Who are we

Sherlocked is the award-winning experience design studio behind some of the worlds most acclaimed escape rooms home mysteries and immersive adventures.

Our mission: to make the world more magical.

Were looking for a marketing intern to work with our creative director graphic artist game designers and the rest of our studio team starting Feb 2026 (start date flexible).

Weve currently got a number of different productions in the works some of which are set to launch during this internship:

1. The Kickstarter of our first adventure making kit

2. Our own mystery cocktail bar

3. An immersive masked ball

While we cant say much about those projects yet heres asample from some of our past work:

• Our new flagship adventureThe Alchemist (which keeps winning awards!)

• An immersive adventure in the Rijksmuseum

• A massive immersive experience to get kids interested in tech

• A 6-week puzzle contest played by thousands across the world

• An online escape game on a tropical island and the moon

• A hotel escape room in collaboration with Zoku

Are you:

• Excited about marketing. Communication comes naturally to you and youre excited to find the best ways to reach and spark others.

• Self-determined. You dont wait for people to give you tasks you invent your own and take initiative. You ask for help where needed.

• Eager to experiment. The tricks of the trade are constantly changing and you are eager to try new things and develop your skills.

And are you interested in..

..at least 2 of the following fields (NOT all of them - its a lot. Pick up to 4)

• Crowdfunding campaigns What makes a campaign successful What prep does it take how do you engage a community

• Creative marketingHow do we present the wide variety of our projects to their respective audiences Whats the Sherlocked way of saying give this a try

• Social media -When to post what where Keep it short. Show dont tell. Repeat repeat repeat. Learn the tricks of the trade and master them.

• Video creation - learn to plan shoot edit & post quickly and effectively.

• Graphic design What makes something look yummy

• Developing partnershipsWhich companies match our DNA and how can we work together to provide value to each others audiences

• Social & Adwords advertisingIf we stop all our Google ads do we still get the same visitors (we tried this the answer was yes!) How about visual ads like with Insta Stories Which visuals work best

• Google Analytics & Hotjar Where do our websites visitors spend the most time Where do they drop off Where do they come from

• UX optimisationwhat happens if we add a few buttons here and there Or if we remove some text or change a visual

Fluency in English is required. Dutch is a nice-to-have.

What do we offer

• Work you can be proud of guaranteed (we only hire you if we believe we can guarantee this)

• A friggin awesome internship and rich variety of projects (we cant promise youll get to help stage a multi day immersive Hogwarts adventure in a 13th century castle but it wouldnt be the first time)

• A team of creative driven and can-do colleagues

• 450 internship compensation per month plus travel cost

• Many opt-in team events like playing escape rooms together game nights and other surprise experiences

• An office space in the heart of Amsterdam combined with the freedom to partly work from home

Our office is located in the former French Consulate in the heart of town with a gorgeous wild garden at its core thats perfect for summer meetings lunches and drinks.

For international students: we can try to help with housing as this can be quite challenging in Amsterdam (no guarantees of course this remains your responsibility)

Application deadline: well be looking at applications as they come in so if youre interested...

Some videos from our past projects: