AI Integration Summer Internship 2025/2026

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Job Summary

Job Description

As part of the AI Integration team, you will play a vital role in accelerating ZURU's AI adoption by embedding directly within various business teams. Starting with Marketing and Brand Engagement teams and expanding to cross-functional areas, you will help identify AI opportunities, deliver upskilling workshops, and implement quick-win solutions. Your work will directly contribute to building an AI-fluent culture across ZURU, helping teams boost productivity and unlock innovative approaches to everyday challenges. This position is critical to scaling our AI integration framework and ensuring teams embrace AI tools as part of their daily workflows.
Must have:
  • Shadow team workflows to identify repetitive tasks and AI automation opportunities
  • Develop and deliver AI training materials, playbooks, and clinics to upskill team members
  • Create custom AI assistants, prompt templates, and toolkits tailored to specific team needs
  • Implement quick-win AI solutions using no-code/low-code platforms
  • Collaborate with various departments to understand their workflows and identify high-impact AI integration opportunities
  • Track adoption metrics and document success stories to encourage wider AI tool usage
  • Support the testing and iteration of AI tools and solutions based on user feedback
  • Assist in building the "Basic Toolbox" of AI resources for different business functions
Perks:
  • two-day induction to get you up to speed on everything ZURU
  • regular learning sessions with key business leaders
  • dabbling in content creation (#dayinthelife)
  • attending social events
  • Culture for Growth
  • Global Opportunities
  • Surrounded by an A Player Team
  • Competitive Remuneration
  • Lots of fresh fruit, coffee, pals fridge and more

Job Details

Ready to reimagine your career? Apply now to join ZURU as a AI Integration Intern this summer! ๐Ÿš€

Position Impact:

As part of the AI Integration team, you will play a vital role in accelerating ZURU's AI adoption by embedding directly within various business teams. Starting with Marketing and Brand Engagement teams and expanding to cross-functional areas, you will help identify AI opportunities, deliver upskilling workshops, and implement quick-win solutions. Your work will directly contribute to building an AI-fluent culture across ZURU, helping teams boost productivity and unlock innovative approaches to everyday challenges. This position is critical to scaling our AI integration framework and ensuring teams embrace AI tools as part of their daily workflows.

You will also:

  • Be set up to win with a two-day induction to get you up to speed on everything ZURU
  • Learn how our people continue to shift the needle through regular learning sessions with key business leaders
  • Experience ZURUโ€™s playful side by dabbling in content creation (#dayinthelife) and attending social events
  • And so much more!

Our summer internship programme will run from mid November 2025 - mid February 2026.

ZURU is a special place to work, and we live by our unique set of values, the ZURU DNA (you can find out more about our ZURU DNA on our careers page).

If youโ€™re excited by the opportunity to get stuck in to meaningful work and exciting projects and you have a mindset around continuous improvement and challenging the status quo then we want to hear from you!

Want to know more about the application process and what to expect from our internship? Visit our internship careers page here https://zuru.com/internships/

*Please note that while we donโ€™t have a formalised graduate programme, there may be opportunities to stay on post-internship depending on business needs.*

How you'll help us grow

  • Shadow team workflows to identify repetitive tasks and AI automation opportunities, participating actively in discovery workshops and assessments
  • Develop and deliver AI training materials, playbooks, and clinics to upskill team members to an intermediate level of AI fluency
  • Create custom AI assistants, prompt templates, and toolkits tailored to specific team needs and use cases
  • Implement quick-win AI solutions using no-code/low-code platforms to demonstrate immediate value and ROI
  • Collaborate with various departments to understand their workflows and identify high-impact AI integration opportunities
  • Track adoption metrics and document success stories to encourage wider AI tool usage
  • Support the testing and iteration of AI tools and solutions based on user feedback
  • Assist in building the "Basic Toolbox" of AI resources for different business functions

What You Bring To ZURU OR What Helps You Win Here

  • Recent graduate or graduating before internship start, preferably in computer science, data science, or related field
  • Hands-on experience with AI tools such as ChatGPT, LLMs, image/video generation platforms, and a passion for using these technologies in practical applications
  • Familiarity with automation platforms (e.g., n8n), workflow management tools (e.g., Airtable), and basic coding skills in Python or JavaScript
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Demonstrated curiosity, self-motivation, and eagerness to continuously learn in the rapidly evolving AI landscape

About ZURU

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt across industries, challenge the status quo and catalyst change through radical innovation and automation advances. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; ZURU Edge is pioneering new generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, and Gumi Yum Surprise.

LIFE@ZURU

We recognise that ZURUโ€™s success stems from our people and you can only be at your best when you are looking after yourself. ZURU encourages all our team members to invest in their wellbeing by providing an array of benefits and tools.

WHAT WE OFFER

๐ŸŒฑ Culture for Growth

๐ŸŒŽ Global Opportunities

๐Ÿ’ก Surrounded by an A Player Team

๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive Remuneration

๐Ÿ“ Lots of fresh fruit, coffee, pals fridge and more

ZURU โ€“ Tomorrow Reimagined

๐Ÿš€ZURU.com

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