Play Invention Physical Internship

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.   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.   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:   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 ...   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   Design and make physical elements that can   fulfil a particular purpose or function within a prototype   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.    Application:    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  pe