Hardlines Product Design & Development Internship

Applying to the Hardlines Product Design & Development Internship gives you the chance to be part of the world’s largest licensor of intellectual property, as part of our skilled Disney Consumer Products creative team. With placements across many areas of the business, you will have the opportunity to dive into the world of our iconic brands ranging from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox.

You’ll play a crucial role to ensure our diverse product portfolio resonates with fans and reflects our storytelling excellence.

This internship immerses you into the product development lifecycle of our Hardlines licensed products from concept design to sample refinement to seeing the products you have helped to develop  role covers a broad range of responsibilities, working with the wider creative team to execute the product development process and support in design projects, trend research and organisational tasks. Sketching and visualisation skills are essential.

The role will require you to work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners (licensees) to design and develop best in class product for our most beloved brands.

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values; acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

Internships will be available across multiple Hardlines teams covering a range of product categories:

• Soft Toys known as Plush products
• Infant, Preschool, Vehicles, Role Play and Action Toys alongside Star Wars development
• Party, Dress-up, Promotional Products, Arts & Crafts, Games & Puzzles, Dolls and Role Play development

If you have an interest in a particular category, please state this in your cover letter and provide a portfolio.

Please note, as you progress through the recruitment journey, further details will be sent for the specific Internship you will be considered for.

This is an office-based internship. 4 days working in the Hammersmith, London office with 1 day working from home (Monday or Friday).

• Must be a second-year undergraduate student on a placement year course returning to study in Autumn 2028
• Must have the right to work in the UK already in place
• Available to start working full time from June 2027
• Interested in the area you are applying for, whether this is through your studies, experiences, extracurricular activities or a general interest

• Strong design and conceptual skills with abilities in analogue/digital sketching, visualisation and designing 3D products
• Competent in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
• Attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to connect with people at all levels in a professional and mature manner
• Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and undertake various administrative duties
• Strong MS Office skills

• Develop your workplace skills and experience to help build the foundations of your future career
• Constructive on-the-job training as well as company wide learning and development initiatives
• Learn how decisions and actions are made within a global business environment
• Tackle real responsibility and become an essential part of an encouraging team
• Have the support and network of a large community of interns
• Access to join and support our Employee Resource Groups ranging from WOMEN @ Disney, Disney MOSAIC, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group – TRUST
• Annual salary of £28,000 with 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Con…