2025 Summer Internship - Game Design Intern

2 Months ago • Upto 1 Years • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

King is seeking a passionate Game Design Intern to contribute to their New Games team. The intern will collaborate with experienced designers on creating new mobile games, finding creative solutions to game design challenges, and working within a fast-paced environment. Hands-on experience with Unity, Unreal, or similar game engines, along with a game design education or portfolio, is preferred. The internship is a 3-month program (June-September 2025) based in Barcelona, Spain, requiring English proficiency. Responsibilities include contributing to the design process of new mobile games, finding innovative solutions to design problems, collaborating with a team of experienced designers, and working within a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Must have:
  • Creative problem-solving skills
  • Basic understanding of game development
  • Unity/Unreal Engine experience
  • Game design education/portfolio
  • Strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Agile project experience
  • Casual/Facebook game experience

Job Details

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Art

Job Description:

Game Design Intern  

We are looking for a super passionate Game Design Intern to join our growing team in New Games at King. As a Game Designer you will be curious to learn, happy to collaborate and excited to be part of a highly experienced and driven team, working on creating the next smash hits for mobile games.

 Skills to create thrills 

  • You enjoy finding creative solutions to game design problems. 
  • You have a basic understanding of game the game development process. 
  • You are comfortable working in a highly dynamic and fast paced environment. 
  • You have hands on experience using Unity, Unreal or similar game engines. 
  • You have an education in Game Design or Game Design portfolio to share.
  • You have great communication and organizational skills. 
  • Tasty bonus skills 
  • Experience from working in an agile project environment. 
  • Previous experience from creating casual and/or Facebook games.  

You do not need to possess all of these skills to apply! Everyone brings their own uniqueness to our teams. We will look at your own individual skill set and determine where you might best fit. Making games is a complicated business where the right mindset and attitude can be as important as having the right hard skills and experience!

 We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do!

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.   

Want to join our Kingdom?  

Apply now! Positions are available in Barcelona and applications need to be in English. Our internships will last for 3 months, beginning in June 2025 and ending in September 2025. Please note: our application deadline is the 17th of February, however we recruit on an ongoing basis, so early application is advised to avoid disappointment. 

The brilliant experience we give our players comes from the diversity and experience of our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes. That’s why we hire all sorts of talent.     

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest   

  

About King  

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft. 

 

A great saga needs all sorts of heroes  

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.  

   

Making the World Playful  
Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid- core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players – and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful! 

About King

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications need to be in English.
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