Game Design Intern

Electronic Arts; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 167,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts is offering a Game Design Intern role in Hyderabad. You will join a multi-disciplinary team to learn how great player experiences are designed, built, tested, and improved across features, systems, and live-service content.

You will contribute to prototyping, balancing, and documentation while exploring AI-assisted workflows for ideation, research, and iteration. Strong foundations in game design and a portfolio will help you grow in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Understanding of game design principles including gameplay loops, player motivation, balance, feedback, and rewards.
• Pursuing a degree/diploma in Game Design or related field; portfolio or projects demonstrate skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to document ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support the design of game features, systems, content, and live-service experiences.
• Translate design ideas into flows, rules, requirements, and design docs.
• Participate in brainstorming and design discussions; contribute ideas for new mechanics, events, and player experiences.
• Playtest features, identify design problems, gather feedback, and iterate on solutions.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, artists, product managers, analysts, and QA from concept to implementation.
• Use player data and design principles to improve features and balance gameplay.

Skills

Game design principles

Creative problem solving

Written communication

Collaboration

Education

Pursuing degree in Game Design/related field

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Job description

Game Design Intern

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

About EA

We’re EA - home to some of the world’s most recognized and loved game experiences. Across mobile, PC, and console, our teams bring together creativity, technology, and a deep understanding of players to build games and experiences enjoyed by millions around the world.

EA Mobile creates high-quality, engaging experiences across a diverse portfolio of games and genres. Our Hyderabad studio is one of EA Mobile’s largest development centers, bringing together teams across game design, engineering, art, experience design, production, analytics, quality, and live services.

Our Game Development teams build and operate live games, create new player experiences, and continuously explore better ways to make games that players love.

Our Core Values

• Tenacity– Hunger to learn, improve, and push boundaries.
• Ownership– Commitment to your work and delivering meaningful results.
• Passion– Genuine enthusiasm for games and the craft of making them.
• Collaboration– Belief that great experiences are built together.
• Alchemy– Bringing creativity, curiosity, and new ideas to everything you do.

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Game Design Intern who is curious about how games work and excited to learn how great player experiences are designed, built, tested, and improved.

As part of a game team, you will work alongside experienced designers and collaborate with disciplines such as engineering, art, experience design, product, analytics, and QA. You’ll contribute to real game features and content while developing your skills across systems design, content design, balancing, prototyping, live services, and player-focused problem solving.

You’ll be encouraged to ask questions, experiment with ideas, learn from feedback, and take ownership of well-scoped design tasks.

What You’ll Do

• Support the design of game features, systems, content, and live-service experiences.
• Turn design ideas into clear flows, rules, requirements, and design documentation.
• Participate in brainstorming and design discussions, contributing ideas for new mechanics, features, events, and player experiences.
• Playtest features and content, identify design problems, gather feedback, and iterate on solutions.
• Work with designers, engineers, artists, experience designers, product managers, analysts, and QA to take ideas from concept toward implementation.
• Use player feedback, game data, and design principles to understand how features can be improved.
• Support balancing gameplay, progression, rewards, difficulty, and other game systems.
• Research games and competitors to understand design patterns, player motivations, market trends, and opportunities for innovation.
• Contribute to live-service content such as events, challenges, progression experiences, or other recurring player activities.
• Explore how emerging tools, including AI-assisted workflows, can help improve ideation, research, prototyping, documentation, and iteration.

What You Bring

• A foundational understanding of game design principles, including gameplay loops, player motivation, progression, balance, feedback, challenge, and reward.
• Strong interest in building games and understanding why players find experiences engaging and fun.
• Creative and structured problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly through written documentation, diagrams, presentations, or prototypes.
• Curiosity, willingness to learn, and openness to feedback and iteration.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with people from different disciplines.
• Currently pursuing a degree/diploma in Game Design, Game Development, Computer Science, Interactive Media, or a related discipline, or able to demonstrate equivalent skills through personal or academic projects.
• A portfolio, playable project, prototype, game jam project, level, system design, or other game-design workthat demonstrates your thinking and interest in game development.

Nice to Have

• Experience building games through personal projects, college projects, game jams, mods, or internships.
• Familiarity with mobile or free-to-play games and concepts such as progression, economies, engagement, retention, and live events.
• Experience using Unity or Unreal to implement prototype gameplay.
• Experience designing levels, game systems, economies, progression, quests, events, or other game content.
• A broad interest in different game genres and a habit of breaking down and analyzing the games you play.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.