Student Internship Opportunity - Game Design for Sustainability

Student Internship 2025 - Game Design for Sustainability

We are looking for a motivated research intern to assist with data collection and compilation for STRATEGIES – Sustainable Transition for Europe’s Game Industries, a live research project exploring sustainability practices in game development.

The intern will assist in data collection on the workstream, Game Design for Sustainability, and in carrying out a scoping review of tabletop and board games with climate, nature and environment themes. 

The role involves:

Identifying currently-available board games that have nature, environment or climate themes;

Collecting basic data about these games from the website, Board Game Geek and other online repositories and fan sites;

Compiling and presenting this data using Excel

If the successful intern has an interest in pursuing the research beyond data collection, there will also be the opportunity to develop commentaries and reflections of specific games for inclusion in an online database, The Green Mediography. 

Dates: 26 May 2025 - 18 July 2025

Hours per week: 10

Students will be expected to develop the following skills and experiences while carrying out this internship

  • Independent research skills in response to a specific brief;

  • Maintain a high level of detail to detail and data integrity;

  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel (data organization, sorting, filtering, basic analysis);

  • An understanding of game design practices across the tabletop and board game industry.

Person Specification

This role is only open to current Manchester Met Students who meet the following requirements - 

  1. Currently studying a relevant field (e.g., game development, game art, environmental science, english, media)

  2. Good organisational and time management skills

  3. Good independent research skills

  4. Ability to follow a specific brief and find information from various online sources

  5. Attention to detail, essential when extracting and compiling data

  6. Basic proficiency in Excel

  7. An interest in gaming (especially tabletop or board games) is desirable but not essential

How to Apply

A CV is not required for, and will not be considered as a part of, this application.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025.

You are able to apply for more than one internship, however you will only eligible to undertake one under the 2024 Student Internship offering. 

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. 
  
We are committed to providing accessible and inclusive recruitment. If you require or would benefit from support or reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in work, please contact us by e-mailing jobs4students@mmu.ac.uk. This information will only be used and shared with those who require it to implement any change(s) and only at the point this is required.

The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.

If you have any queries, or need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Jobs4Students.

Chloe Germaine