Oxford University Internship in Web Development

At the heart of our strategy lies the power to expand on our achievements as the UK's premier independent games developer and publisher. We are dedicated to connecting with new audiences and boosting visibility for all of Rebellion's standout franchises across the realms of gaming, film, media, and entertainment. This involves effectively cross-monetizing our intellectual property and content through various digital platforms while showcasing our award-winning brands.
Our Web Development team plays a crucial role in driving this strategy through our web and eCommerce channels, focusing on key objectives such as enhancing brand recognition, fostering audience engagement, ensuring seamless product delivery, and exemplifying service excellence.

8-Week Internship for Rebellion Web Development Overview

Interns will be introduced to the fundamentals of our customer strategy and digital channels, understanding how we connect with our global audiences through our premier content and services.

The work experience will enable the acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills in web design and development, content management, as well as campaigns and promotions (including landing pages, product bundles, exclusive offers, etc.), quality assurance testing, and launch procedures.

Participants will gain insight into our agile delivery approach and methodology.

Interns will become familiar with our e-commerce platform, product setup, and customized development across web, app, e-commerce, and new media channels. This will also encompass service propositions, including membership subscriptions and digital content delivery.

Interns will assist the team in providing support for digital marketing campaigns across e-commerce and new media channels. This will involve SEO and SEA optimization, along with obtaining a foundational understanding of the best practice applications and tools utilized for performance and customer analytics.

Interns will participate in the launch of a new web development project, encompassing crucial elements of the primary processes:

• Design
• Approval of design by stakeholders
• Initial development
• Design review
• Development phase - incorporation of feedback from the design review
• Quality assurance
• Development phase - addressing feedback from quality assurance
• Go live

Moreover, interns will learn and contribute to all facets of how the web development team supports the e-commerce and consumer products teams by providing external partners and agencies with current communication, presentations, and materials.

• Internships are exclusively accessible to undergraduate students from Wadham and St John's Colleges at Oxford University.
• Availability for attendance from June 30, 2025, to August 29, 2025.
• A sincere enthusiasm for web development is essential.
• All applications must be submitted by Friday, 21st February at 16:00.

For 30 years we’ve been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd. 

Life at Our Oxford HQ 

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces. 

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio. 

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable! 

Inside Rebellion 

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms. 

Find out more about us here 

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself and to express your creativity and your talent. We are people-focused and will support you in every way to be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being. 

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity, and beyond because a representative team makes better products. 

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers 

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