- You will be producing and maintaining documentation for Unity Manual and Scripting API reference:
- Manual: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual
- Scripting API reference: http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/index.html
- Developing, editing, and proofreading existing written content for the Unity User Manual and Scripting API reference pages
- Taking technical information from Unity developers and turning it into clear, concise user documentation for the Unity User Manual and Scripting API reference pages. This requires the use of Google Docs and Unity’s in-house Markdown editor, and involves a lot of collaboration with the author (usually the developer)
- Working to and contributing to the Unity Style Guide, a document which dictates how terminology is expressed in the Unity documentation and other areas of technical content across Unity
- Developing and writing C# and code samples for the Scripting API
- Monitoring and responding to incoming documentation issues from colleagues and teams across Unity via emails, bug reports, Slack messages and other channels
- Experience as a professional writer and/or editor
- Experience using and adhering to style guides
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Ability to interpret, understand and re-explain complicated concepts
- Ability to write easy-to-follow instructions
- Exceptional thoroughness and attention to detail
- Experience programming or scripting in C# and/or JavaScript
- Experience using Unity (or another 3D game development tool)
- Experience in project management
- Ability to do simple image editing (for example, using Photoshop)
- Any game development knowledge or background
- Experience with the following tools: We use the following tools to produce and maintain the Unity documentation. Experience using any of these is ideal, but we are able to train you in anything you haven’t used before.
- Writing/editing documentation: Google Docs, Unity’s in-house Markdown editor, any text editor (such as TextWrangler), any image editor (such as Photoshop), any screenshot software (such as TinyGrab)
- Project management: Trello, FogBugz
- Communication: Slack, Gmail
- Version control: Mercurial/TortoiseHg
- Experience using the Unity Editor is of course ideal, but again, we can train the right candidate in everything you need to know!
Unity Technologies is the creator of Unity, a high-performance end-to-end development platform that creates rich interactive experiences. Unity enables the democratization of game development with tools that help developers create immersive experiences and connect millions of users across multiple platforms. Unity owns more than 45% of the full feature game engine market (source: McKinsey), with more than 3M registered Unity developers. Every month over 1+ billion games made with Unity are downloaded on more than 500M devices, making it one of the largest mobile platforms in the world.
The China Unity Marketing team is seeking a Technical Writer with exceptional writing and editing skills, experience writing to style guides, and a keen eye for detail. While game development and programming experience is a bonus, it’s not essential for this role - the focus here is on an ability to write technical instruction that is clear, concise and user-friendly. We’re looking for somebody with experience working professionally as a technical writer, copywriter or editor - someone who can write well and learn quickly, and is committed to producing high-quality written content.
We work with all areas of Unity, from Development to Support and QA (and everybody else!). We collaborate with people based in offices around the world, including Columbia, Texas, San Francisco, Montreal, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Singapore, Tokyo, and Brighton. An ability and willingness to communicate and work with developers to produce good documentation is essential.
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Who We Are
Unity is the creator of the world’s most widely-used real-time 3D (RT3D) development platform, giving content creators around the world the tools to create rich, interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences. Our 800+ person engineering team keeps Unity at the bleeding-edge of technology by working alongside partners such as Magic Leap, Google, Facebook, Oculus and Microsoft to ensure optimized support for the latest releases and platforms.
Apps made with Unity reach 2.7 billion devices worldwide and were installed more than 24 billion times in the last 12 months. Unity is powering the real-time revolution, expanding beyond games and breaking into other industries including automotive, film, architecture, engineering, construction and more.
职能类别: 文档工程师
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