Play Ideation Internship

the LEGO Group; Billund; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and Disability Insurance

Wellbeing programs

Colleague Discount

Bonus Scheme

Hybrid Work Policy

Job summary

LEGO Group in Billund, Denmark invites motivated students to join its Play Discovery team in the Creative Play Lab for a paid internship. This four‑month program starts in September 2026 and is based at LEGO Group's headquarters in Billund.

You will explore early-stage ideation, concept development, and prototyping, collaborating with a world‑class multidisciplinary team to imagine meaningful, next‑generation play experiences.

Qualifications

• Student status required for full duration of internship
• Graduation after 31 December 2026 required
• Internship is compulsory part of education and contributes to course credit
• Available 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026 in Billund, Denmark

Responsibilities

• Facilitate ideation sessions with teams
• Help turn sparks into visual concepts and prototypes
• Explore personal ideation directions for creative exploration
• Challenge teams to think outside the norm and broaden horizons

Skills

Sketching

Concept Artwork

Graphic Design

Facilitation

LEGO Model Building

Animation

Videography

Artistic hobbies

Cultural awareness

Job description

Job Description

Are You an AspiringIdeatorLooking to Discover New Play?

Join the LEGO® Group’s Play Discovery team within the Creative Play Lab for a Paid Internship at our Head Quarters in Billund, Denmark!

Are you driven by an unquenchable passion for discovering new play opportunities through early-stage ideation, concept development, and prototyping? If so, you could be one of the talented students joining our Play Discovery department this year, where creativity and imagination thrive!

Start date: September 2026

Length :4 months(untilend of December2026)

About us:

Creative Play Lab is an ambitious, future‑focused innovation hub inventing radical new play opportunities and never‑seen‑before experiences for LEGO®fans of today and tomorrow.Wegrow the boundaries of what play can become, using bold experimentation, advanced technologies, and deep insight into how kids play to imagine meaningful, next‑generation experiences.Ourmix of creatives, innovators, researchers, engineers, and technologists rapidly transforms curiosity into tangible concepts, redefining the future of play and ensuring LEGO® playremainsat the forefront of creativity and joyful exploration. As an interninourPlay Discoverydepartment,you’lljoin teams dedicated toletting loose their creative curiosity andexploring new play experiences.You’llunleash yourimagination across arange ofinnovationmissions,collaboratingcross-functionallytodevelopconceptsintoplayableprototypes.

About the Internship:

We look for interns who bring something genuinely different to our innovationhub, adding fresh cultural insight, creative energy, and new ways of thinking. Your time with us will span personal curiosity projects, team capability-building initiatives, andinnovation Missions. Every day isdifferentandyou’lllearn directly fromaworld‑classmultidisciplinaryteamas you build your craft, embracingambiguityas youdiscover new play experiences.

Meet the Play Ideation team:

The Play Ideation team champions the exploration and shaping of early‑stage ideas and future possibilities. We turn ‘what if?’ into ‘what’s next?’ by helping teams nurture emerging concepts and seed visions that can be felt, tested, understood, and communicated. We grow early sparks into visions for new play by cultivating a creative, collaborative, and playful environment.

Internship Eligibility:

To qualify for this internship opportunity, you must meet all of the following criteria: (1) You will be a student for the full duration of the internship period; (2) You are currently due to graduate after 31st December 2026; (3) You will not be requesting a delayed graduation date to qualify for this internship; (4) This internship will contribute quantitatively towards your course credit and is a compulsory part of your education; (5) You are available to undertake this internship contract starting from 1st September 2026 and ending on 31st December 2026 in Billund, Denmark.

We also encourage interns to have experience with at leastsomeof the following:

• Sketching
• Concept Artwork
• Graphic Design
• Facilitation
• LEGO®Model Building
• Animation
• Videography / Editing
• Artistic hobbies – music, art, dance, design,fashionetc.
• Cultural awareness – visitingexhibitions,researching,exploring,travelling

What we’re looking for:

Curiosity:Our teams thrive on a playful curiosity inall they do.Youneed to bealwaysasking questions,seeking the reason “why”,digging for answerseven whenit’shardandnever stopwondering “what if…”

Bravery:Ourorganisationis a huge place full of different people and different perspectives.Youneed to becomfortablemeeting new people every day,speaking up when you disagree,receiving feedback,facing the unknowns of innovation headonand forging yourself a path when thingsaren’twell defined.

Focus:Our workloadand priorities are always changing.You need to be happyshifting priorities fast,focusing on a high priority task one week then focusing ondevelopingyour own independentcuriosities thenext.

Responsibilities :

We want you to bringallyourenergy,enthusiasmand experiences to work everyday so we can achieve amazing things together while you learnalong the way. Some of your typical responsibilities could include…

• Supporting teams infacilitatingtheir ideation sessions
• Helping to turn sparks intovisualisationsinto concepts
• Exploring your own ideation and directions for creative exploration
• Challenging teams to think outside the norm and broaden their horizons

Perks:

• Work with a passionatemulti-disciplinaryteam oflike-mindedcreative inventorswhereyou’lllearn something newevery dayandbuild your professional network
• Live and work in the globalheadquartersof the LEGO®Group inBillund, Denmarkand explore ourstate-of-the-artcampus
• Be an active co-creator with kids – they know how to make fun and meaningful play.

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.

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.

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