Play Discovery Internship

Job Description
Play Discovery Internship:
Are You an Aspiring Toy Inventor Looking to Discover New Play?
Join the LEGO® Group’s Creative Play Lab for a Paid 5-Month Internship at our Head Quarters in Billund, Denmark!

Internship Dates: February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025

About us:
Creative Play Lab (CPL) is at the heart of new product innovations at the LEGO Group. We experiment with emerging technologies, tinker with new tools, band together with new brands and integrate new inventions into the LEGO system of play to create the toys of tomorrow’s world. As an intern in the Play Discovery team, you will learn to use our prototyping tools to get hands on discovering new play experiences from day one. You’ll get to work across our innovation missions to support the teams in ideating, prototyping, problem solving, iterating and testing the toys of the future!

Meet the teams:
As a part of the internship, you will join one of our Play Discovery capability teams:

• Play Invention (Physical): This team works with materials like plastic, paper, card, wood and textiles to cut, glue and stitch together physical prototypes. They design new concepts in CAD and manufacture their own parts in our machine workshop to explore new physical play experiences.

• Play Invention (Digital): This team bridges the realms of software, physical-digital technologies and creative coding to quickly prototype and iterate on ways to find the fun in playful interactive experiences.

• Concept Model Exploration: This team works with existing LEGO elements (classic, technic and DUPLO) to create concept models. They integrate mechanisms and new digital and physical inventions into their designs to explore the future play potential of interactive LEGO models.

Internship Eligibility: ​

• Currently enrolled in full time education in an art, design or engineering discipline

• Free for the entire internship period from February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2025

• Ability to move to Billund, Denmark for the duration of the Internship

• Speak English to at least a conversational / intermediate level

• Experience with at least some of the following disciplines: ​

Experience with at least some of the following disciplines:​

• Sketching
• Digital illustration
• 3D CAD programs
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Textiles
• Workshop machines
• Game Engines
• Coding
• LEGO model building

Responsibilities:
You’re here to learn from the best so we appreciate that there will be a lot of new things for you to get familiar with. We want you to bring all your energy, enthusiasm and experiences to work every day so we can achieve amazing things together while you learn along the way!

• Push the boundaries of play by imagining new universes, creating compelling characters and constructing new prototypes to bring concepts to life

• Research innovative technologies, materials and toys to discover new possibilities within physical and digital play

• Communicate ideas through a range of media e.g. sketches, models, digital mockups, 3D prints etc.

• Create new LEGO elements and be resourceful using every tool at your disposal to hack, build and learn every day

• Explore new play opportunities by testing physical / digital prototypes to gather feedback and iterate on ideas

• Collaborate with a team of experienced designers, developers, engineers, artists and researchers to drive our innovation missions forward

Perks:

• Shape the future of play in Creative Play Lab and contribute to the LEGO models and experiences of the future

• Work with a passionate team of like-minded inventors and experimenters where you’ll learn something new every day and build your professional network

• Live and work in the global headquarters of the LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark and explore our state-of-the-art campus

• Gain an insight into how an innovation department operates and the processes through which we design our model portfolio at the LEGO Group

Application:
We welcome international applications for this role however you must be able to live and work in Billund, Denmark for the duration of the internship itself. Please ensure your application is completed in English. To apply, simply submit the following by September 26th 2024.

• An A4 size poster (landscape) designed by you to showcase why you think you are a good fit for the internship. You may use text, photographs, colour etc. to communicate your enthusiasm, talent and values. Please attach it in .PDF format to your application.

• A current CV detailing your education and relevant experiences.

• A full portfolio showcasing a more in-depth range of your work. This should include projects that highlight your interests, reflect your passions and demonstrate your hobbies. Please attach it in .PDF format to your application.

Come and join us as we discover the future of play!

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000019171
• Category
  Administration, Facilities & Secretarial