Web Development Intern

Rebellion is seeking a Web Development Intern to join their team, focusing on expanding the company's digital presence across gaming, publishing, film, media, and entertainment. The intern will contribute to a live web project, support website maintenance, assist in creating campaign materials, and participate in testing. This role offers exposure to modern web design, UX, development, infrastructure as code, content management, agile methodologies, SEO, analytics, and e-commerce platforms.

Must Have

• Exclusively for undergraduate students from Wadham and St John’s Colleges at the University of Oxford
• Available for attendance from 6 July to 28 August
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for web development
• Right to work in the UK for the duration of the internship
• Applications must be submitted by Sunday, 18 January

Perks & Benefits

• Riverside headquarters in Oxford, short walk from city centre
• Excellent transport links, close to train station with services to major cities
• Free parking at the studio
• Open-plan office promoting teamwork and innovation
• Regular interaction with senior management and other departments
• Access to free hot drinks
• Handy tuck shop onsite
• Range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby
• Open, friendly, and creative atmosphere
• Complete creative freedom over titles
• Work on a massive variety of projects across all major platforms
• Inclusive culture, encouraged to be yourself and express creativity
• People-focused support for physical and mental well-being
• Friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere
• Sensibly managed projects
• Wide variety of benefits and development opportunities

Description

This opportunity is open exclusively to undergraduate students from Wadham and St John’s Colleges at the University of Oxford. Applicants must be available from 6 July to 28 August, with applications due by Sunday, 18 January.

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.

About the role:

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, publishing, 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.

What you will do

• Become an active member of the web team, participating in daily stand-ups, planning sessions, scrum ceremonies and team discussions.
• Contribute to a live web project, by developing new skills and building on, or utilising, those you already have.
• Support updates and maintenance across our websites, apps, and e-commerce platforms.
• Assist in creating engaging campaign materials, landing pages, and product offers.
• Take part in testing and feedback cycles to ensure the highest quality user experience.
• Collaborate with other members of the web team, digital marketing and e-commerce teams to support product releases and customer engagement.

What you will learn

• The fundamentals of modern web design, user experience, development, infrastructure as code, and content management in a commercial setting.
• How agile working supports creative problem-solving and efficient delivery across a varied portfolio of tasks.
• Key principles of SEO, analytics, and performance tracking used across global digital campaigns.
• How e-commerce platforms manage products, users, and digital content delivery.
• The function of content management systems in web site content creation and management.
• The collaborative role of a web team in supporting marketing, product, and consumer operations.

Requirements

• Internships are exclusively accessible to undergraduate students from Wadham and St John's Colleges at Oxford University.
• Available for attendance from 6 July – 28 August.
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for web development is essential.
• Right to work in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• All applications must be submitted by Sunday, 18 January.

Benefits

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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