Senior UX Designer | Berlin
Savage games were formed in 2020 by industry veterans from studios such as; Rockstar, Insomniac, Supercell, Wargaming and Rovio. In 2022 we joined Playstation, making Savage the founding studio of the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division.
Our Mission is to make action games with epic stories to foster lasting connections with players around the world. We’re f earlessly exploring bold new ideas with the aim to make high-quality, visually stunning games for mobile devices
Why do our people love it here?
Games - If you love games, we live and breathe games, playing together regularly and having games at the heart of everything we do. We prioritise our players and deeply understand them, which drives everything we do
People - Are Powerful Together, we believe that excellence is reached through team collaboration and a culture of feedback. We’re made up of passionate, collaborative and humble people. We’re committed to hiring a diverse team and we believe in treating people fairly. A great workplace is one where you feel like you belong. We are building a team of people who understand, empathise, collaborate, listen and connect. We want to create equal opportunity for all and give everyone a fair chance.
Pioneers - We’re pioneers. We aim to create AAA experiences that will push innovation and gaming on mobile. Think of everything you love about console games and imagine having that in the palm of your hand. You’ll be able to directly impact Savage Games by joining us, early on in our mission.
Inspired - Savage is a perfect home for those looking to make great games. We're hiring professionals who believe their best work is yet to be done. If you want; to make an impact, have more autonomy, bring AAA to mobile and want to work with a team of welcoming, open and honest teammates, Savage is the place for you.
We’re committed to creating a diverse team. If you feel that you might be interested in the role, even if you don’t hit 100% of the criteria, please don’t let that put you off. Get in touch with us. We believe in passion and potential.
Senior UX Designer
Are you looking to join a team of like-minded professionals? Is your aim to wow players with a sleek UI and an unrivalled user experience? If so, look no further. We are on the hunt for an experienced UX designer to join an exciting mobile project currently in development.
As a Senior UX designer, you will work closely with our game designers, programmers, and artists to bring the user experience of our first title to the next level. Third-person action games on touchscreen devices can sometimes feel overwhelming. Thus we expect you to develop ideas to decrease the perceived complexity.
From time to time you’ll be expected to work directly in the engine implementing the solutions you’ve designed. Don’t worry if working directly in the engine is not your strong suit, your colleagues will be there to help you.
Responsibilities
- Create UX flows and mockups based on feature designs
- Implement UX flows and UI functionality working directly in the engine
- Create assets in Illustrator and Photoshop based on a style guide for the game
- Work very closely with the design and art team
Required Skills
- Excellent understanding of UX and interface design in games
- Experience working in a games studio
- Good understanding and hands-on experience with Unreal, Unity, or a similar game engine
- Able to understand technical implementations, limitations, and scalability
Desirable Skills
- Experience in creating game UI/UX for mobile devices
- Confident understanding of typography and basic colour theory
Why join us?
Although we’re a new company, we’re committed to making this a great place to work, so this is only the beginning of our benefits
- Annual bonus
- Paid lunches
- Budget towards commuting costs
- Gym or sporting subscription to spend as you wish
- Home internet provided
- Mobile Phone
- Educational budget: for language learning, self-training, attending conferences, buying games and books etc
- Financial and practical assistance with relocation through our relocation partner and a relocation budget
- Twice yearly off-sites, this year we held one in Berlin and one in Helsinki
- PVG - Pizza, beer and games on the last Friday of every month
- 30 days holiday plus additional days from Christmas and New Year
- Discounts on PlayStation products and games
We're an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.