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Technical Writer Intern
3 years ago
Epic Games’ technical documentation team is looking for a smart, creative intern to join them for Summer 2021. Depending on your interests, skills, and experience, you’ll contribute to the documentation for Unreal Engine, Fortnite Creative, or one of the other industry-shaking initiatives Epic is brewing this year!
Millions of licensees around the world use the Unreal Engine tech to create interactive, immersive experiences—indie and mobile games, AAA blockbusters, ground-breaking VR and AR experiences, design visualizations for architecture, engineering, and manufacturing—any kind of virtual world you can imagine. And with Unreal Engine 5 already announced and in active development, you’ll have the chance to contribute to a project that will literally make history.
And as if that isn’t enough, Unreal Engine is also the backbone of Epic’s own game titles, including Fortnite. With the continuing development of Fortnite Creative, we’re giving users ever more and more opportunities to craft and share their own digital worlds, build interactive logic, and enter the field of creative 3D.
With so many users across so many industries, all craving detailed information about how to use the latest cutting-edge features, we need skilled writers to meet the constant demand. If you’re a no-nonsense communicator with a technical bent and a passion for helping others make their dreams and visions become a reality, join us today!
Responsibilities:
- Work with cutting edge game development game technology
- Learn the inner workings of what goes into game development tools
- Create, edit, and maintain user-facing documentation
- Fix outdated documentation as the tech constantly changes
- Work closely with our team of writers, subject matter experts in engineering and product management, and professionals in related disciplines like Support, QA, and more
Qualifications:
- Degree work in writing, communications, or related fields
- Experience creating written documentation, tutorials, and other training material
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain complex concepts in a clear manner
- Motivated self-starter, who independently takes projects to completion
- Strong technical abilities and experience documenting software preferred
- Example of project work and technical writing samples
This is a paid, remote internship for Summer 2021. All candidates must be eligible to work 40 hours per week remotely. Recruitment will run until teams find an ideal match. For more information about Epic Internships, visit Epicgames.com/students
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