Senior UX Designer (Space Engineers Franchise)

kswh; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Remote work flexibility within CET +/-

Hybrid access to modern office

25 days annual leave

Hybrid-by-default culture

International team events

Zusammenfassung

kswh seeks a Senior Marketing Artist to lead visual direction for sandbox simulation games, shaping promotional artwork and maintaining brand consistency across campaigns, platforms, and stores. The role blends hands-on creation with strategic oversight.

The position requires a strong portfolio, mastery of Photoshop and Illustrator, and experience delivering assets for major platforms, with collaboration across art, marketing, and production teams to raise quality standards.

Qualifikationen

• Six or more years of professional game marketing experience.
• Strong portfolio with promotional artwork for video games.
• Experience building brand identities across channels.
• Proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience delivering assets for Steam, PS, Xbox.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).

Aufgaben

• Define and evolve the visual brand identity across marketing materials and platforms.
• Create key visuals, promo screenshots, banners, logos, and social assets.
• Capture and post-process in-game imagery to high promotional quality.
• Adapt visuals across formats, resolutions and platform requirements.
• Collaborate with artists, marketing and production to align assets with goals.
• Improve workflows and templates for recurring marketing assets.

Kenntnisse

Strong portfolio

Branding

Visual design

Fluent English

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

After Effects

Blender

Steam

PlayStation

Xbox

Jobbeschreibung

Role overview

This senior role sits within a studio developing large-scale sandbox simulation games built around engineering, construction, physics, and player creativity. The position blends hands‑on visual creation with strategic ownership of how the franchise is presented across marketing channels, rather than purely executing briefs. The successful candidate will help shape the visual direction of promotional materials and push quality standards across campaigns and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve the visual brand identity across marketing materials, platforms, and campaigns
• Produce key visuals, promotional screenshots, beauty shots, store and platform assets, banners, splash screens, logos, social media graphics, and event materials
• Capture, compose, and post‑process in‑game imagery to meet strong promotional quality standards
• Adapt key visuals into multiple formats, resolutions, and platform requirements while preserving consistency
• Collaborate with artists, marketing, and production teams to align each asset with its purpose and audience
• Identify workflow, template, and production efficiency improvements, particularly for recurring marketing assets

Requirements

• Six or more years of professional experience as a Marketing Artist, 2D Artist, or Graphic Designer in the video game industry on PC or console titles
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality video game marketing and promotional artwork
• Proven experience creating and evolving brand identities across multiple marketing channels and asset types
• Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
• Solid understanding of composition, typography, color, lighting, and visual hierarchy
• Hands‑on experience producing assets for Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and similar gaming platforms
• Working knowledge of 3D tools such as Blender, Unreal Engine, or Unity
• Basic experience with motion graphics or animation tools such as Adobe After Effects
• Fluent spoken and written English

Nice to have

• Motion graphics or video editing experience
• Familiarity with Figma
• UI/UX or in‑game UI design background
• Previous work on sci‑fi, simulation, or technically oriented games

Benefits and work setup

• Remote work flexibility within CET plus or minus two hours, with hybrid access to a modern office
• Twenty‑five days of annual leave plus flexible sick leave
• Hybrid‑by‑default culture with low bureaucracy and fast decision‑making
• International team environment with regular team events and community gatherings