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Application End Date: End of January 2024
Start Date: August 2024
Duration: 12 months
Location: Birmingham, UK
Internship Type: Undergraduate student, studying sandwich degree that supports a placement year
At NaturalMotion, we make games that wow people. We innovate to create experiences that previously were impossible and that would not exist without us. We take pride in making titles that reach a large audience and in creating communities that last. For the past six years, NaturalMotion Studios has been named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.
Our Racing Studio - responsible for the CSR Racing franchise and the #1 Racing Game on Mobile CSR2 - is one of the most ambitious, successful, and creatively inclusive studios in the UK. Based across three locations – London, Birmingham and Bangalore - the team loves welcoming diverse, humble, straightforward and ambitious talent, aspiring for award-winning excellence. People who want to find a place where they will be supported and encouraged to do the best work of their career.
At NaturalMotion, we embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work a minimum of 2 days per week (Wednesday and Thursday) in our Birmingham office and the remaining days at home.
Please apply with your CV, covering letter, and a portfolio of work, made up of game-jam(s), personal projects, and/or open-source contributions, and should demonstrate both team and solo work.
Your cover letter should include the following:
As a member of the Game Design team, you will help to create and deliver features and content that are added to the game as well as adjust existing events for players in the live game.
As a Design Intern you’ll have an ambition to make memorable and fun games. You’re starting out on your game design journey and are keen to integrate yourself into a multi-discipline design team with the opportunity to learn and develop a number of game design skills such as documentation, balancing, scripting, competitive analysis and playtesting. A desire to improve, to take on feedback with an open mind and to help your colleagues achieve fantastic results is needed.
Seeking to grow as a Design Intern, you are ready to take on new responsibilities and challenges, and be pushed out of your comfort zone. You’ll relish new challenges and tasks, and enjoy the opportunity to collaborate with different disciplines such as Programmers, Artists, Product Managers, Producers and Quality Assurance Engineers.
You will be delivering content and features that will be enjoyed by real players, and will constantly be seeking to learn how to develop your skills and knowledge as a game designer as well as building your understanding of how games are developed and released in a large studio.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!
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Our salary intelligence, powered by our AI algorithms, has calculated an estimated range for this position between $30,000 - $40,000 . Please note that the actual salary for this position may vary, as it is dependent on various factors including but not limited to experience, location, and market dynamics.