Discover the Future of Play: Creative Play Lab Internship Programme. 🛝
Just imagine an internship that isn’t about observing from the sidelines?
What if you could help invent entirely new forms of play, explore emerging technologies, work alongside researchers, play inventors, engineers, storytellers and contribute to experiences that don't even exist yet?
Welcome to the LEGO Group's Creative Play Lab, where we explore what play could become next. As an intern, you'll join a future - focused innovation hub and contribute to projects, concepts and experiences that help shape the future of play.
What is Creative Play Lab?
Creative Play Lab is an ambitious innovation hub exploring new opportunities for LEGO® play.
While many teams focus on creating products and experiences for today, we explore what play could become tomorrow. Through experimentation, emerging technologies, research, storytelling, prototyping and insight gathering, we investigate new possibilities and transform bold ideas into tangible concepts.
Our teams bring together researchers, engineers, creatives, inventors, technologists, facilitators, makers and storytellers from across the world, united by one shared mission: To discover the future of play
Shape What's Next
Within Creative Play Lab sits Play Offering’s Play Discovery team who explore and invent the future of play.
We combine insights-into-children, emerging behaviours, technologies, materials and cultural shifts with hands-on experimentation to create new possibilities for play.
Working across creative ideation, play invention, model exploration, story innovation and child co-creation, we transform strategy and insights into tangible play experiences.
From developing interactive technologies and physical play functions to building experimental LEGO® models and designing end-to-end play journeys, we explore what play could become and bring those ideas to life.
Some of the questions we explore include:
- How might children's play evolve in the future?
- What emerging behaviours, technologies and cultural shifts could unlock new forms of play?
- How can we turn insights into play experiences that children love?
- What entirely new play opportunities have yet to be discovered?
The answers aren't always obvious. That's exactly what makes the journey exciting.
Learn, contribute and grow
At Creative Play Lab, interns aren't observers. They're active contributors.
From your first day, you'll work alongside experts from a range of disciplines while helping shape projects, concepts and experiences.
Along the way you'll:
- Learn from experienced innovators and subject matter experts
- Develop new creative and professional skills
- Receive mentoring and coaching
- Build relationships across a global innovation community
- Explore your own ideas and curiosity projects
- Share your own perspectives and expertise
Not Your Typical Internship
While most of our projects are top secret, we can tell you this: No two days are the same.
At Creative Play Lab, we don't bring interns into the team because of the talent they might develop one day. We bring them in because of the talent, creativity and perspective they already have today.
Whether you're contributing to ongoing activity or exploring your own curiosity projects, you'll play an active role in discovering the future of play.
What could you be working on?
From your first day, you'll join as a valued member of the team with real responsibilities, ownership and opportunities to influence our work.
As an intern you may find yourself:
- Building physical and digital prototypes
- Exploring emerging technologies
- Running research and insight-gathering activities
- Participating in ideation workshops
- Developing concepts and storytelling frameworks
- Contributing to future play missions
Who Thrives Here?
We're not looking for perfect candidates. We're looking for curious ones.
The students who thrive on this programme tend to:
- Ask "why?" and "what if?"
- Enjoy exploring new ideas
- Love learning through experimentation
- Bring unique perspectives and experiences
- Collaborate naturally with others
- Take initiative and seek opportunities to contribute
Students from all kinds of backgrounds thrive here. What matters most is curiosity, creativity and a willingness to explore new possibilities.
Nick, Story Innovation Intern
"What stood out most was how friendly and down-to-earth everyone was. The interviews felt less like a formal assessment and more like a conversation with people who genuinely shared and understood my passion for play and design."
Serena, Play Invention Digital Intern
"My manager was incredibly supportive of my learning journey, even as my interests evolved throughout the internship. Whether it was developing digital skills, exploring ideation, or building my confidence presenting to larger groups, I always felt encouraged to learn, grow, and pursue what excited me most."
Peter, Concept Model Exploration Intern
"What surprised me most was how much I was encouraged to follow my interests. Alongside model building, I've explored coding, prototyping with 3D printers, and worked with a wide range of teams, broadening both my skills and perspective."
Anel, Physical Play Invention Intern
"The Internship Programme felt like the perfect blend of learning from some of the top experts in the industry while bringing to life a childhood dream of being surrounded by creativity and play every day."
Aiden, Play Finder Intern
"I wanted to learn as much as possible - seeing how an idea evolves into a play experience had always been a mystery to me. Being able to learn from the people who bring that process to life every day was an incredible experience."
Alicia, Physical Play Invention Intern
"One of my biggest challenges was learning not to compare myself to others. I was amazed by the incredible building skills around me, but over time I realized that everyone brings something different to the table. Embracing my own strengths helped me grow in confidence and make a valuable contribution to the team."
Noah, Play Invention Hardware Intern
"Creative Play Lab immediately stood out to me because of its focus on shaping the future of play. As someone who grew up inspired by LEGO® bricks and the creativity they unlock, being able to contribute to that mission was a dream come true."
Opportunities Around the World 🌍
The Play Discovery Internship Programme operates twice a year and currently offers opportunities across multiple Creative Play Lab locations.
Wherever you join us, you'll become part of a global community of colleagues.
Billund, Denmark
Billund is where it all began for us back in 1932, and today, it is home to a manufacturing site, offices and the state-of-the-art LEGO® Campus.
London, United Kingdom
Packed with talented colleagues and LEGO magic, this is our largest global hub. From here, over 40 different teams work to build our brand across Europe.
Singapore
Over 500 talented LEGO colleagues work in our Singapore hub. From our playful offices, they grow the LEGO magic all across the Asia-Pacific region.
Ready to Imagine What's Next?
Application requirements vary by role, so make sure you review the job posting carefully before applying.
Many of our internships ask you to submit a portfolio of work and a one-page poster. There’s no “right answer” when creating these. We want to see something that feels authentic to you, so use the opportunity to show us your background, interests, creativity and the areas you’re most passionate about.
Depending on the role, you may also be invited to complete a video submission or interview with a member of our team.
Ready to Apply?
Whether you're a designer, inventor, engineer, storyteller, researcher or something entirely different, Creative Play Lab offers the opportunity to explore new ideas, learn from talented colleagues and contribute to shaping the future of play.
Explore our current opportunities, apply today, and start shaping play experiences that inspire millions of children around the world.
FAQs
We currently run our internships twice a year, once running February -June and again running September -December.
Throughout your internship, you'll have the opportunity to develop both your craft and your confidence through the work you undertake. You'll gain exposure to a wide range of approaches, disciplines, and ways of thinking while learning directly from colleagues with a huge variety of expertise.
Your internship is yours to shape. Whether you want to develop your sketching, coding, storytelling or prototyping skills, or simply build confidence in a professional environment, you’ll have access to colleagues, mentors and opportunities across a wide range of disciplines. We’ll create opportunities for you to learn, but the more curiosity, initiative and energy you bring, the more you’ll gain helping you build a learning journey that’s as unique as you are.
Yes, many! A significant number of our interns go on to build creative careers across the LEGO Group. As CPL alumni, they bring a unique approach to problem-solving and valuable experience developing future products, play experiences, and innovation concepts. Previous interns have progressed into roles such as LEGO Designer, Element Designer, and Play Inventor, demonstrating the strong foundation the programme provides for a career in play and product innovation.