Posted on: April 08, 2026
Job Description
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)
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 Discovery department, you’ll join teams 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.
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.
As an intern Play Finder, you will embark on broad play explorations to spark play for children of all ages. You will truly embody what it means to think like a kid and see the world from their perspective. This role focuses on analysing, observing and remixing old and new play, to find ingredients that can be used within the teams and projects you support. You will work in a very multidisciplinary way, cross-pollenating different media, observing and analysing trends, building with existing LEGO elements, remixing and modifying concepts with a variety of digital and physical tools as you try to 'discover the fun' with your playful eye. You are just a big kid looking for the 'toy' in everything. Your work will directly shape the products and experiences that end up in the hands of millions of builders worldwide.
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
Broad understanding of the Toy market across genres & play types
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.
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...
Find the fun in new technologies, materials and playthings
Seek inspiration from the wider world outside and bringing findings back to the internal teams
Challenge colleagues to think like a kid and embody the kids perspective in your approach to toy design
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.
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. The LEGO® Group will provide support with permits to work in Denmark for the internship period and we can support with finding accommodation. The costs of your accommodation along with your travel costs to/from Denmark must be covered by you.
We have multiple Play Discovery internships available, each supporting a different team with their own focus area. Take a moment to review all these opportunities and apply only to those that truly align with your strengths. If you have broad skills, applying to more than one team is acceptable but applying to a large number of teams doesn’t increase your chances of making a successful application and makes it harder for us to understand where you’d shine. Please be thoughtful in your approach.
Please ensure your application is completed in English.
To apply, simply submit the following by Saturday 25th April 2026. Please do not risk missing this deadline as we will not consider late applications for this role.
Please attach the following items to your application as 4 separate .PDF documents. Applications failing to do this shall not be considered.
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.
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.
A bespoke cover letter (no more than 200 words) that tells us what motivates you to apply for this internship and why you think you’re best suited for the placement. If you can do or say something to help your cover letter stand out then please do. We encourage you to be original and authentic to who you are.
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.
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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