User:Emily Diehl/Journal/June 2009



Emily's Mini-Journal archive - June 2009
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
I just wanted to give you guys a heads-up about a job posting that's just been posted to our site. It's a writer position for my immediate team! If any of you are awesome writers that want to work with awesome people to make our current site and future sites...well...awesome, please apply!!!

Check it out and pass it on to folks you may know who might be interested! This is a great opportunity to land a gig at a really cool company and work on some really cool stuff, and I'm not just saying that because you'll get to work with me, either.

Website Content Writer
As a website content writer, you’ll work with the Game Development, Community, Marketing, and Web teams to generate and edit content for all ArenaNet websites. You’ll work with a dedicated Content Manager to create compelling website features for both Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2, and you’ll play a large role in developing and driving the voice of our games on the web.

Also, you should be a passionate, hardcore gamer who enjoys the company of other gamers and who wants to use your writing skills to develop awesome websites for awesome games.

Essential duties and responsibilities: 
 * Writing articles and web features for our games
 * Developing marketing copy
 * Editing copy written by designers and other team members
 * Using your creativity and passion to assist the team with developing fun and compelling content for the websites
 * Working with the team to develop a clear, consistent, and friendly voice for all website content

 Qualifications
 * Journalism degree or 2 years web/print experience (game reviews, manuals, etc)
 * Ability to translate complicated game mechanics into easy-to-understand and interesting written articles for players of all ages and experience levels
 * Willing and able to work closely with game designers, web developers, and other writers. Must be comfortable with seeking out answers and researching topics to develop articles with minimal direct guidance
 * Ability to take direction and to write content under pressure and tight deadlines
 * Passionate, fun, self-motivated, and creative
 * Extensive gaming experience required, preferably with MMO and RPG titles. A strong passion for and knowledge of Guild Wars is a huge plus
 * Experience with using wikis and writing/understanding HTML is also a huge plus


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