Visual Design Associate: Global Design
Date: Jul 20, 2026
Location: Walldorf, Germany
Company: automation-1
Ref-Code: DE-60368719-EN-15-001
Work area: Software - User Experience
Expected travel: 0% - 30%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.User Experience is one of the top priorities for SAP and our customers. We are looking for an experienced leader to build a new team that drives User Experience (UX) excellence into all the products SAP makes for its customers. Global Design team's designers will engage deeply with various product groups to understand their product intent and customer needs it is addressing to provide guidance and leadership back to the product groups. You will engage in UX reviews, which include interaction design + visual design + branding, and help identify key problem areas and discover opportunities for improvements. The team will track design trends, technologies and best practices and bring them into the organization as meaningfully as possible. The team will also help maintain product brand continuity across all SAP LOBs. The team will also have a third party resources available to teams when design resource support is required. In order to make sure that we are solving the right problems, Design Thinking approaches will be applied in close collaboration during all engagements.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
- Your primary responsibilities will include collaboration with interaction designers & product owners to define the product vision
- Create and manage a rich and deep library of UI screen assets to enable swift creation of mockups and prototypes as well as finished products
- Create of information graphics + icons
- Identify reusable visual design patterns
- Your work will span across devices, bringing the user experience to life; your innovative ideas and designs will be invaluable here. As a contributing member of our design team, you will also be in a position to influence the user experience for SAP's products.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Graduates welcome!
- Up to max. 2 years visual design experience with large-scale rich internet applications and web site projects, as well as consumer mobile applications is a plus
- Work experience with print (paper and ink) is a plus
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
REQUIRED:
- Graduate with bachelor/master degree in Visual Design, Interaction Design, IT or related fields of study
- Very good English language skills - both written and spoken - good German skills would be a plus
- Deep understanding of user interface and interaction design
- An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a varied range of work & vibrant creativity with a strong consumer orientation
- Able to turn concepts into concrete visuals quickly, then rapidly iterate those sketches into polished final designs
- Experience producing final art in Adobe Fireworks/ Photoshop/ Illustrator PREFERRED:
- Passionate about visual design
- Up-to-the-minute knowledge of graphic trends in mobile, web, print, and motion design
- Able to think and work beyond the appearance
- Love of continuous learning and growth Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter, a resume in table form, school leaving certificates, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, your design portfolio and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please describe as well your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs. ! PLEASE APPLY ONLINE ON WWW.CAREERSATSAP.COM !Career Level: T1 - Salary Range: D1-20 to D1-22
Work area: Software - User Experience
Expected travel: 0% - 30%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.User Experience is one of the top priorities for SAP and our customers. We are looking for an experienced leader to build a new team that drives User Experience (UX) excellence into all the products SAP makes for its customers. Global Design team's designers will engage deeply with various product groups to understand their product intent and customer needs it is addressing to provide guidance and leadership back to the product groups. You will engage in UX reviews, which include interaction design + visual design + branding, and help identify key problem areas and discover opportunities for improvements. The team will track design trends, technologies and best practices and bring them into the organization as meaningfully as possible. The team will also help maintain product brand continuity across all SAP LOBs. The team will also have a third party resources available to teams when design resource support is required. In order to make sure that we are solving the right problems, Design Thinking approaches will be applied in close collaboration during all engagements.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
- Your primary responsibilities will include collaboration with interaction designers & product owners to define the product vision
- Create and manage a rich and deep library of UI screen assets to enable swift creation of mockups and prototypes as well as finished products
- Create of information graphics + icons
- Identify reusable visual design patterns
- Your work will span across devices, bringing the user experience to life; your innovative ideas and designs will be invaluable here. As a contributing member of our design team, you will also be in a position to influence the user experience for SAP's products.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Graduates welcome!
- Up to max. 2 years visual design experience with large-scale rich internet applications and web site projects, as well as consumer mobile applications is a plus
- Work experience with print (paper and ink) is a plus
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
REQUIRED:
- Graduate with bachelor/master degree in Visual Design, Interaction Design, IT or related fields of study
- Very good English language skills - both written and spoken - good German skills would be a plus
- Deep understanding of user interface and interaction design
- An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates a varied range of work & vibrant creativity with a strong consumer orientation
- Able to turn concepts into concrete visuals quickly, then rapidly iterate those sketches into polished final designs
- Experience producing final art in Adobe Fireworks/ Photoshop/ Illustrator PREFERRED:
- Passionate about visual design
- Up-to-the-minute knowledge of graphic trends in mobile, web, print, and motion design
- Able to think and work beyond the appearance
- Love of continuous learning and growth Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter, a resume in table form, school leaving certificates, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, your design portfolio and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please describe as well your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs. ! PLEASE APPLY ONLINE ON WWW.CAREERSATSAP.COM !Career Level: T1 - Salary Range: D1-20 to D1-22