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Concept & Design Intern for LEGO Education

• Location Billund, Denmark

• Job ID 0000016633

• Category Administration, Facilities & Secretarial

Job Description

Are you interested in playing a part in crafting and designing innovative product experiences that empower playful learning for children?

Then this is an outstanding opportunity to join the LEGO Education Design Team as an intern!

Core Responsibilities

The LEGO Education Design team consists of highly skilled people across various functions such as Industrial Design, Digital Design, UX and Model Design. Design research is driving our decision-making processes, and we pride ourselves in being highly iterative and agile in our methods.

As a Concept & Design intern , you will be working hands-on supporting the team in developing amazing experiences for learners across the globe. You will gain valuable experience working with people across various functional areas.

On a daily basis you will be working closely together with one of our Senior Concept & Design Leads handling concrete task within the domain of developing and designing our new and exciting products.

Play your part in our team succeeding

Starting with the initial release of LEGO MINDSTORMS™ in 1998, we have been at the forefront of building experiences that merge digital and physical play. Today, building on this history with products like LEGO SPIKE Prime™, LEGO SPIKE Essential™, LEGO BOOST™, and LEGO HIDDEN SIDE™. Creating these new types of learning and play opportunities for children requires a highly innovative, collaborative, and iterative mindset and approach.

Our team at LEGO® Education builds the technology that enables these types of creative, playful, and impactful learning experiences for children around the world. We are seeking a talented and passionate Concept & Design intern to join our team that designs and develops our STEAM learning products.

Do you have what it takes?

Past your bachelor studies on your way to obtaining a master’s degree within e.g. Industrial Design (or another relevant field).

• Experience and a passion for working hands-on with the development of advanced products and product ecosystems (physical/digital) within e.g. consumer electronics, electronic toys, or other relevant industries.

• Experience and passion for doing “quick and dirty” physical prototyping using various methods and materials, preferably with an interactive touch.

• A T-shaped profile with an understanding of industrial design, and an interest in technology, UX, interaction design and digital design.

• Solid mastering of relevant tools ranging from hand sketching to physical prototyping to software such as the Adobe package, Rhino (3d modelling) etc.

• A positive person that always keeps your eye on the ball and the end goal.

• A pragmatic doer that handles, and thrives well, in a high-paced and constantly evolving environment.

• A dedicated teammate that truly believes that the best work is done collectively.

• Good communication and presentation skills.

• Proficient in spoken and written English.

In addition to the above the successful candidate will have a passion and interest for learning and children’s education.

Along with your application and CV, please make sure to share your portfolio, demonstrating a proven track record as well as the breadth and depth of your skills and experience. Only candidates including a visual portfolio will be taken into consideration.

Based in Billund:

This role is based in Billund, Denmark, and the candidate will be paid a monthly salary in order to cover living expenses. LEGO Education can assist in terms of finding accommodation in Billund.

What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to 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.

• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.

• 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.

• Your 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 proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

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.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO ® team today.