Our Vision
A world-class partner to the games industry, trusted to deliver the highest quality services with passion, expertise and agility
Our Purpose
To serve our partners by enhancing the experience of gamers across the world through our passionate and expert team
Our Values
Quality, Passion, Agility, Customer Intimacy, Teamwork
Over the last 20 years Universally Speaking has built a reputation as a trusted partner in supporting studios to make some of the world’s greatest games and applications.
Games are only great when you step forward and bring your best skills to the team. Are you ready for your challenge?
You will be one of the first people to experience the game and will be part of a dynamic, high performing and multi-disciplined team whose mission is to get the game ready for release.
You’ll have a passion to get things right, you are thorough in your attention to detail, you’re open to learning new skills and work hard to hit deadlines.
It doesn’t matter if this is your first job or you’ve been working for years, you’ll want to be part of the best testing team on the planet where every day you’re learning as you work on a variety of different projects.
What would you do at work?
1. Your job is to make sure games and applications give the best user experience by being bug free.
2. To do this you will learn how to follow the Universally Speaking QA process and professional standards which we have optimised over the years to be the best in the industry.
3. You’ll use a variety of industry standard bug databases to write detailed bug reports that get you noticed as someone who is trusted and cares about making games better.
4. Reporting issues is where it starts but you’ll also have ownership to ensure that bugs have been fixed and implemented correctly.
5. You’ll become the QA Expert across a broad range of Indie to AAA projects and given areas of specialisation
6. You’ll own, manage, create, and regularly execute test cases throughout the project life cycle. This includes document testing practises, QA process & reporting method.
7. You’ll actively participate in test requirement gathering with developers to ensure QA effectively tests and supports all features of the project.
8. You’ll be one step ahead in looking at ways to make improvements, take ownership for additional activities and create efficiencies in the way you work.
Measures of Performance
9. Quality, velocity and precision of bug reports
10. On time delivery
11. Team working and communication
12. Continuous improvement and knowledge of QA workflow and techniques
Requirements
You are a great match if you:
13. Have strong written and verbal communication skills in English
14. Are passionate about video games
15. Are quick learning and adaptable
16. Have a focus on quality and a keen eye for detail
17. Have an inquisitive mind
18. Are a team player, with the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines
19. Are pro-active, tenacious, and enthusiastic
20. Are good with computers – word processing, database handling, record keeping, good working knowledge of MS Office Suit
21. Are familiar with varied systems and hardware, from PC to console to mobiles
22. Are happy to work in our offices in Central Liverpool
23. Are reliable and consistent
24. Have the Right to Work in the UK
It’s really useful if you have done some of the following but if not, we can teach you:
25. Management and execution of automated tests
26. Used version control software, issue task tracking or project management tools
27. Been part of games development projects or jams in the past and know something about development engines
28. Experience in using Jira
Benefits
What can we offer you?
29. Training
30. Lunch and Learns
31. Management Development
32. Wellbeing Portal including Live Chat and Support
33. Mini Health checks
34. Access to Counselling and structured therapy
35. Online CBT
36. Perks and Discounts
37. Qualified nurses on hand to offer support on a range of medical or health-related issues offering practical information and advice
38. Social events and celebrations