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About Us News Investments Level Up Ilkka's Long Texts Games First Spark all positions Helsinki – onsite – Intern Game Research Intern Ready to step behind the scenes of game development? Supercell is now looking for a Game Research Intern to join their team in Helsinki! What will you be doing? You will support Supercell’s Game Research Team by uncovering insights about Supercell’s games, players, competitors, and trends in the global gaming market. The Game Research Team aims to power up product decisions through the full lifecycle of game development – from concept, prototype, testing to live-operation – with human and market insights. During this 6-month internship, you will dive into player research and market analysis, and work closely with game teams to unlock holistic player insights. More specifically, your daily adventure as a Game Research Intern includes tasks like Designing, conducting and analyzing surveys, interviews, and playtests to support the development of new features and games. Collecting, monitoring and analyzing market data on key competitors, regions and the global gaming market to identify trends and opportunities. Presenting research findings and key insights to internal teams through reports and presentations, and supporting related analysis and documentation. Assisting the Game Research team with other projects and ad hoc requests. Who thrives in this role? You are an independent and self-driven individual who takes ownership of your work and isn’t afraid to roll up your sleeves. At the same time, you’re humble, eager to learn, and motivated to continuously grow both personally and professionally. You bring an open mind to discussions and feel comfortable challenging ideas constructively, sharing your own perspectives with confidence and respect. Curiosity fuels you — especially when it comes to games and the human mind. You’re genuinely interested in understanding player behavior and what makes great game experiences truly work, and you approach questions with an analytical mindset. As this is an internship, we don’t expect you to know everything yet — what matters most is your curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn. We expect you to have Passion for games Curiosity for human psychology and behavior A humble attitude, ready to immerse yourself in learning a new craft and/or industry An analytical mindset to dissect business challenges into research questions and hypotheses A relevant university degree or be in the final stages of your studies for example in psychology, sociology, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, or related fields. But we welcome any background if you can demonstrate your understanding of research methodology and curiosity of games and human behavior. Experience and knowledge of conducting qualitative and quantitative research. We use many methods, but for this role quantitative methods such as survey design and statistical analysis are particularly important. Good project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously Ability to communicate and present research insights clearly to different audiences A full working proficiency in English We consider as an asset Proficiency in statistics and software for data analysis (e.g. R, Python, SQL) Personal projects related to games or research Confidence working with behavioral, survey and market data Why you will love it at Supercell You’ll be offered a chance to start your Game Research career as well as to get an insider view into a global mobile games company You’ll have the opportunity to explore a variety of fun and challenging research questions You’ll get to work with a really nice bunch of people that do everything to make sure that you feel at home at Supercell and that you are set up for success! You’ll be given both freedom and responsibility, including flexible working hours and the possibility to work remotely from time to time All in all Supercell will offer you everything that you need to succeed in your role - the rest is up to you! Practicalities This is a full-time, fixed-term, and paid internship, starting at the end of August and lasting 6 months. In this position, you will be employed directly by Supercell.
