems
- Contribute to content management practices to enable reuse and ease to maintain documentation
Our take
EA is a leading global game company, responsible for developing and publishing some of the biggest games of the last 20 years. Its publishing successes include giants like The Sims, Battlefield, and Mass Effect, while EA's titles, such as Fifa, Madden, and NBA Live, have also seen market-leading success.
A series of acquisitions in 2021 marked EA's push into mobile gaming, which has become the driving force behind the rapid growth of the global video gaming market, and has remained a clear focus for the company, despite the cancellation of its popular Apex Legends Mobile game. The company also expressed interest in NFTs and "play-to-earn" games, going so far as to label them "the future of the industry", but has since taken steps to distance itself from the idea, as it proved unpopular with gamers.
This combined model of publishing and development has allowed EA to put its name to a huge range of products, making the brand iconic in the gaming world. It has formed major partnerships with the likes of Disney, giving it full control of creating in-demand games, such as within the Star Wars franchise. In the upcoming years, the company plans to focus on games-as-a-service, as it embraces the evolution of the gaming world.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 1982
$2m
SERIES A
May 1982
$0.2m
SEED
Total funding: $2.2m
Company values
- Creativity: Striving to bring imagination, orginal ideals, and excitement to everything we do
- Pioneering: Acting with the curiosity and courage that it takes to experiment, innovate, and lead
- Passion: We are at our best when we pursue what we love, and have fun doing it
- Determination: Bringing focus, drive, and conviction to our actions. Thriving on the journey, and being mortivated to achieve excellence
- Learning: Listening, having humility, being open to new ways of thinking, and looking with a lens of inclusion. Challenging ourselves to grow and change as a company
- Teamwork: Committed to each other, and to the accountability and integrity tit takes to be a successful diverse team
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
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Leadership
Andrew Wilson
(CEO, not founder)Joined EA as Vice President and Executive Producer in 2000, and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Electronic Arts
- Our intentional efforts to embed principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in our people practices have generated results across our teams.
- We have made progress in company-wide representation of women and underrepresented minorities.
- We have achieved a 46 percentage point increase in underrepresented talent in executive roles (VP+) over the last two fiscal years.
- We have hired underrepresented talent above our representation rates for the fourth consecutive year.
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