About the Role
We are seeking a specialized Technical Writer to enhance our digital ecosystem documentation in a part-time freelance capacity. The role involves translating complex processes like 3D rendering pipelines, metadata schemas, API integrations, and secure portal access into clear documentation for various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Produce functional specifications from discovery and implementation artifacts.
- Create and maintain developer documentation, including REST APIs and integration guides.
- Write user-focused documentation, tutorials, FAQs, and knowledge base content.
- Document complex workflows related to 3D digital asset ingestion, version control, metadata tagging, taxonomy, and rendering pipelines.
- Create clear administrative and end-user documentation detailing portal configuration, single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC), and asset sharing protocols.
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, designers, QA engineers, 3D technical artists, and business stakeholders to gather and validate information.
- Maintain documentation using Markdown (e.g., within Obsidian) following documentation-as-code practices.
- Create diagrams, workflow maps, wireframe annotations, and process documentation.
- Establish documentation standards, templates, and review processes as needed.
Requirements
- 3+ years of technical writing experience in Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems, complex web applications, or SaaS platforms.
- Strong understanding of 3D digital asset lifecycles, file formats (glTF, USD, FBX, OBJ), metadata management, and creative workflows (e.g., Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, CAD).
- Experience documenting digital portals, user onboarding, permission tiers (RBAC), and SSO.
- Proficiency with modern Docs-as-Code workflows (Markdown, Git/GitHub) or headless CMS platforms (ReadMe, GitBook, Confluence).
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, authentication, and web technologies.
- Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to tailor content for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to independently interview stakeholders and synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Bachelor's degree in English, Computer Science, Visual Effects & 3D Animation, Information Architecture, or equivalent practical experience.
- Familiarity with Obsidian and static site generators such as MkDocs.
- Knowledge of Mermaid or similar diagramming tools.
- Experience with documentation automation, CI/CD, and AI-assisted authoring.
- Understanding of accessibility, UX writing, and content strategy.
- Knowledge of game production or the Unreal Engine pipeline.
Skills
- Technical Writing
- Digital Asset Management (DAM)
- SaaS Platforms
- 3D Digital Asset Lifecycles
- File Formats (glTF, USD, FBX, OBJ)
- Metadata Management
- Creative Workflows (Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, CAD)
- Digital Portals
- User Onboarding
- RBAC
- SSO
- Docs-as-Code
- Markdown
- Git/GitHub
- Headless CMS
- REST APIs
- JSON
- Authentication
- Web Technologies
- Obsidian
- MkDocs
- Mermaid
- Documentation Automation
- CI/CD
- AI-assisted Authoring
- Accessibility
- UX Writing
- Content Strategy
- Game Production
- Unreal Engine Pipeline
Work Type
- Part-time
- Freelance
Experience Level
- 3+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in English, Computer Science, Visual Effects & 3D Animation, Information Architecture, or equivalent practical experience.
About the Company
- Journey is a global design and innovation studio pioneering multidimensional experiences (MDX) that transform how people perceive, engage, and interact with the world.
- With studios in New York, London, Miami, and Dubai, we blend strategy, design, technology, and narrative to create sensory-rich journeys that ignite emotion and deepen connections between people, brands, and culture.
- Founded in 2022 by visionary leaders, we unite award-winning studios ICRAVE, Squint/Opera, 59, and VMI Studio to form a multidimensional design practice with unparalleled expertise across physical, immersive, and digital realms.
- Our framework, the Journey Experience Stack, continuously evolves to embrace new capabilities and creative possibilities, focusing on enhancing the human experience.
- No other full-service studio practices multidimensional design or integrates its experience capabilities with this level of sophistication.
- Whether reimagining the hospital-patient relationship, creating immersive entertainment venues, revolutionizing live theater, or crafting virtual twins that accelerate ideas from vision to reality, Journey's work is pioneering a shift in how people engage with the world.
- The Multidimensional Experience Agency
- Journey is a global design and innovation agency shaping the future through multidimensional experiences (MDX) that connect people, brands, and culture.
- Our layered MDX approach crafts story-driven, sensory-rich engagement across physical, immersive, digital, and virtual spaces—fuelled by creative and technological innovation.
- Born from a legacy of pioneering studios, Journey blends strategic thinking with deep creative expertise to deliver solutions across industries.
- Journey’s MDX approach fuels growth and forges lasting value for audiences and partners, by creating cultural connections that resonate with impact.
- Start your journey here www.journey.world
