Play Invention Digital Internship

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

Benefits offered by this job

Location at LEGO HQ Billund

On-site campus experience

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

The LEGO Group offers a paid Play Invention Digital Internship in Billund, Denmark, within the Play Discovery team. You’ll explore ideation, prototyping and interactive play, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of creatives and engineers.

The 5-month program starts February 2027, with full‑time, on-site work at LEGO HQ in Billund. You’ll build digital prototypes and gain hands‑on experience across software and hardware in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• You are over 18 years old.
• You are enrolled in higher education as a ‘student’ for the full duration of the internship period.
• You are due to graduate after the internship period.
• No delayed graduation to qualify for the internship.
• The internship contributes to your course credit.
• The internship is a compulsory part of your education.
• You are available to start on the stated start date and work full time until the end date.
• You are able to work on site in Billund, Denmark.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm a range of digital prototypes to explore new interactivity with physical models.
• Use coding skills to solve software challenges.
• Iterate on interactive play experiences based on feedback.
• Design and produce interactive experiences at varying fidelity levels for test prototypes.

Skills

Coding

Digital design

UI/UX design

Game Engines

3D CAD programs

Electronics

LEGO Model Building

3D printing

Sketching

Graphic Design

Videography/Editing

Education

Enrolled in higher education (student)

Job description

Play Invention Digital Internship

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 the Play Invention Digital Team in our Play Discovery department this year, where coding and interactive play combine!

Start date February 2027

Length 5 months (until end of June 2027) with possibilities for summer extension

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.

As an intern in our Play Invention Digital Team within the Play Discovery department, you’ll join colleagues dedicated to letting loose their creative curiosity and exploring new play experiences. You’ll unleash your imagination across a range of innovation missions, collaborating cross‑functionally to develop concepts into playable prototypes.

About Our Internship

In Creative Play Lab, 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 Digital team

The Play Invention Digital team bridges the realms of software, physical‑digital technologies and creative coding to quickly prototype and iterate on ways to find new fun in interactive experiences. They focus on integrating software components into the play experience to develop platforms, apps and programs that uncover new play experiences.

Internship Eligibility

To qualify for this internship opportunity, you must meet all of the following criteria

• You are over the age of 18
• You will be enrolled in higher education as a ‘student’ for the full duration of the internship period
• You are currently due to graduate at some point after the end of the internship period
• You will not be requesting a delayed graduation date just to qualify for this internship
• This internship will contribute quantitatively towards your course credit
• This internship is a compulsory part of your education
• You are available to undertake this internship contract starting from the stated start date
• You are available to work full time for the full period up until the stated end date
• You are able to work on site in Billund, Denmark for this period

We also encourage interns to have experience with at least some of the following

• Coding
• Digital technology design
• UI / UX design
• Software development
• Game Engines
• 3D CAD programs
• Electronics
• LEGO® Model Building
• 3D printing
• Sketching
• Sculpture
• Graphic Design
• 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.

Responsibilities

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. Some of your typical responsibilities could include...

• Brainstorm a range of possible digital prototypes to explore how to integrate new functions or interactivity into physical model
• Use your coding skills to problem solve an array of software challenges
• Iterate on your interactive play experiences to debug and evolve them based on feedback
• Design and produce interactive play experiences at different levels of fidelity and use your creative skills to bring them to life in testable prototypes

Perks

• Work with a passionate multi‑disciplinary team of like‑minded creative inventors 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
• Be an active co‑creator with kids – they know how to make fun and meaningful play.

Come and join us as we discover the future of physical play! #CPLInternship #Billund #PlayDiscovery #PlayInventionDigital

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.

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/eth