{"id":1705984,"url":"https://alion.io/job/electronic-arts-game-design-intern-3","title":"Game Design Intern","company":{"id":37826,"name":"Electronic Arts","domain":"ea.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/electronic-arts","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Avature","truth_index":null},"role":"Games","role_family":"Games","seniority":"intern","employment_type":"internship","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Stockholm, Sweden"],"countries":["SE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T14:50:20Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-04T22:44:40Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.\nContract:6-month Internship\nStart Date: Late January 2027\nWork Model: Hybrid (3 days onsite minimum)\nThe Challenge Ahead\nBattlefield is a storied franchise renowned for uncompromising combat gameplay and all-out warfare, for over two decades. 100 million players and 5 billion hours played later, Battlefield Studios is defining the future of the first-person shooter with the biggest launch in franchise history with Battlefield 6, and a new era beginning with Battlefield REDSEC.\nUnited under the banner of Battlefield Studios, 4 world-class teams across Criterion, DICE, Motive, and Ripple Effect have come together to focus on the future of the franchise, a connected Battlefield universe filled with immersive experiences built on our unique DNA.DICE is a creative studio with offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. We believe in the power of inclusion and welcome game creators from all backgrounds to collaborate with us as we unlock the potential for the future of Battlefield!\nResponsibilities:\nBattlefield’s dynamic worlds are a defining part of the player experience. Destruction is not only a technical system, it shapes combat, changes tactical choices, creates memorable cinematic moments, and connects many parts of the game.\nAs a Game Design Intern on the Battlefield Destruction Team, you will work with the Principal Game Designer and a multidisciplinary team to help shape connected, dynamic-world features for millions of Battlefield players. You will contribute to both gameplay systems and their application in levels, learning how ideas progress from an initial player-facing goal through documentation, prototyping, implementation, iteration, and production. You will receive daily guidance from the Principal Game Designer while working within the wider direction of the Combat Director and the Battlefield core design team.\nYou will learn to use Frostbite Engine and EA's proprietary tools.\n\nYou will help design, implement, and iterate on destruction and dynamic-world features emphasizing tactical value, clear player feedback, and immersive Battlefield moments.\n\nYou will ideate and document feature intent and requirements, then guide collaboration between tech design, engineering, art, audio, production, and level teams to ensure features work cohesively within the broader game.\n\nYou will participate in prototyping, playtesting, and reviews-using feedback and development constraints to refine features and content towards the Battlefield systemic gameplay vision.\n\nEligibility:\nYou must be currently enrolled at university or education provider in Sweden with a planned internship period planned (e.g. LiA)\n\nYou are eligible to work in Stockholm, Sweden, without visa/relocation support\n\nYou are available to commence a full-time 6 month placement at the end of January 2027. Please check with your school beforeapplying.\n\nSkills:\nWe are looking for an emerging designer who is curious about the whole player experience, not only the configuration of an isolated system.\nPlayer-focused design thinking\nYou begin with the experience: What value does this create for the player?\n\nYou think about gameplay loops, player motivation, fantasy, usability, feedback, and readability.\n\nYou appreciate the immersive, systemic, and cinematic qualities of features.\n\nHolistic and systemic thinking\nYou recognise opportunities for one feature to strengthen another rather than treating each design as an isolated component.\n\nCommunication and collaboration\nYou communicate clearly and are interested in the perspectives of different crafts.\n\nYou structure ideas and explain their intent through written documentation, diagrams, presentations, or prototypes.\n\nYou advocate for an idea without becoming personally attached to it.\n\nYou listen to feedback, investigate its underlying concern, and seek additional context where needed.\n\nCuriosity\nYou ask questions and are interested in working with designers and product owners as well as map teams and other implementation partners.\n\nYou are willing to learn unfamiliar tools, workflows, and technical concepts.\n\nHelp us make play happen. Apply now with an up-to-date Portfolio, CV and Cover Letter in English, explaining why you would like to join EA for this internship position.\n\nAbout Electronic Arts\nWe’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.\nWe adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.\nElectronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. 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