Activision 2027 Summer Internships - User Research Data Analytics

Activision is a video game developer, publisher, and distributor creating interactive entertainment experiences and gaming franchises. The User Research Data Analyst Intern will partner with research leads and game development teams to analyze play test telemetry and research data, build visualizations, and provide actionable insights that inform game development decisions.

What you'll do:

• Partner with User Research study leads and game development teams to turn play test telemetry and research data into actionable insights
• Query, join, validate, and summarize play test datasets using SQL, working across gameplay events and common player, session, match, and study identifiers
• Learn and navigate game telemetry schemas and data structures to identify the appropriate events, fields, and metrics for specific research and design questions
• Build and maintain clear, interactive visualizations and dashboards using JavaScript and Apache ECharts to help researchers and designers explore player behavior, progression, performance, and other study-relevant measures
• Translate questions from designers and study leads into well-defined analyses, conduct ad-hoc investigations, perform data-quality checks, and clearly communicate what the data does and does not support
• Support the integration of behavioral telemetry with survey and other research data, contribute charts and analytical summaries to research reports, and help improve reusable queries, metrics, and visualization workflows for future play tests
• Get on-the-job training and mentoring from industry experts in user research, game analytics, and data visualization while helping the player voice inform game development decisions

What they're looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a master's or PhD degree program and graduating December 2027 – June 2028
• Available to participate in a 12-week internship starting in mid-May or mid-June
• Currently residing in the US or open to relocating oneself to the US
• Exhibits learning agility; has the ability to think differently, and/or grasp and apply new skills and concepts
• Approaches problems in a clear, well-organized, and solutions-oriented manner
• Works well with others and contributes to team tasks
• Able to effectively communicate problems, solutions, needs, or priorities
• Is engaged, seeks to learn, and is able to manage time effectively
• A passion for significantly impacting game development
• Applicants must apply with a resume
• Working knowledge of SQL, including joins, aggregations, filtering, CTEs, and the ability to query and troubleshoot structured datasets
• Ability to understand and work with game telemetry or similarly event-based data, including concepts such as events, timestamps, player IDs, sessions, matches, and nested or relational data structures

Benefits:

• All interns will have the option to opt into relocation services (flights, trains, or car mileage reimbursement).
• All interns will be provided with a living stipend to subsidize housing, utility, commuting, and miscellaneous costs.
• Get on-the-job training and mentoring from industry experts in user research, game analytics, and data visualization.
• Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others.
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance. Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.