Play Invention Digital Internship

lego; Billund; On-site; DKK 28,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGO Group's Creative Play Lab in Billund, Denmark invites ambitious students to join the Play Discovery team for a four-month paid internship starting September 2026. Work spans ideation, concept development and prototyping to explore new play opportunities inside an inspiring, multidisciplinary lab.

You'll collaborate with a world-class team of creatives, engineers and technologists, building physical prototypes with materials like plastic, wood and textiles, and gaining hands-on experience

Qualifications

• Be a student for the full duration of the internship period.
• You are due to graduate after 31st December 2026.
• Available to undertake the internship from 1st September 2026 to 31st December 2026 in Billund, Denmark.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm a range of possible physical prototypes with a small team to explore how to integrate new materials or functions into physical play.
• Use your making skills to problem solve a particular physical challenge.

Skills

Ideation

Prototyping

CAD

3D Printing

Sketching

Teamwork

Education

Currently a student

Tools

3D CAD programs

3D printing

Machine workshop tools

Job description

Job Description

Are You an Aspiring Toy Inventor Looking 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 (until end of December 2026)

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. We grow 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. Our mix of creatives, innovators, researchers, engineers, and technologists rapidly transforms curiosity into tangible concepts, redefining the future of play and ensuring LEGO® play remains at the forefront of creativity and joyful exploration.

About the Internship:

We look for interns who bring something genuinely different to our innovation hub, adding fresh cultural insight, creative energy, and new ways of thinking. Your time with us will span personal curiosity projects, team capability‑building initiatives, and innovation Missions. Every day is different and you’ll learn directly from a world‑class multidisciplinary team as you build your craft, embracing ambiguity as you discover new play experiences.

Meet the Play Invention Physical team:

The Play Invention Physical team work across many media with materials like plastic, paper, card, wood and textiles to cut, glue and stitch together physical prototypes to visualise and test play. They start with a blank canvas and use physical models, paper sketches, CAD and 3D printing to design new elements that can unlock the next great physical play experience.

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 least some of the following:

• Sketching
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Woodwork
• Graphic Design
• LEGO ® Model Building
• Textiles
• Machine Workshop tools e.g. lathe, drills etc.
• Electronics
• 3D CAD programs
• Game Engines
• Coding
• Videography / Editing

What we're looking for:

• Curiosity: Our teams thrive on a playful curiosity in all they do. You need to be always asking questions, seeking the reason \"why \" , digging for answers even when it's hard and never stop wondering \"what if…\"
• Bravery: Our organisation is a huge place full of different people and different perspectives. You need to be comfortable meeting new people every day, speaking up when you disagree, receiving feedback, facing the unknowns of innovation head on and forging yourself a path when things aren't well defined.
• Focus: Our workload and priorities are always changing. You need to be happy shifting priorities fast, focusing on a high priority task one week then focusing on developing your own independent curiosities the next.
• Team work : Our bes t ideas come when we have an amazing rapport with our colleagues and we can collaborate in a respectful and energising way. You need to be at home bouncing ideas off others and building upon the unique contributions and perspectives of your colleagues to create something bigger and better than the sum of its parts . You also need to be encouraging, supportive and empathetic to the fact that different teammates will have different viewpoints and opinions.

Responsibilities:

• B rainstorm a range of possible physical prototypes with a small team to explore how to integrat e new materials or functions into physical play
• Us e your making skills to problem solve a particular physical challenge
• Des