Art Director-IKEA Communications

Art Director, Product Communication, IKEA Communications, Älmhult, Sweden

Here it is. Your chance to bring passion for product and storytelling skills, to develop IKEA product communication.

Each year IKEA Communications creates vast numbers of images, every one of which plays its part in making people's everyday lives a little better. And we need to produce even more, which presents a fantastic challenge. Product pictures are essential to the overall experience people have of IKEA and our products. They represent our range and help define and strengthen the IKEA visual identity.

Right now we're looking for an Art Director Product Communication Someone who loves to "direct the art" and produce visual identity. Someone who understands that an explanatory picture is truly worth a thousand words. And that a template is worth a thousand hours.

The Product communication department at IKEA Communications create, produce and deliver product communication. We produce 30 000 high quality images from 3D or photo, 3000 3D-models, store communication, on-pack communication and thousands of assembly instructions. All of the communication contributes to the IKEA customer understanding of IKEA products.

As an Art Director you will take creative lead in a diverse team of Interior designer, Product Picture Coordinators, 3D artist, Photographer and Retouch Artist. In order to handle large volumes, production is run parallel in the 3D-studio, physical photo studio or in a mix of both. You will be responsible for:
-Quality assurance of product communication according to briefs and guidelines.
-Develop and challenge quality framework, templates & guidelines.
-Coach and support co-workers in visual storytelling, image composition and consistency.
-Contribute to higher efficiency through new ways of working.
-Lead, inspire and challenge the production team by defining clear goals and objectives to be achieved throughout the production.
-Follow upcoming trends in the market to challenge the conventional paths.
-Develop and maintain good relations and excellent collaboration with assignors and other stakeholders, within and outside ICOM.
We think that you in this assignment have to be goal- and delivery oriented with a passion for visual consumer communication, customer needs and digital production techniques. You find true motivation in the challenge of high volume production and contributing to the long term visual identity. You embrace change, engage in development by sharing knowledge and experience. You have an ability to inspire and motivate others and a strong drive to secure client satisfaction.

To be successful in this role, you must have:
-At least 3 years of work experience within Communication, design, Visualisation or equivalent.
-Deep understanding of how to lead creative processes.
-Experience within digital production methods.
-Experience of brand concept and brand objectives.
-Passion for IKEA product range and home furnishing.
-Passionate about working in a fast-paced and future-oriented environment.

Is this the next challenge for you?
We look forward to receiving your application and link to portfolio, as soon as you have decided that this could be something for you. Please note that this position is placed in Älmhult, Sweden.

This position was posted 2016-09-15 and may be online up to 4 weeks following this date. We do not have an application deadline for this position.