Nintendo of America Inc.
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its WiiTM, Nintendo DSTM, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCubeTM systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.5 billion video games and more than 430 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like MarioTM, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, ZeldaTM and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
** This is a CONTRACT position
Description of Duties
- Publishes technical documentation primarily to support Nintendo licensees and developers
- Researches and formulates technical information for publication
- Drafts and edits documentation, in particular documentation translated from Japanese to English
- Establishes and maintains published material quality standards
- Initiates new publishing and localization procedures that improve current methodologies
- Maintains software version control updates and documentation revision history
- Supports other technical writing and localization projects as required
Summary of Requirements
- Strong writing skills
- In-depth knowledge of English language, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Ability to ascertain and formulate information needed to complete localization of technical publications and content required to support English/Japanese and Japanese/English translations
- Good understanding of programming concepts
- Ability to produce technical documents in printed and web-ready document formats
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Experience using various document publishing software (Microsoft Word, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe In-Design)
- Familiarity with Agile and translation memory tools such as SDL Trados
- Experience writing technical publications in an electronics or software development environment
- Minimum five years of technical writing or editing experience
Preferred
- Bilingual in Japanese and English
Education
- Undergraduate degree in English/Journalism, Technical Communication, or a related field or equivalent
** This is a CONTRACT position
** Applications and resumes will only be accepted through Nintendo's website as we no longer accept paper, faxed, or emailed resumes.
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