King Australia

Our culture is our magic sauce. It’s a special blend of creativity, passion, and collaboration. We play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale. We're supportive but demanding in everything we do. As a result, we're building a company where everyone can thrive, are proud to belong, hold each other accountable and where we manage our business for sustainable growth. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in maKing the world playful!

We sometimes talk about maKing the magician meet the mathematician. We need both sides of the brain to create brilliant games of mass appeal. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players. MaKing great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done and we see a world of possibilities ahead.

Activision Blizzard is committed to growing the next generation of industry leaders. Our Early Careers programs offer incredible student opportunities across the organization.

You could get involved in anything from the technical side of game creation to market analysis, to financial modeling. Whatever your passion is, you can spend anywhere from 8 weeks to 6 months getting under the skin of it, exploring our industry and learning from some of the best people. You can even do a Master Thesis or Vocational Internship with us.

At King we work with all kinds of students, with opportunities at every level from undergrad to MBA. All opportunities are designed to challenge, inspire and develop you, no matter when in your studies you join us.

We look at it this way. If you've managed to combine hard work with fun at University, why can't you do the same after you've graduated? Here, at King, you will. Whilst we see our Kingternships as a great route into King, we sometimes offer graduate roles that will help you make the leap from student to employee in your chosen field. If you choose to join our Trainee Program in Business Performance, this will take you on a challenging journey where you will work to evolve our games and our business!

Top 10 Benefits & Perks at King. Because you deserve moments of magic too.

What makes King a great place to work is all our people. We’re powered by a determination to be better tomorrow than we are today - and to have some fun along the way. So we offer sweet benefits and perks to match.

Competitive pay
We always check the market to make sure our pay is competitive. And we have profit sharing to reward our people for having an impact at King.

Coverage for the important life stuff
We make sure you can plan for the future. We’ve got you covered with medical insurance, financial saving plans, and other local offerings depending on where you live.

Time off
We have a generous holiday allowance, most of our offices close between 25 December and the New Year, and you can take a day to volunteer and give back to your community.

Learning opportunities are everywhere
Learn@King has hundreds of courses, books, and resources you can access anytime. Want to advance your C , or Java skills? How about a live drawing workshop? We’ve got those too. We also do special assignments for on the job learning and we’re part of Activision Blizzard so career options are everywhere.

Next level workspaces
We have open spaces, desks on wheels, jam boards, cosy nooks for when you need to get in the zone, and rooms for teams to map it all out. Since our job is maKing the world playful we also have ping pong tables, cosy couches, and gaming zones. Yep, coffee, healthy snacks, drinks, and breakfast too.

Wellbeing
Wellbeing is important to us. Doing your best work requires being your best self. Our offices either have a gym on site or offer a gym & wellbeing allowance.

Employee networks to connect with people
Our employee networks bring people together. You can get involved in the planning or just enjoy perks! Whether its theatre trips, fitness classes, conversations on inclusion, or Pride, passionate employees make it all happen.

Kingfomarket
We don’t want to brag but Kingfomarket is kind of a big deal. Every year the entire company gets together to learn, share ideas, focus on the future, and celebrate our wins. Our events in general are epic but Kingfomarket is one of a kind.

Carbon offsetting
We want a playful and sustainable world so we participate in CO2 offsetting each year to make us carbon neutral across our office footprint, business travel, and game’s servers energy consumption.

King Swag
Use your Royal Store tokens to get some sweet headphones or a King trolley (that’s a suitcase for our US peeps). You’ll get new tokens every year so don’t forget to pick out a gift for your friends who are candy crushing over the fact that you work for King.

We have offices in London, Stockholm, Malmö, Barcelona, Berlin, Malta, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Foster City.

Below are our biggest ones. Where do you want to play?

London, United Kingdom
The London studio opened in 2012 and is our headquarter, where the majority of our management team is based. It's located is in lively Soho, right in the heart of the West End in the center of the city.
We’ve taken over four floors of the landmark Ampersand Building and turned them into a leafy hub (look out for the trees”¦) plus there’s a sweet terrace with inspirational city views. And there’s everything you need on the doorstep – nip to Regents Park at lunch, eat your way around Covent Garden or head to Oxford Street for shopping nirvana.

Stockholm, Sweden
This is where it all began. From our Stockholm studio we first embarked on the Candy Crush Saga and the rest is Nordic folklore”¦ You could say we’re biased but we’re in the heart of one of the world’s most unique and jaw-droppingly beautiful cities. You can swim, you can skate, take a hike, take a bike. Explore royal palaces and cobbled streets, throw yourself into café culture or indulge in the finest food on the planet.

Barcelona, Spain
Our Barcelona Kingdom fills 6 floors in the heart of the 22@ district – a district that’s at the center of innovation in the city. It’s a sweet new office and the skyline views from our 16th floor terrace are incredible. The canteen is a social hub, the place to make coffee, and make plans for exploring what Barcelona has to offer”¦

Berlin, Germany
You’ll find our Berlin Kingdom in Mitte, the city's central district right in the thick of the action. Step outside to historical architecture, vintage markets, world-famous nightlife and the best Asian food in Berlin. It's a neighborhood of contrasts and eclectic jewels waiting to be discovered.

Malmö, Sweden
Our Malmo Kingdom is in the thick of it, sitting in the center of the city’s cultural quarter. Step outside and you’ve got underground art galleries one way and breath-taKing seascapes at the other. We’re opposite Central Station and just around the corner from Stortorget, the historic market square.

MaKing games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can’t expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

We embrace and celebrate what makes us different rather than what makes us the same. We believe a great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

We’re proud of our achievements so far. In 2019 we reached our target of 40% of new hires being female, and we’re determined to achieve fully gender balanced hiring by the end of 2020. And there’s lots more to do, that’s why our Inclusive Leaders programme and our KicKing Glass programme for women and non-binary Kingsters are blazing a trail in our industry, toward an industry as diverse as the players it serves.

Employee Networks
Our Employee Networks help us to stay connected as individuals and as a company. Sometimes it’s sharing ideas and experiences other times it’s sharing a meal. They host everything from movie nights, lunch and learns, open forums, industry meet ups, to workshops.

Kaleidoscope
We want the Kingdom to reflect the ethnic, cultural, and national diversity of our Kingsters, our players, job markets, and communities around the world.

Kaleidoscope is our employee network that focuses on this. They host diverse celebrations, shine a light on important cultural events and help to shape inclusion across the company.

Royal Unicorns
King is a place where you can bring your whole self to work. The Royal Unicorns champion LGBT+ inclusion and pride across all locations. They organize events, represent King at Pride, and play an important part in helping us raise our awareness.

Women @ King
We’re out to crush bias and Women@King are leading the way. We believe in equal opportunities and helping our Kingsters excel through career support, networKing events, mentoring and recognition.