LEGO Design Internship: Crafting the Future of Play

Do you dream of bringing your creative ideas to life and shaping the world of play? The LEGO Group offers talented students the opportunity to join their teams and contribute to the magic of building through design internships. These internships provide hands-on experience and the chance to work alongside experienced professionals in a dynamic and innovative environment.

What to Expect as a LEGO Design Intern

As a LEGO Design Intern, you'll become part of an organization that values creativity, innovation, and imagination. The LEGO Group is committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. The internships typically last for four months, offering immersive experiences across various design teams.

Locations

Most LEGO Design internships take place in Billund, Denmark, the heart of the LEGO Group. In Billund, you'll join over 600 creative professionals from around the world who share a passion for play. However, some digital design internships are based in London, offering a hybrid work model.

Learning and Development

The LEGO Group prioritizes personal growth and teamwork. Interns participate in a dedicated onboarding program to quickly learn the LEGO way of working. Working within a team and guided by a mentor, you'll gain insight into product development at LEGO, surrounded by a diverse range of skills. Throughout the internship, opportunities are provided to further develop skills and build a professional network within the LEGO Group.

Types of LEGO Design Internships

The LEGO Group offers a variety of design internships, catering to different skill sets and interests:

Model & Concept Design Internship

As a Model & Concept Design Intern, you’ll be part of the LEGO Model & Concept Design Team - the creative hub where ideas are transformed into physical LEGO play experiences using our amazing LEGO elements. You’ll design, prototype, and refine models that bring stories to life and spark play for children of all ages. Your work will directly shape the sets that end up in the hands of millions of builders worldwide.

Building Experience Design Internship

You’ll join the LEGO Building Experience Design Team - a hub of diverse design teams. We create playful ways to enhance digital and physical LEGO building experiences, and your fresh ideas will help shape experiences enjoyed by audiences worldwide. We are recruiting interns for different teams:

Internship in Guided Creative Building Experiences

The Guided Creativity team designs physical and digital experiences that inspire builders to be creative with LEGO bricks. As an intern, you’ll prototype models and mock-ups, create both physical and digital concepts, and collaborate with partners across LEGO Design. You’ll also test ideas directly with consumers, making this role perfect if you love building, prototyping, and teaching others playful ways to create.

Internship in LEGO Building Experience, Research & Analytics

Consumer insights are central to the LEGO design process. As a Design Research Intern, you’ll collect learnings through observations, concept tests, surveys, and feedback to improve both physical and digital building experiences. You’ll also join workshops, co-creation sessions, and design sprints across the LEGO Design organization to explore new ideas and approaches.

Internship in LEGO Building Experience, Digital Design

The Building Experience Design Team explores and co-creates engaging LEGO building journeys for all ages. As an intern, you’ll work on creating 3D digital content and assets for our LEGO Builder app and digital building instruction.

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Internship in LEGO Virtual Assets Design

VAD (Virtual Asset Design) transforms 2D, 3D, and animated elements into digital assets used across the LEGO Group. We create and simplify assets for building instructions, packaging, marketing, games, and other digital experiences. As a 3D Artist Intern, you’ll join a talented team of artists and animators, learning agile workflows and how production pipelines work. You’ll gain hands-on experience with box-modelling, re-topology, UV’ing, and 3D painting/texturing using industry-standard software.

Digital Product Design Internship

The LEGO Group seeks passionate digital product design interns to join their digital design team. This internship involves actively participating in creating and delivering exceptional digital experiences for the LEGO brand. Interns support designers in creating user-centric experiences across digital platforms using tools like Figma. They collaborate with designers, researchers, software engineers, and product managers to support the delivery of end-to-end digital product design. A key aspect of the role is being a voice for the user, championing their needs and following a user-centered design philosophy. Interns also support the planning and execution of quantitative and qualitative research to validate designs and assumptions and contribute feedback to others in the design community.

Who Can Apply?

The LEGO Group welcomes passionate people from various design and non-design backgrounds. Talent is essential, but a great personality is gold.

General Requirements

Enthusiasm and curiosity to learn and develop new skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to collaborate and work well within a team.
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.

Specific Requirements

For Model & Concept Design Internship: Students pursuing degrees in Industrial Design, Product Design, Toy Design, Architecture, Model Making, or related design fields. A passion for play and storytelling and a desire of designing LEGO sets with our entire element stock at your disposal. Some proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite Package.
For Building Experience Design Internship: Students pursuing degrees in 3D Animation, Game Art, Computer Graphics, Digital Media, Industrial Design, Product Design, Design Research, Education Design, or other relevant design education.
For Digital Product Design Internship: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree, bootcamp certification or advanced qualification in the area of Product Design, Digital Design, UX Design, HCI, Interaction Design, or related field. Understanding of human-centred design principles, methodologies and UX best practices. Knowledge of industry-standard design tools eg. Figma. Understanding and application of inclusive and accessible design principles. Proactivity and confidence to make decisions, manage expectations and meet deadlines.
For all internships, applicants must be active students, and the internship should be an integrated part of their educational program.

Application Details

Required Documents

Applications must include a portfolio, CV, and cover letter, all written in English. The cover letter should clearly state the specific internship being applied for (Spring or Autumn). For Building Experience Design internships, the application should also state the specific team(s) of interest.

Application Deadlines

Spring Internship (March-June): Apply by November 1, 2025.
Autumn Internship (September-December): Apply by March 1, 2026.

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.

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What’s in it for You?

The LEGO Group offers a comprehensive benefits package for its interns, including:

Family Care Leave: Enhanced paid leave options for important family matters.
Insurances: Life and disability insurance for peace of mind.
Wellbeing: Resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing, along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
Colleague Discount: A generous discount on LEGO products from day one.
Bonus: Eligibility for a bonus based on company goals.
Workplace: A hybrid work policy with an average of 3 days per week in the office.

A Day in the Life: Glimpses from LEGO Designers

To understand the impact and rewards of working at LEGO, consider the experiences of current LEGO designers:

Benezir Phoebe Benta: Drives a vibrant and diverse community within LEGO DESiGN, empowering creatives and non-creatives alike.
Micol Galeotti: As a Senior Interaction Designer, evolves play for the next generation, pushing the boundaries of LEGO bricks.
Nicolaas Johan Bernardo Vas (Nico): An Experience Design Manager Specialist, brings fun and extensive experience to his role.
Nancy Tsai: A play experience designer who touches the lives of an entire generation through her work.

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